Johnson Engineering Corporation, 555 Forge River Road, Suite 150, Webster, TX 77598-4336

15 -- FABRICATION SERVICES POC Donna L. Leech, Subcontract Administrator, 281/228-7635, Fax: 281/283-9520 Johnson Engineering Corporation (JE) is a prime contractor (NAS9-18800) to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX. JE is seeking qualified companies to provide aerospace quality fabrication support for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) structural components. Fabricators must have established capabilities in machining, welding, and precision sheet metal forming of titanium and stainless aerospace components. The components to be fabricated require precision fixturing and extensive pre and post machining to tight tolerances. The work must be assigned to a manufacturing engineer to supervise the work to be performed. Other preferred capabilities include an automated welding (seamer) and CAD/CAM system capable of importing PRO/E generated IGES files. Weldments must meet NASA procedure, certification and inspection requirements. Interested sources are requested to submit a detailed Statement of Capabilities which specifically describes how your company is qualified to perform all aspects of the work to be performed described above within 10 calendar days of the publication date of this notice. JE intends to prequalify prospective bidders prior to the issuance of a solicitation. All firms submitting a capability statement will be considered and any subsequent solicitation will be issued to the sources that JE has determined to be qualified. JE does not intend to pay for information received as a result of this synopsis. (0110)

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