NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 287 Greenbelt, MD

A -- LOW CURRENT, SUPERCONDUCTING, SHIELDED MAGNETS SOL RFP5-14836/240 POC Stephen Katsarelis, 301-286-5971, Contract Specialist Bradley J Poston, 301-286-8688, Contracting Officer. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP)5-14836/240 on a sole source basis for a firm fixed price contract with Cryomagnetics, Incorporated, to provide two low-current, superconducting, actively shielded, space flight qualified magnets. Both magnets shall have a maximum central field of at least 2.0 Tesla (T). One magnet will become part of an Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator (ADR), which is part of the X-Ray Spectrometer Instrument (XRS). The second magnet will be a flight spare. The contractor will design, fabricate, and test the magnets on mandrels provided by GSFC. Since the XRS Instrument is on a extremely tight schedule, the flight qualified magnet must be delivered by August 1, 1995, and the flight spare must be delivered by September 1, 1995. Cryomagnetics, Incorporated is considered uniquely qualified under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1), as Only One Responsible Source. Over the past several years, Cryomagnetics has designed and fabricated four similar superconducting magnets for the XRS and other NASA space flight programs. As a result of these efforts, Cryomagnetics has furthered its unique capabilities in the field of superconducting space flight magnets. This requirement is a continuation of an existing NASA effort and requires extensive knowledge of the previous work performed. Cryomagnetics' unique knowledge and experience in this field is invaluable and could not be obtained from any other source. Overall, we believe that Cryomagnetics is the only company that can provide reliable magnets capable of meeting the complex specifications without significant development time and cost, which would impact the XRS schedule. This RFP is scheduled to be released on or about February 22, 1995. Any other parties desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their capabilities in writing within fifteen (15) days of the publication of this synopsis to the GSFC Contracting Officer listed above. See Note 22. (0038)

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