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

66 -- DETECTOR SYSTEM SOL 8-P-5-15-61677 POC Contact Patsy Hoffman, GP24-I/Contract Specialist, 205-544-7040, or Jane Maples, GP24-L/Contracting Officer This notice is a combined Synopsis/RFQ for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 as a supplement with additional information included in this notice -- Delivery to MSFC (FOB Destination) is required within 45 days ARO -- This notice serves as the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued -- This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ) for a ccd array detector system, Princeton Instruments (PI) p/n CCD-1100PFUV or equivalent, Quantity 1 system -- System consists of the following: (1) detector head, 1100 x 330 CCD format, uv coated, 24 x 24 micrometers pixel size, 26.4 x 7.9 mm active area, thermo-electric (TE) cooling with nitrogen backfill and coolant, operating temperature -50 deg C (+/- 5 deg C); (2) interface cable, 6 meters (+/-1m) long, twisted shielded pairs; (3) controller (PI p/n ST-138 or equivalent), provides circuits to control the CCD array, to digitize the CCD output and to control the CCD temperature, also houses a power supply for CCD temperature regulation; (4) interface card, PC/AT compatible; (5) software: hardware control software, supports all hardware timing modes, including external synchronization and external triggering; binning and grouping options, including single or multiple spectra; variable readout rates up to the maximum speed allowed by computer; Windows based software (Winspec or equivalent): operates under Microsoft Windows; controls all CCD array systems and ST-138 (or equivalent) controller; control of system parameters including timing, readout rate, binning, and grouping; live display of multiple spectra; real-time processing including background subtraction and flat fielding; autoscale and zoom in on live data; 3D display mode, automatic wavelength calibration; file export to many common formats; full featured help accessible thru most dialog boxes; (6) user interface (Gateway 2000 P5-133 or equivalent): SVGA 17'' color monitor, non-interlaced 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution (.28dp); 16 MB RAM; 1.62 GB 9ms DMA mode 2 EIDE hard drive; 6X EIDE CD-ROM drive; 3.5'' and 5.25'' diskette drives; Bernoulli 150 MB removable cartridge drive internal; 9 Bay Tower case; 104+ keyboard; Intel 133 Mhz pentium processor -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 90-34 -- If other than the brand name identified is quoted, then the quoter shall indicate the manufacturer, brand, and model/part number quoted and provide a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the brand name identified -- The quoter shall provide a description (including manufacturer, brand, and model no.) in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the specifications included in this notice -- If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled ''Buy American Act -- Supplies,'' the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin -- The quoter shall state in their quote their size status for this procurement as well as whether they are minority or woman-owned -- The SIC code and the size standard for this procurement are 3829 and 500 respectively -- The quoter shall identify place of performance in their quote-- Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than 1/19/96 -- Companies shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quote -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to patsy.hoffman@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Quotations (including FAR 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications which may be obtained via the internet at ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov/proc_ref.html'' or at ''ftp://procure.msfc.nasa.gov/reps_certs/sats/'') are due 20 days after publication of this notice in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) to the address specified above to the attention of Patsy Hoffman, GP24-I -- Selection and award will be made on an aggregate basis to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quoter -- Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the quoter providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the Government's requirement -- The period of time expected for the Contracting Officer to solicit/evaluate vendor quotes and issue the purchase order will be approximately 45 days from publication of this notice in the CBD -- An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition -- The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them -- When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern -- The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of quotes, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes -- Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, W.H. Hallisey at 205-544-0092 -- Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Thomas S. Luedtke at 202-358-2090 -- This procurement is a total small business set-aside -- This 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''. (0011)

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