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

66 -- TEST GRIPS & EXTENSOMETERS SOL 8-P-5-21-52950 POC Contact, James Bailey GP26P, 205-961-2303/Contract Specialist, or Jane Maples, GP25/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for Test Grips & Extensometers -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Instron Corporation the following items -- 2 ea. Item 1; P/N 2630-116, Extensometer, clip-on 2.0 in. gage length -- 1 ea. Item 2; P/N 2501-094, Tension Coupling: Type 0 to ''C'' -- 1 ea. Item 3; P/N 2501-090, Tension Coupling: Type 1 to ''D'' -- 1 ea. Item 4; P/N 2501-072, Crosshead/Base Adapter Type 1 -- 1 ea. Item 5; P/N 8005-062, Type II to 1.25 in. ''D'' Shank -- 1 ea. Item 6; P/N 2716-203, 300 KN Manual Side Entry Wedge -- 1 ea. Item 7; P/N 2703-720 Flat Faces, 300 KN, for 0-0.9 mm specimen thickness -- 1 ea. Item 8; P/N 2703-721 Flat Faces, 300 KN, for 8-18 mm specimen thickness -- 1 ea. Item 9; P/N 2703-722 Flat Faces, 300 KN, for 17-26 mm specimen thickness -- 1 ea. Item 10; P/N 2703-723 Flat Faces, 300 KN, for 25-35 mm specimen thickness -- 1 ea. Item 11; P/N 2703-724 Flat Faces, 300 KN, for 34-44 mm specimen thickness -- 1 ea. Item 12; P/N 2703-706 Flat Faces, 300 KN, for 1.25-1.50 in. specimen thickness -- 1 ea. Item 13; P/N 2703-725 Vee Faces, 300 KN, for 3-8 mm specimen diameter -- 1 ea. Item 14; P/N 2703-726 Vee Faces, 300 KN, for 8-16 mm specimen diameter -- 1 ea. Item 15; P/N 2703-727 Vee Faces, 300 KN, for 16-25 mm specimen diameter -- 1 ea. Item 16; 2703-728 Vee Faces, 300 KN, for 25-34 mm specimen diameter -- 2 ea. Item 17; P/N 2630-110 Extensometer, Clip-on, 1.0 in. gage length -- 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 -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-4400 or by Internet e-mail to james.bailey@msfc.nasa.gov -- Note: Sole Source Procurement, negotiations will be conducted with Instron Corporation, 3815 Presidential Pkwy, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30340 -- This sole-source procurement, described is based on proprietary specifications and system compatibility requirements -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mention above, along with a request for a copy of the solicitation -- When requesting copies of the solicitation, vendors shall indicate size status whether large or small business -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- Request for copies of the RFO must be submitted in writing -- RFO will be released on or about 15 days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- Proposals will be due 60 days after issuance of the solicitation -- Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO -- 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''. (0047)

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