NASA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

66 -- MATERIAL TESTING SYSTEM SOL RFO 10-95-0032 DUE 053195 POC Steve Parker, Contracting Officer, ph. 407-867-3406, fax 407-867-1141. NASA/KSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for a Servohydraulic Material Testing System (SMTS) to perform tension, compression, cyclic and fracture tests of various materials. The SMTS frame must have: 2 columns, + 100 kN capacity, fatigue rated, movable cross-head, 500 mm width and 1200 mm height test space, hydraulic lifts and locks, control panel with up/down/stop buttons, and hydraulic service manifold for connection to 20 Mpa (3000 psi) hydraulic power supply. The SMTS actuator must have: + 100 kN capacity, 150 mm stroke, built-in LVDT position transducer, and fatigue rated. The SMTS load cell must have: + 100 kN capacity and fatigue rated. The SMTS service manifold must have: connection to 20 Mpa hydraulic power supply, 2 accumulators, 3 micron filtration, and 30 L/min servovalve. The SMTS digital control system hardware must include: PID closed-loop control, 4 transducer input ports, 2 DC and 1 AC signal conditioners residing outside computer, and computer interface (computer not included). The SMTS digital control system software must include: 4 input signals, multitasking environment, high lever (higher than sub-routine level line coding) programming module for general tensile/compression/cyclic testing, user-modifiable crack growth module in full support of ASTM E647 testing, on-line numerical and graphical display of data, software-based daily calibration, auto-ranging, real-time change of control parameters, report generation (printer not included) supporting HP Laser Jet IV or equivalet Postscript printers, export of data to Microsoft Excel, and digital I/O to start and stop hydraulic power supply (user provided). The successful offeror shall include necessary cables and piping, installation and training of 1 operator, and one year warranty and software upgrades. Delivery is requested 120 days after date of contract, FOB destination, Kennedy Space Center, FL. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA Midrange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 15, 1993. Requests for copies of the RFO may be submitted in writing via mail, facsimile or by internet e-mail to steven.parker-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov. The RFO will be released on or about 15 days after this publication in the Commerce Business Daily. Documents related to this procurement are available over the internet. The documents are in ASCII format and reside on the World-Wide-WEB (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC. The WWW address or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the KSC Procurement Home Page is: ''http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/procurement/procurement.html''. The telephone point of contact for the RFO package is ATS-PRO at (407) 867-2851 or FAX (407)-867-9187. (0124)

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