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

81 -- VITON SEALS FOR SPACE STATION SHIPPING CONTAINER SOL 8-P-5-02-89538 POC Contact Nettie P. Warren, GP24-U, 205-544-0301/Contract Specialist, or Jane Maples, GP24/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for the fabrication of Viton Seals in accordance with drawings -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Presray Corporation the following items, which are made from Viton ''A'' sponge material: Item 1, Viton Seals per MK23S1 (10' by 4''), 38 ea; Item 2, Viton Seals per MK23S2 (2'by 2') 16 ea; Item 3, Viton Seals per MK23S3 (11'' O.D.), 96 ea; Item 4, Viton Seals per 79K28362-3 (1' 2 1/2''by 2' 4 1/2''), 2 ea; Item 5, Viton Seals per 79K28362-4, (8 1/2''O.D.), 4 ea; Item 6, Viton Seals per 79K28362-5 (1' 11 1/2''by 9 1/2''), 40 ea; Item 7, Viton Seals per 79K28362-6 (2' 3'' by 1'1''), 40 ea; Item 8, Viton Seals per 79K28362-7 (1' 9 3/4''by 5 3/4''), 40 ea; Item 9, Viton Seals per 79K28362-8 (1' 2 1/2''by 1'1''), 4 ea; Item 10, Viton Seals per 79K28362-9 (1'7'' O.D.), 4 ea -- Bag all seals separately by P/N -- F.O.B. DESTINATION -- 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 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to nettie.warren@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement, described is based on system compatability --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 -- The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet -- These documents will be 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''. (0208)

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