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

45 -- ESEM CHAMBER ATTACHMENTS SOL 8-P-6-21-B1616 POC Contact GP22-J/Kenneth R. Smith, 205-544-0327, or GP22-C/Teresa A. Foley/Contracting Officer This notice constitutes a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for ElectroScan Brand name or equal ESEM Chamber Attachments consisting of the following:(1) ElectroScan P/N 110-367-000 Heating Stage, resistant heaters, base stage attachment fixtures, feedthru connections, temperature range from ambient to 1000 C, controllable to 1 C, heat shielded for use with EDS detector -- Heating stage must be fully compatible with existing ESEM and EDS system, no developmental or prototype components acceptable -- (2) ElectroScan P/N 110-363-000 Controller, hot stage, fully automated, fully integratable into existing ESEM control software, 5 temperature settings, 5 ramp, and 5 soak parameters, digital temperature readout, temperature accuracy to 1 C, temperature display readout to micrograph documentation -- No prototype hardware acceptable, must be fully compatible with present ESEM -- (3) ElectroScan P/N 110-305-000 Micromanipulator, with microinjector capability, external control and feedthru for specimen manipulation, external syringe for fluid injection onto specimen. No developmental or prototype hardware acceptable, must be fully compatible with existing ESEM and items 1 and 2 -- Quantity 1 each -- Delivery to MSFC (FOB Destination) is required within 60 days -- This notice serves as the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued -- 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 -- 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 3443 and 750 employees respectively -- The quoter shall identify place of performance in their quote-- Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than February 13,1996 -- Companies shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quote -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9081 or by Internet e-mail kenneth.smith@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Quotations (including 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 Kenneth R. Smith/GP22-J -- 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 -- This procurement is a total small business set-aside -- 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, to be announced -- 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 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''. (0030)

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