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

70 -- 100 MHZ POWER PC AND ACCESSORIES SOL 8-P-6-15-B3686 POC Contact James W. Bailey, GP24-C/Contract Specialist, 205-961-2303, or Jane Maples, GP24/Contracting Officer This notice is a combined Synopsis/RFQ for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 as a supplement with additional information included in this notice -- This notice serves as the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued -- This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the following five items: Item 1, 100 Mhz PowerPC 603E with POPPPC-10RC, 4 Mbytes user flash EPROM, 8 Mbytes of DRAM with Error Detection and Correction, supports VxWorks operating system (VxWorks Board Support Package), Build Standard - Rugged Conduction Cooled, Operating temperature -40 degree Celsius to 75 degrees Celsius, Vibration 0.1g squared Hz from 15 Hz to 2Khz, Compatible with 1ATR short Chassis specified in Item 5, Radstone P/N PPC603E-008RC or equal, 1 each -- Item 2, 8 Channel VME RS422 Asynchronous Communications Multiplexer, Serial Data rates selectable from 50 to 38.4 Kbaud, supports VxWorks operating system (VxWorks board support package), Build Standard - Rugged Conduction Cooled, Operating temperature -40 degrees Celsius to 75 degrees Celsius, Vibration 0.1g squared Hz from 15 Hz to 2 Khz, Shall be Compatible with 1ATR short Chassis specified in item 5, Radstone P/N ACM1-100RC or equal, 1 each -- Item 3, VME Analog Input Interface Adapter, 32 single-ended channels/16 differential channels, 12 bit resolution, Build Standard - Rugged Conduction Cooled, Operating temperature -40 degrees Celsius to 75 degrees Celsius, Vibration 0.1g squared Hz from 15 Hz to 2 Khz, Compatible with 1ATR short chassis specified in Item 5, Radstone P/N AIP1-100RC or equal, 1 each -- Item 4, VME Parallel Input/Output interface, 16 Opto-Isolated input channels, 16 Opto-Isolated output channels, Build Standard - Rugged Conduction Cooled, Operating temperature -40 degrees Celsius to 75 degrees Celsius, Vibration 0.1g squared Hz from 15 Hz to 2 Khz, Compatible with 1ATR short chassis specified in Item 5, Radstone P/N PI02-400RC or equal, 1 each -- Item 5, 1ATR short chassis which accommodates 8 conduction cooled VME boards including Items 1-4, VME backplane, 28 VDC Primary Power - Power Output 225 Watts (+5V at 35A, +12V at 2A, -12V at 2A) Baseplate Conduction Cooled, Front Panel Specifications, 28 VDC Power Connector, Monitor/Control Connector with access to the serial port on the slot 1 processor, User Definable area, Operating Temperature -40 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius, Vibration, 0.1g squared Hz from 15 Hz to 2 Khz, Radstone P/N 1ATRS-001BB1 or equal, 1 each -- 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 90-38 -- This procurement is a total small business set- aside -- Delivery to MSFC (FOB Destination) is required within 60 days ARO -- Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 -- The quoter shall complete FAR 52.212-3 and submit it as part of their quote -- FAR 52.212- 4 and 52.212-5 are applicable with the exception of 52.212-5(b): 52.203-6, 52.203-10, 52.219-8, 52.219-9, 52.219-14, 52.225-9, 52.225-17, 52.225-18, 52.225-19, 52.225-21, 52.247-64, 201-39.5202-3, and all of 52.212-5 (c) -- 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 3571 and 1000 employees respectively -- If other than the brand name identified is quoted, then the quoter shall indicate the manufacturer, brand, and model/part number quoted and provide a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the brand name identified and the specifications included in this notice -- If the end products quoted is other than domestic end products 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 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 07/25/96 -- Companies shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quote -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to james.bailey@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Quotations (including FAR 52.212-3, 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 08/02/96 to the address specified above to the attention of James W. Bailey/GP24-C -- 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 30 days from publication of this notice in the CBD -- An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from quoters, potential quoters, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition -- 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 -- 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 -- 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''. (0201)

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