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

66 -- HIGH RESOLUTION DUAL DILOTOMETER SOL 8-W-6-21-52962 POC Contact, GP22-J/Kenneth R. Smith/Contract Specialist, 205-544-0327 or GP22/W. H. Keith/Contracting Officer This notice constitutes a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Item No. 1- High resolution dual dilatomer, Netzch Instruments, IncP/N 402ED/3/E.0.625nm sensitivity, -150 to 750C temperature range, 2MM stroke, 0--25MM and 25-50MM sample lengths BRANDNAME OR EQUAL To include the following: (a.) Base plate with guide rails. P/N 6.216.0-01 or equal-- (b.) MeasuringHead. P/N 6.216.0-02 or equal-- (c.) Low temperature tube furnace, -150 to 750C. P/N 6.216.0-30 or equal-- (d.) Furnace guide carriage, P/N 6.214.3-80.0 or equal (e.) Tubesample support, quartz. P/N 6.216.0-07 +E or equal-- (f.) Set of scanning rods, quartz, 25MM. P/N 6.216.0-04 or equal(g.) System controller. P/N 1.850.01 or equal--(h.) Furnace power supply. P/N1.851.01 or equal--(i.) Compensation amplifier. P/N 1.202.5 or equal--(j.) Basic software package for data acquisition, storage,and evaluation. P/N SW?DIL/531.01 or equal--(k.) Complete computer system including 486 microprocessor, 4Mb RAM 14'' VGA monitor, 3.5'' floppy drive, and 240 M hard drive. P/N C486-240 (l.) HTB controller for computer-system interface. P/N 1.400.60-06 orequal--(m.) IEEE system interface controller, P/N 1.400.60-02 or equal--(n.) Color deskjet printer/plotter. P/N DJ-02C or equal--Quantity 1 EA.-- Item No. 2 --Cooling Gas Supply.P/N 6.351.1 Brand Name or Equal--Quantity--1 ea.--Item No. 3--Water Circu;ation Cooling Station. P/N NI-110B-DIL or equal-- Quantity 1 EA.--Item No. 4 --Calibration Standard, Quartz. P/N 6.216.0-91.9 or equal--Quantity 1 EA.--ITEM No. 5 -- Standard Sample, Tungsten. P/N 6.216.0-1.6 or equal--Item No. 6 -- Standard Sample, Quartz. P/N 6.216.0-91.1 or equal --Item No. 7.-- Standard Sample, Sapphire. P/N 6.216.0-91.9 or equal--Item No. 8--Precision Surface Grinding Machine for Dilatometer Specimens. P/N 6.440.0 or equal NOTES: 1. Offerors will be supplied with a composite material specimen to be Netzsch OR EQUAL-- 2. Offerors willbe supplied with a composite material specimen to be subjected to CTE testing. Accuracy of results will be used to competitive range, in part. -- This notice serves as the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 90-34: This procurement is a total small business set-aside-- Delivery to MSFC (FOB Destination) is required within 30 days ARO -- The quoter shall provide a description (including manufacturer, brand, and model no.) in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the specifications included in this notice -- If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled ''Buy American Act -- Supplies,'' the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin -- The quoter shall state in their quote their size status for this procurement as well as whether they are minority or woman-owned -- The SIC code and the size standard for this procurement are 3826 and 500 employees) respectively -- The quoter shall identify place of performance in their quote - - The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-A7 -- Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than July 25, 196 -- Companies shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quote -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9081 or by Internet e-mail to ken.smith@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Quotations (including Representations and Certifications which may be obtained via the internet at ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov/proc_ref.html'' or at ''ftp://procure.msfc.nasa.gov/pub/reps_certs/sats/'') are due on August 07, 1996 to the address specified above to the attention of Kenneth R. Smith/GP22-J -- Selection and award will be made (on an aggregate basis) to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quoter -- Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the quoter providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the Government's requirement -- The period of time expected for the Contracting Officer to solicit/evaluate vendor quotes and issue the purchase order will be approximately 15 days from publication of this notice in the CBD -- 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 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 quotes, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes -- Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Susan M. Smith at 205-544-0012 -- Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Thomas S. 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 -- This 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''. (0200)

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