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

66 -- VACUUM CHAMBER SYSTEM SOL 8-W-5-21-82510 POC Contact Kathy Huskey, GP24J/Contract Specialist, 205-961-0222, or Jane Maples, GP24L/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a Vacuum Chamber System -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Varian, Inc. the following items: Item 1, Vacuum Chamber System, quantity 1 each, consisting of: A) built-in Residual Gas Analyzer (RGA), Model DetecTorr II, Part Number 03911-7142 or equivalent, MFG by UTI, Inc., which shall be software driven in a Windows environment; B) System shall consist of Windows based software package that integrates all aspects of operation into a single program to include: Instrument calibration, Data acquisition, Digital and analog input/output card for IBM compatible control system; C) Two additional gaskets for the Pyrex bell jar and implosion shield; D) Two packages (20 total) of each size ConFlat flange used in the entire system -- The specifications for the Vacuum Chamber System are as follows: 1) The system shall be mounted on a modular steel cart with lockable casters and a maximum height of 60'' from floor to top of bell jar. Maximum width of cart to be 36''; 2) The bell jar shall be of Corning Pyrex glass 18'' in diameter and 30'' high; 3) The system shall have an electric/hydraulic lift to raise the bell jar and implosion shield as a single unit a minimum of 18'' and be capable of swinging at least 90 degrees to the front side of the cart; 4) The system shall have a vacuum pumping system with automated control capable of sustained operation from atmosphere to 10 to the minus seventh torr with automatic electro-pneumatic gate valve; 5) The vacuum system shall be designed and built around the Varian model 450 turbomolecular pump with water cooled-heat band and compatible roughing system, automated to prevent backstreaming and have an automatic venting capability; 6) The vacuum system shall have dual vacuum gauges, those for readout of the pumping system and those for the bell jar -- The gauges shall be the Granville-Phillips type; 7) System power shall be 208 VAC 3-phase and shall have 4 110 VAC outlets, one on each side of the cart -- The main power cord shall be 15' long; 8) The warranty shall run for 12 months of operational time, exclusive of down ime -- The warranty shall cover all components -- A list of all components, electrical and mechanical drawings and two sets of operating instructions shall be provided; 9) All connections for external sources, power and water, shall come to an external location of the cart for ease of installation; 10) The contractor shall install and demonstrate that the vacuum pressure is in accordance with the specification -- The installation shall be at MSFC -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) Note: This procurement is sole-source based on compatibility requirements -- 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 -- 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 -- See Numbered Note 22 -- Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice -- Responses must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9081 or by Internet e-mail to kathy.huskey@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- The solicitation and any related documents to this procurement are 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''. (0296)

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