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

66 -- MICROTOX MODEL 500 ANALYZER SOL 8-P-5-21-B1846 POC Contact Teresa A. Foley, GP22C/Contracting Officer/205-544-0335 NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a Microtox Model 500 Analyzer -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Microbics Corporation the following items: Microtox Model 500 Analyzer to include data reduction software P/N 50H070; On-site training (8hrs); Data Collection System P/N 50A333; Microtox Regeants 40 vials P/N 686017; Microtox Diluent, 1 liter P/N 686011; Microtox Moas, 50 ML P/N 686019; Glass Cuvettes, Box of 1000 P/N 686004; Repeat Pipette P/N 696077; Repeat Pipette Tips (0.5ML) P/N 686078; Repeat Pipette Tips (12.5ML) P/N 686079; Adjustable Pipette P/N 686089; Adjustable Pippette Tips P/N 686090; Chronic Reagent, 20 Vials P/N 989015; Chronic Media, 10 Vials P/N 989220; Recon Solution, 1 Liter P/N 686028; ToxCalc Software P/N 90H090; Chronic Test Manual P/N 99H995; Digital Display Incubator P/N 686425 -- Specifications include the following: Specialized instrumentation designed to screen discharge water for relative toxicities; 30 sample incubator wells and reagent cooling well integrated into a single instrument; built-in RS-232 serial interface; automatically collects data from the Model 500 instrument, analyzes data and prints out reports; software loaded on system and tested prior to shipment; toxicity test software -- 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 proprietary specifications -- 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 205-544-0335 or by Internet e-mail to teresa.foley@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- The 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''. (0040)

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