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

66 -- MTS DIGITAL MATERIALS TEST CONTROLLER SOL 8-P-6-21-B1819 POC Contact GP22-J/Kenneth R. Smith, 205-544-0327, or, GP22-C/Teresa A. Foley/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a Digital Control System Upgrade for an MTS Model 810 Load Frame -- Quantity 1 EA -- The following specifications provide the MSFC/NASA Metallic Materials & Processes Division with a Digital Control System for existing MTS Model 810 load frames -- This is intended as both a replacement for an obsolete control system and a direct substitution (at a critical sub-component or system level) for an existing digital control system -- The direct interchangeability affords the real time assessment of the system fault and numerous options for continued materials testing -- SYSTEMS SPECIFICATIONS: -- 1.0 System Compatibility -- The proposed system shall be fully compatible with the existing MTS Model 810 load frames electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, and dimensional systems. No prototype or non-native hardware or software is acceptable -- The system must be compatible in operating architecture and function with an existing digital control system ECN 1397512 -- 2.0 Documentation -- The following documentation will be provided: Certificate of Compatibility with MTS Model 810 Load Frames and existing digital control system ECN 1397512; A set of operations manuals in protective binders; A set of electrical schematics for installation and troubleshooting; A set of mechanical assembly drawings; Certification of Calibration at component and assembly levels -- 3.0 INSTALLATION -- Authorized vendor certified personnel shall provide installation at MSFC/NASA -- This installation shall demonstrate the compliance of the system to specifications and inter-changeability -- One full day of on sight training will be provided immediately following successful completion of the installation -- 4.0 SYSTEM OPERATING ARCHITECTURE: -- The operating system shall be an icon and window user interface allowing mouse and keystroke control -- The system software must be a true multi-tasking operating system to allow for; monitoring of the current test through real-time display scope and data display functions; configuration of future tests; evaluation of prior tests; and operation of other data applications, The system software shall allow the utilization of a system manager to implement a password protection set of users -- Complete specifications will be provided in the RFQ -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Request for copies of the RFQ must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9081 or by Internet e-mail to kenneth smith@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- The RFQ will be released 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 -- 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 postward phase 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, TBD -- Concerns, issues, disgreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman Thomas S. Luedkte at (202)358-2090 -- 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 Procuurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc nasa gov''. (0051)

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