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36 -- 5-AXIS COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROLLED (CNC) MILLING MACHINE SOL 9-BE13-39-7-20P DUE 121896 POC Contract Specialist: Krystine Bui, (281) 483-4186 Contract Officer: Ann S. Sullivan, (281) 483-1863 THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY/SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for one 5-Axis Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) Milling Machine. The machining center be capable of spindle speeds between 40 -- 6000 rpm plus 2,000 to 21,000 rpm. Also the is must consists of the followings: 1) fully programmable 5-axes/5-sided machining capability, 2) Automatic Low and High-Speed machining with spindle speed ranging between 40 RPM and 21,000 RPM, 3) Programmable feed rates of at least 700 inch per minute, 4) work surface of 66.9"X137.8" with 5 longitudinal, center precision T-slots with precision key way, 5) machining range -- X-axis travel 157.5", Y-axis travel 115.0", Y-axis working 100", Z-axis travel 39.4", 6) width between columns 95.2", 7) rapid traverse 787 inch per minute, 8) spindle motor power -- 30 hp continuous/MTDR 40 hp, 9) CAT 50 Tooling, 10) positioning accuracy for X, Y, Z axes will be +/- 0.0002"/39.4", and for C and A axes will be +/- 10 sec, 11) repeatabilityfor X, Y, Z axes will be +/- 0.00006", and for C and A axes will be +/- sec, 12) full machine enclosure with sliding operator door, 13) 16" Column riser, 14) Pallet Wash System, 15) Coolant Clean Tank with dual filtration (10/25 micron filters), 16) hand held coolant nozzle, 17) coolant mist collection unit, 18) spray coolant system, 19) dual chip conveyer system, 20) automatic attachment changer, 21) automatic V/H Tool changer with 45 tool storage, spindle probe, torque controlled machining capability, automatic tool recovery capability, extra probe body, and fixator leveling equipment, 22) wide range of controller features, 23) full documentation including maintenance, operations, and parts manuals, 24) training for 10 operators at JSC, and 25) a one year full parts and labor service agreement. For technical clarifications, please contact Vernon Hammersley at 281-483-2261, or via E-mail at Vernon.C.Hammersley@jsc.nasa.gov See Numbered Note 26. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA/JSC MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offers and potential offerors 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 ajudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman, Brian Duffy at 281-483-6050. Concerns, issues, and disagreements which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman, Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC or NETSCAPE. The WWW address, or URL, of the JSC Procurement home page is: "http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bd2/" It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for solicitation release. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation. The RFO is contemplated to be released in approximately 60 days. If there are any questions, the contract specialist may be contacted via E-mail at Krystine.Bui@jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (281) 483-4186 or the contracting officer may be contacted via E-mail at Keith.D.Hutto@jsc.nasa.gov or by phone at (281) (0001)

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