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66 -- SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL CONTROLLER EQUIPMENT DUE 052298 POC Linda M. Kendrick, Contracting Officer, Phone (216) 433-2407, Fax (216) 433-5185, Email Linda.M.Kendrick@lerc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LeRC/date.html#3-098330. E-MAIL: Linda M. Kendrick, Linda.M.Kendrick@lerc.nasa.gov. NASA/LeRC plans to purchase supplemental equipment to enhance the capabilities of the current controller equipment now being used in LeRC's supersonic wind tunnel. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Priority Rating: DO-A7; FSC Code: 6625; SIC Code: 3829; Small Business Size Standard: 500 employees NASA/LeRC intends to purchase the items from the Process Control Division of Westinghouse. This is an upgrade of the current equipment (Westinghouse Distributed Process Family (WDPF) controller equipment); it will add a gaseous oxygen and gaseous hydrogen control system, as well as improve the current speed control system. No other product (or group of products) is known to be sufficiently compatible with the WDPF equipment to assure functional reliability in the current environment. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO MAKE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD. NO SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. ANY INTERESTED PARTY THAT BELIEVES THAT ITS PRODUCT(S) CAN SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT HEREIN DESCRIBED IS INVITED TO RESPOND IN WRITING DIRECTLY TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, NO LATER THAN 4:30pm on MAY 22, 1998. Such submittal shall include a description of the firm's/product's relevant qualifications/capabilities, and will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after May 22d or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to compete, or not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competitive basis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0110)

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