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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 24,1995 PSA#1331NASA, Johnson Space Center, BE13, Houston, TX 13 -- SIDE HATCH CREW ESCAPE SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR THE SPACE SHUTTLE
ORBITER SOL 9BE13-30525P POC JOHN TRAHAN, Tel:713-483-0543 Contracting
Officer:ANN SULLIVAN, Tel:713-483-1863 The Government is interested in
acquiring replacement Confined Detonating Cords (CDC), Through Bulkhead
Initiators (TBI's), hinge cutter assemblies, and collar severance
assemblies for the Space Shuttle Orbiter fleet. These components
comprise the side hatch crew escape system. --The items shall be
delivered to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. --A contract
is anticipated to be awarded in October of 1995 with delivery of the
components in April of 1996. --Refer to numbered Note 22. The proposed
contract action is intended to be awarded on a sole source basis.
--The Government intends to award a contract to OEA Aerospace, Inc. by
other than full and open competition for the Side Hatch Crew Escape
System. OEA is the only vendor who has NASA approved procedures and
tooling for the fabrication of these components. OEA has also passed
all of the required qualification tests for the production of this
hardware since the current flight hardware in the Orbiter fleet was
produced by OEA in the 1986 - 1988 time frame. Any other vendor would
be required to develop the tooling, manufacturing procedures, and test
fixtures to begin production. In addition, any other vendor would be
required to produce qualification test articles to ensure the technical
performance requirements of their hardware would meet NASA
specifications. The up-front engineering costs coupled with the added
qualification costs are estimated to be in the area of $200,000 above
the cost of the production units. Clearly, it is the Government's best
interest to award a contract to OEA for the production of this
hardware. (0110) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0242 19950421\13-0002.SOL)
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