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70 -- OPTICAL SCANNER SOL 1-075-GLD.1695 POC Gale Poulson, Buyer, (804) 864-2433. Category 70 -- Optical Scanner -- SOL 1-075-GLD.1695 DUE N/A POC Gale Poulson 804-864-2433. NASA Langley Research Center intends to procure, on a Sole Source basis, from the following firm, DFM Engineering, for the following goods or services: 8 Inch Clear Aperture Hemispherical Belt Drive Optical Scanner. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This is a commercial item procurement, 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. Should any other offeror be able to provide the above goods or services, send adequate information and literature to support this contention to NASA Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 138, Hampton, VA 23681-0001. This information, citing the above solicitation number, should be received within 15 days of the publication date of this notice. All timely received information will be considered. Offerors should include their taxpayer identification number (TIN). 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. 2 (0116)

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