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36 -- HIGH PRESSURE GN2 TANKS FOR RUSSIAN SAFER SOL 9-BE13-31-8-11P DUE 021398 POC Stephanie D. Hunter, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-8523, Fax (281) 244-5331, Email shunter@ems.jsc.nasa.gov -- Lisa Rea-Phillips, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 483-8395, Fax (281) 244-5337, Email lreaphil@ems.jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/date.html#9-BE13-31-8-11P. E-MAIL: Stephanie D. Hunter, shunter@ems.jsc.nasa.gov. NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Offer for the Design, Development, Fabrication, Qualification and Delivery of 10 metal lined, composite overwrapped pressure vessels. These pressure vessels shall meet the safety and design requirements of MIL-STD-1522A per the SOW and be shown to be a leak before burst design. The tank shall have an MDP of 10,000 psig @ 2000F, with a proof rating of 15,000 psig and minimum burst of 20,000 psig. The pressurized envelope shall be approximately 3.95" diameter by 20" long and have a pressurized internal volume of 172 cubic inches minimum. Offerors are encouraged to use existing tooling or qualified designs if they are close to this envelope, save time, or reduce cost. The cycle life shall be 100 cycles to MDP, the operational life shall be 10 years minimum. The operating environment shall be -100 to 2000 F. Port shall be MS33649-04, with lockwire holes, a ring groove and wrench flats(or equivalent) for assembly to the system. The tank shall have a non-conductive fiberlayer between the liner and the overwrap. Two tanks shall be provided no later than 3/31/97, with the balance within 3 months. Fluid media will be nitrogen, air, helium, and freon 14. Tanks shall be delivered cleaned to level 100A per MIL-STD-1246. In addition to other required analyses, composite pressure vessels shall be assessed for adequate stress rupture life. The contractor shall participate in a Qualification Test Results Review (QTRR) via telecon and present the final qualification report. The Contractor shall perform Acceptance Testing on each Pressure Vessel in accordance with the approved Test Plan. The contractor shall establish and maintain a Quality Management System (QMS) on the contract date that complies with ANSI/ASQC Q9001-1994, American National Standard, Quality Systems Model for Quality Assurance in Design/Development, Production, Installation, and Servicing. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and contract are those in effect through FAC 97-2. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about 01/12/98 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about 02/13/98. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL of the NASA/JSC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site and/or the CBD for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0364)

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