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

66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL 8-P-5-21-38784 POC Contact Patricia Fundum, GP26V/Contract Specialist,205-544-8436, or Teresa Foley, GP25/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for Test Fixturing for a SATEC Servohydraulic Test System -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from SATEC SYSTEMS, Inc. the following items: Item 1, SATEC Part Number W-C210-B, Model 12K5P Spherical Gas Bearing, load train alignment device that decreases failures outside of the gage section and increases testing success rates, quantity of 2; -- Item 2, SATEC Part Number W-C902-D, set of two SiC Compression Platens required for compression only, quantity of 2; -- Item 3, SATEC Part Number W-C022-M, Model HTA-02, 4-point bend fixture with operating temperature range 0-degrees to 850-degrees Celcius, lower support span 40mm, and upper loading span 20mm, quantity of 1; -- Item 4, SATEC Part Number RI92248-2A, LowerSiC Compression Ram, hollow tube 2-7/8 inches in diameter and 10 inches long, quantity of 6; -- Item 5, SATEC Part Number W-C902-E, set of five SiC Roller Pin Supports, round pins 0.178-inch diameter and 1-inch long, quantity of 6; -- Item 6, SATEC Part Number RI92237-4C, set of four SiC Flat Roller Pin Supports, quantity of 6; -- Item 7, SATEC Part Number RI92237-4G, set of two Large SiC Rollers, 0.298-inch diameter and 1.090-inch long, quantity of 1; -- Item 8, SATEC Part Number W-9188-B, set of four Room Temperature solid flat Wedge Jaws for Part Number 188622-1, for use with C25H AND c25s hydraulic wedge grips rated for full capacity tension/compression loading of flat specimens with thicknesses from 0.28 to 0.56-inch thick, and widths up to 1.75-inch, quantity of 3; -- Item 9, SATEC Part Number W-E514-A, 150lb Capacity Cord Clamps, length 3 1/4-inch, maximum opening 1/8-inch, drum diameter 7/8-inch, drum width 1/2-inch weight .88 lbs, quantity of 1; -- Item 10, SATEC Part Number W-E514-J, 2000lb Capacity Cord Clamps, length 6-inch, maximum opening 3/16-inch, drum diameter 2-inch, drum width 3/8-inch weight 6.9 lbs, quantity of 1; -- Item 11, SATEC Part Number W-5555/S Threaded Clamp Adaptor, quantity of 1; -- Item 12, SATEC Part Number W-C210-J, Model CMPT-7, set of two 2150 degrees Fahrenheit Hydraulic Wedge Grip Fixtures, capable of testing MMC Flat specimens/other materials that exhibit slipping problems during creep or tensile tests, quantity of 1; -- Item 13, SATEC Part Number 8873-9058, 2-micron TC-25 Load Frame Oil Filter Element, quantity of 1; -- Item 14, SATEC Part Number 8873-9052, 3-micron TC-25 Pump Oil Filter Element, quantity of 1; -- Item 15, SATEC Part Number W-9188-A, Model 188534-1, set of Room Temperature Solid Flat Wedge Jaws for use with C25H and C25S hydraulic wedge grips rated for full capacity tension/compression loading of flat specimens with thicknesses up to 0.30-inchs and widths up to 1.75-inchs, quantity of 1; -- Item 16, SATEC Part Number R196812-1/S, set of four Modified Jaws without hole for CMPT-7 High Temperature Grips, quantity of 3 -- 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 -- Requests for copies of the RFO must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-8436 or by Internet e-mail to patricia.fundum@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement, described is based on proprietary specifications, system compatability requirements, and predominant experience -- 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 -- Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government -- Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice 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 -- 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''. (0167)

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