NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

66 -- FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER SOL 8-W-5-10-71771 POC Contact Patsy Hoffman, GP26-S, 205-544-7040/Contract Specialist, or Jane Maples, GP25-B/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer for the measurement of total and spectral emissivities of undercooled liquid metals per the following salient characteristics: (1) Device shall be capable of measuring radiation spectrum generated from a hot external source, therefore emphasis shall be placed on the instrument's emission measurement capability -- (2) Wavelength range shall be less than 0.2 to 20 microns (approx 50,000 to 500 cm-1) with primary range of interest from 0.6 to 20 microns (16,000 to 500 cm-1) -- (3) Resolution shall be less than 1 cm-1) -- (4) Emission aperture shall be less than 1 inch -- (5) Sources for transmission spectroscopy shall be included though primary use is emission measurement -- (6) Operating system shall be 486-based with inclusion of all software necessary for calibration and background elimination -- Quantity 1 system -- FOB destination NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 -- Delivery 60 days -- This procurement is being conducted under the NASA/MSFC MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993 -- Requests for copies of the RFO must be submitted in writing-- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to patsy.hoffman@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- RFO will be released on or about 15 days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO -- This procurement is a total small business set-aside -- All responsible business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency -- Documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet -- The documents are in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC -- The WWW address, or URL, of the MSFC Procurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov''. (0030)

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