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

66 -- QUADRUPOLE GAS ANALYZER SOL 8-W-5-21-82052 POC Contact Patricia Fundum, 205-544-8436, GP22/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) Quadrupole Gas Analyzer -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Leybold Inficon Inc., or its authorized distributor's such as Schoonover, Inc., 4343 Shallowford Road, Marietta GA 30062, the following items: Transpector RGA System part number TSP-05111003, 200 AMU High Performance Sensor with Faraday cup Detector, Electronics Unit, Power Supply, Power Supply Cable 15 feet, RS232 Cable 15 feet, Sensor Extension Flange Kit, Manual and SQX Software, quantity two each -- Transpector RGA System part number TSP-07111003, 300 AMU High Performance Sensor with Faraday cup Detector, Electronics Unit, Power Supply, Power Supply Cable 15 feet, RS232 Cable 15 feet, Sensor Extension Flange Kit, Manual and SQX Software, quantity two each -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9081 or by Internet e-mail to patricia.fundum@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement is to supply a system upgrade to an existing in-house analytical instrument and is therfore is based on proprietary specifications and 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 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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