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

66 -- BATTERY CELLS SOL 8-Q-5-15-94006 POC Contact James W. Bailey, GP24-C/Contract Specialist, 205-961-2303, or Pamela D. White, GP24/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Hi-Rate 20 AMP- Hour Silver-Zinc Battery Cells -- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Eagle Pitcher Industries, Inc., the following items: Hi-Rate 20 AMP-Hour Silver-Zinc Battery Cells, EPI Part No. MAR4546-11, Quantity 190 Each -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Note: This procurement is sole-source based on system compatability requirements and batteries must be aerospace qualified -- Interested firms have until August 12, 1996 to submit in writing their aerospace qualified battery cells fitting our description -- Information will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis -- Responses received after August 15, 1996, 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 in response to this notice -- Responses must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to james.bailey@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- The 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''. (0215)

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