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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 22,1997 PSA#1892NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office,
Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 36 -- MODIFICATIONS TO MOORE M-40 DIAMOND TURNING MACHINE SOL
8-P-7-15-96732 DUE 080197 POC Pamela D. White, Contracting Officer,
Phone (205) 544-0337, Fax (205) 544-9080, Email pam.white@msfc.nasa.gov
-- Jane Maples, Contracting Officer, Phone (205) 544-0344, Fax (205)
544-9080, Email jane.maples@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the
latest information about this notice,
http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-P-7-15-96732. E-MAIL:
Pamela D. White, pam.white@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a
Request for Offer (RFO) for the upgrade of the Moore M40 Diamond
Turning Machine. The primary goal will be to develop a method to
produce x-ray optics through a replication process. The Precision
Enginering/Diamond Turning Facility will produce diamond turned
mandrels from .25 -- 1.5 meters in diameter from which replicated
mirrors will be produced. The upgrade will consist of an air bearing
Inductosyn feedback rotary table, spindle and tool post riser blocks
(18-20"), and a precision hydrostatic bearing tailstock assembly.
Modifications and engineering will be required to provide the upgrades
necessary to successfully turn large mandrels to the highest level of
surface figure and finsh possible within the limits of the machine.
The upgrade is a two part endeavor: Part A is the development of a
riser system and tail stock to carry the load within the cutting
parameters of the machine; Part B is to retrofit a Moore Inductosyn air
bearing rotary table to the existing machineand interface it with the
Allen Bradley 9600 controller. This procurement is being conducted
under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy. NASA/MSFC intends to purchase the items
from Moore Tool Company. This sole source is based on proprietary
knowledge of the design and construction of the machine, critical to
the successful implementation of the modifications. The Government
intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested
firms have 15 days from publication on the NAIS (or Commerce Business
Daily (CBD) if over $500K) to submit their qualifications/capabilities.
Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of
determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive
basis. Responses received after 15 days 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. Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO.
All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered
by the agency. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the
following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0198) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0356 19970722\36-0002.SOL)
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