NASA Procurement Office, Code DA10, John Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

66 -- LOW SPEED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM, PRESTON SCIENTIFIC MODEL PRESYS 1000 Contact Gregory Fletcher, Contract Specialist, 601-688-2223/Harold G. Taulbee, Contracting Officer, 601-688-1640. NASA intends to negotiate only with Preston Scientific of Anaheim, California for the following low speed data acquisition components: 512 each, amplifier w/triple output and variable gain option, Model 8300 AU; 512 each, programmable filter 4 pole vessel with 7 frequencies plus wide band; 156 each internal adjustable millivott cal-mode card 365 each, voltage substitution cal relay; 200 each, manual bridge card; 228 each, signal conditioner power supply; 28 each, autobalance mode card with AB cal mod; 1 each, 8300 AU rack w/master controller; 31 each, 8300 AU rack with slave controller; 1 lot, control cabling and analog output to multiplexer cabling; 2 each, w/pad 16-3 AD converter, 16 bit; 32 each, PMX-2B buffered multiplexer, 16 channels; 13 each PDI-16 2/4 digital input card, 32-bit, TTL-level; 98 each, PDI 16/28 OS, 28 volt digital input card, 16-bit; 12 each, PDC-32 digital counter card, 32-bit accumulating; 4 each, master chassis, 16 USER card slot; 9 each, expansion chassis, 16 user card slot; 6 each, PIF-488 interface; 1 each, ditty module, user custom interface; 4 each, FIFO empty control, P/N 201130-10: 8 each, equipment cabinet with circuit breaker panel, exhaust fan panel, AC plug mounting space, 19'' x 73.5''. There is an option to procure one (1) additional front-end system as described above. The agency intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with Preston Scientific based on system compatibility requirements under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), supplies or services required are available from only one source or a limited number of sources and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. Interested firms have fifteen (15) days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit a proposal to include: manufacturer's make and model number of their proposed equipment, prices, business size, delivery schedule, descriptive literature of the offered product, warranty, F.O.B. point, and invoice terms. The proposals will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the fifteen (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. Oral communications are not acceptable. Transmission by facsimile to 601-688-1141 or by internet e-mail to gregory.fletcher@ ssc.nasa.gov is acceptable. No solicitation document exists and requests for such a document will not be considered. A firm fixed price MidRange contract will be awarded. This notice constitutes a Request for Offer. See Numbered Note 22. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of all NASA/SSC acquisitions. 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 proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Mr. Mark Craig at 601-688-2123. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at 202-35-2090. (107)

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