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

59 -- ATR CHASSIS SOL 8-W-5-15-90390 POC Contact, GP24-E/Gladys Franklin, 205-544-0331 NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) ATR Chassis -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Redstone Technology Corporation the following item: ATR Chassis, Radstone Part Number 1ATRS-001BI -- Meeting the following specifications: Buttressed Baseplate Conduction Cooling -- Slots for 8 full width conduction cooled VME cards (IEEE Std. 1101.2-1992 ; .8 in Spacing) -- 300 Watt Power dissipation by Chassis at 55 degree C -- Customer Input-Output configuration (slots to chassis connectors) by wirewrap after delivery -- 28V DC Input, MIL-STD-704D -- Bipolar 12 V DC at 2 Amp each and plus 5 V DC at 40 Amp Power Supply Outputs -- Minus 62 degree C to Plus 105 degree C Storage temperature range -- Accel. levels up to 13.5 g, Vibration levels up to 12 g RMS, shock up to 40 g for 11 msec -- Certification of compliance for parts and fabrication and Burn In tests -- Input-Output configuration instructions and user documentation -- Quantity 1 Each -- Delivery 180 days -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to gladys franklin@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement, described above is based on predominant experience, -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit in writing 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 -- The RFQ will be posted on or about 15 days after publication of this notice in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- The RFQ will have a 15 day response period -- No hard copies of the solicitation will be available -- The solicitation and any related documents to this procurement will be available only 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''. (0241)

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