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59 -- ISOLATION MODULES SOL 1-075-DSI.1272 DUE 042996 POC Evangeline G. Poulson, Buyer, (804) 864-2433. Category 59 -- Isolation Modules -- SOL 1-075-DSI.1272 DUE 4-29-96 POC Evangeline G. Poulson 804-864-2433. NASA Langley Research Center intends to procure the following: Phoenix Contact part number 5525360, strain gauge high-voltage protection module. Number: EVNPS05-0005-MM. Phoenix contact part number 5526903, thermocouple high-voltage protection module. Phoenix contact part number 7006253, DIN rail, NASA custom cut 7.5 mm height, 24 inch length. Phoenix contact part number 0441012, universal grounding terminal block, USLKG4. Delivery 30 days after date of contract. This notice constitutes a complete Request for Quotations (RFQ). No additional RFQ is available. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The proposed contract is 100 percent set aside for small business concerns. This is a commercial item, see FAR Part 12 FAR Clauses 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3, 52.212-4, and 52.212-5 are incorporated by reference. Quotes may be mailed to NASA Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 138, Hampton, VA 23681-0001, or faxed to 804-864-6131, solicitation number must be cited in either case. The quote must: be for the item(s) described above, contain a CERTIFICATION that the offeror is a small, small disadvantaged, or small woman-owned business, be FOB destination to this Center, include the proposed delivery schedule and discount/payment terms and warranty duration (if applicable), and be signed by an authorized company representative. Offerors should include their taxpayer identification number (TIN). Quotes are due by 3:00 p.m. local time on 4-29-96. All timely quotes received from small businesses will be considered. Quotes must include adequate information and submittals to determine whether the proposed item(s) will meet the requirement described above. Product literature is recommended for technical information. Award(s) will be for the best value offered to the Government, with technical capabilities of the proposed item(s), price and past performance/capability information essentially equal for evaluation purposes. Evaluations will be per line item, and award(s) will be for the best value to the Government, with price, technical, and past performance considered essentially equal. Award is anticipated within 7 days of the date quotes are due. 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, the Source Evaluation Board, 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 proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman Belinda Adams at 804-864-8989. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. Before consulting with any ombudsman, interested parties must try to resolve their concerns with the contract specialist or the contracting officer. DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION. (0103)

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