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H -- MATERIAL TESTING AND MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION SOL RFO3-045327 DUE 051596 POC Michael Kinkelaar, Contract Specialist, (216) 433-2736, Mail Stop: 500-306, Internet E-Mail: mkinkelaar@lerc.nasa.gov, or Brian Reed, Project Manager, (216) 433-7489, Mail Stop 301-3. NASA Lewis Research Center seeks sources for a multiyear procurement for the evaluation and characterization of material and for the testing of various high temperature materials (Mechanical testing of Radiation-cooled rocket materials). Requirements contract is anticipated with fixed price rates. A minimum and maximum number of samples will be specified. Government may issue multiple contract awards for the material characterization requirements and a contract for the testing of high temperature materials requirements. Material characterization systems to be evaluated may include iridium/rhenium, hafnia/iridium/rhenium, iridium/tantalum-tungsten, platinum-rhodium. Material characterization tasks include sample preparation, qualitative analysis of samples, quantitative analysis of samples, and reporting. High temperature testing of materials may include rhenium, iridium, niobium, niobium alloys, tantalum-tungsten alloys, tungsten-rhenium alloys, iridium-rhenium alloys, platinum-rhodium alloys. Material testing tasks shall consist of test sample preparation and reporting and one of the following tests; annealing of test samples, tensile testing, low cycle fatigue testing, creep rupture testing, thermal cycling testing and ring shear testing. Any interested source shall identify their status as a small business or 8(a) firm or large business. Responses should be received by April 16, 1996, at M.S. 500-306. Potential sources shall provide information related to their overall scientific, technical, and engineering capabilities and related experience including equipment and company resources which are pertinent to the proposed procurement. Subsequent to receipt and evaluation of this notice, NASA intends to issue a formal Request for Offer (RFO) to fulfill the requirements for this procurement. It is anticipated that the RFO will be issued about early May with proposals due thirty days later. Estimated period of performance is 60 months, base period of twelve months with four option periods of twelve months each. Effective October 1, 1995, the Internet will be the only source of NASA Lewis Research Center MidRange synopsis and solicitations. Other synopses will continue to be published in the CBD as well as the Internet. Internet address: http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/Procure/home.htm. (0088)

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