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

34 -- METALLOGRAPHIC AUTOMATIC MOUNTING PRESSES SOL 8-P-6-21-B1896 POC Contact GP22L/Janice M. Stewart, Contract Specialist, 205-544-6093, or, GP22C/Teresa A. Foley, Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a Metallographic Automatic Mounting Presses-- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Struers, 810 Sharon Drive, Westlake, Ohio the following items: 1) Mounting Press, Struers, Part Number PR020, Prontopress-20, Electro- Hydraulic, Dual Mounting, 110 Vac, capable to 50 mm diameter maximum processing time 15 min., LC Display, EPROM, RAM and No-Volatile RAM 8KB, 100 Mounting Methods available in memory, touch pad control, 100 to 180 degrees C temperature range, 0 to 50 kn force range, dual intermediate RAM capable, 420 mm W X 580 mm D X 420 mm H max; quantity 2 ea -- 2) Mounting unit, Part Number CYLAM, cylinder, upper and lower ram, integral heating/cooling unit, 1.5 inch mount diameter, for use with Item 1; quantity 4 ea -- 3) Mounting unit, Part Number CYLAM, cylinder, upper and lower ram, integral heating/ cooling unit, 50 mm mount diameter, for use with Item 1, quantity 1 ea -- 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 predominant experience -- Interested firms have until April 18, 1996, 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 April 18, 1996, 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 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to janice.stewart@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''. (0095)

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