NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 217, Greenbelt, MD 20771

66 -- PIECE PART ASSEMBLY FOR EIGHT CRYOCOOLERS SOL RFO5-58282-241 DUE 050498 POC Judith Jones, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-4242, Fax (301)286-1720, Email Judith.M.Jones.1@ gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-58282-241. E-MAIL: Judith Jones, Judith.M.Jones.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO)5-58282/241 for the acquisition of piece part assemblies, Sunpower Inc. Model No. M77, or equal, with active counter balancer, but without drive electronics for eight cryocoolers. The coolers shall (1) be capable of supplying 4 watts of cooling at 77 Kelvin with no more than 100 watts of input power and with a heat sink temperature at the cooler interface of 30 decrees centigrade, (2) capable of being mounted such that the heat generated by the cooler can be conductively removed from the cooler while maintaining an adequately cool heat sink to meet requirement 1, (3) when operating with appropriate electronics, the cooler must be capable of being operated at 100 watts of input power and still have residual vibration in any axis of less than 3 newtons peak force at the cooler operating frequency, (5) the cooler mounting system shall be constructed such that the cooler can be vibrated at 14.2 Grms while mounted to a adequately sturdy structural support. and (6) the cooler shall have a mass of no greater than 5 kg. Additional specifications are contained in the RFO. The system shall be F.O.B. delivered to NASA/GSFC within five months after contract award. The procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12 and selection will be made based on Best Value criteria. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 3679 and 500 employees, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-4. 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 May 5, 1998 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about June 5, 1998. 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/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. All requests for a copy of this RFO must be submitted within 15 days from the date of this notice to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Attn: Judith Jones, Code 217, Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771. No collect calls, no telephone requests will be accepted. However, written requests may be facsimiled to (301) 286-1720. Verification of receipt of RFO requests rests solely on the interested parties. 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 solicitationand 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. (0107)

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