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

66 -- AUTOMATIC SPREADING RESISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM SOL 8-2-4-10-71133 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 an SSM 150 Automatic Spreading Resistance Measuring System to be purchased from Solid State Measurements -- System will be used for analysis purposes and specifications should include, Dynamic range of 1 ohm to ) 10x10 ohms with low resistance accuracy better than 1%, Depth resolution of at least 10 angstrom, X-step accuracy less than or equal to 5% of calculated program travel, X-Y stage meter resolution of 1.25 micro-meters, 80486DX computer, 33MHz clockspeed with 120MB hard disk and NI IEEE-488 I\O card, Operating software for automation, Spreading resistance unit must contain internally calibrated resistors with a minimum of 0.1% precision for wire wound (decade steps from 1 to 10x6 ohms) and 1% precision for metal film (10x7 to 10x9 ohms), Probe and stage control must be pneumatic, X-Y plotter, printer with parallel interface and all appropriate cables, Probe spacing with a 100 micro-meter guaranteed minimum, Adjustable probe load, Variable stage motions, Microscope with bright field, dark field and Nomarski imaging capabilities, a selection of objectives and halogen illuminator, Vibration damping table with automatic levelling system, Complete set of documentation -- Specifications will be contained in the RFO -- 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 -- F.O.B. Destination Delivery at MSFC is to be accomplished within 120 days -- Requests for copies of the RFO must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-4400 or by Internet e-mail to james.bailey@msfc.nasa.gov -- Note: This sole-source requirement, specific make or model number described is based on predominant experience and insufficient competitive technology -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mentioned above, along with a request for a copy of the solicitation -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- 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 -- 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''.(0062)

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