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

52 -- TEMPERATURE QUARTZ CONTROL MICROBALANCE SOL 8-W-5-21-82511 POC Contact Louann E. Beu, GP22-O/Contract Specialist, 205-544-9416, or Teresa Foley, GP22/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the procurement of TQCM (Temperature Quartz Crystal Microbalance) components consisting of the following items: Two (2) each TQCM Controllers; Model 72-DET TQCM controller (115VAC), automatic temperature control between +100 degree C (+/- 1 degree C), with thermoelectrically cooled sensor and +100 degree C to 199 Degree C (+/- 1 degree C) with liquid nitrogen cooled cryogenic sensor digital panel display of temp, analog temp output, freq output of mass -- Two (2) each RS-232 option, command and readout of TQCM with software program -- Two (2) each Model 80-T TQCM thermoelectric sensor, temp range -60 degree C to + 100 degree C, PT thermometer and optically-polished 15MHZ matched crystal set, 1.56 X 10 to the minus ninth power G/CM squared/HZ sensitivity -- Two (2) each Model 88-E electronics package, gold plated for vacuum operation, -60 degree C to + 100 degree C temperature range -- Two (2) each Model 88-CA TQCM heat sink, gold plated copper -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase the above listed equipment from Faraday Labs, Inc., P.O. Box 230B, LaJolla, CA 92038 -- Delivery -- FOB destination NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Requests for copies of the RFQ must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9081 or by Internet e-mail to louann.beu@msfc.nasa.gov is accceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement, described is based on system compatability requirements -- 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 solicitaition -- Such qualification/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 -- RFQ will be released on or about 15 days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- Firm date for receipt of quotes will be stated in the RFQ -- The solicitation and any related documents 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''. (0236)

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