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39 -- MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT POC Don Potter, Subcontract Administrator Specialist, (510) 422-8673 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the subcontract administrator via e-mail., potter5@llnl.gov. The University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, seeks sources for the design, fabrication, and installation of a teleoperated manipulator and associated track/rail system for use at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The system is for the service and maintenance of optical components located around the upper, external surface of a sphere. The system consists of a 6 meter diameter track /rails to position the manipulator and a six degree of freedom manipulator. The manipulator shall be capable of positioning a 550 Kg load at a reach of 5 meters. The manipulator must operate in very confined spaces and be capable of retracting into a small volume stowed position. The manipulator shall be manually controlled, teleoperated, with force feed back and teach and repeat control features. The operator shall be located near the load. Fabrication, Installation, final acceptance, and operator training shall be coordinated with the NIF construction schedule. Interested firms shall have past experience in systems (or subsystems) of this nature and should respond with a description of qualifications with respect to the foregoing or related fields. The small business size standard applicable to the proposed acquisition is 500 employees. Firms qualifying as a small business with respect to this standard should so state. Responses are required on or before December 15, 1997. Firms responding to this announcement that fail to provide the required information will not be considered for inclusion into any resulting source list. Facsimile responses to 510-422-9294 will be accepted. This notice is to assist the University in determining the potential for competition; no solicitation is currently available. (0317)

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