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66 -- ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK-CONTROL SYSTEM SOL NB814-704114 POC Doris Turner, Purchasing Agent, (303) 497-3872; FAX: (303) 497-3163 E-MAIL: NOAA; MASC Acquisition Management, Joyce.J.Mills@noaa.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking to purchase an electronic feedback-control system which is required as a retrofit for an existing servohydraulic materials testing machine. The new controller will replace an Instron model 2150 controller and it must be compatible with the existing Instron model 21005 hydraulic pump. The controller shall have three modes of control: load, displacement (stroke), and strain, with adjustable limits for each control mode. The controller shall have two separate and complete user interfaces, a manual control panel and an IEEE-488 computer interface. Each interface shall allow the operator to fully adjust and control the system. With respect to the computer interface, it shall be compatible with an Apple MacIntosh Quadra 700 computer and National Instruments LabView software. The system will include LabView drivers for computer operation. The vendor will be responsible for installation and initial testing of the system. Interested sources proposing to supply an equivalent system must submit a written qualification statement clearly establishing capability to meet the above requirements within 15 days from the date of this synopsis. In the absence of other qualified sources, it is the intent of the Government to negotiate a sole source contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) with Instron Corporation, 100 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021 as this source is considered to be the only responsible source and no other items will satisfy agency requirements. (0050)

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