NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

66 -- VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER SOL 8-1-8-21-B9422 POC Teresa A. Foley, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0335, Fax (256) 544-4080, Email teresa.foley@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/MSFC/date.html#8-1-8-21-B9422. E-MAIL: Teresa A. Foley, teresa.foley@msfc.nasa.gov. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER meeting the following minimum requirements. A. Scope This purchase description covers a standard off-the-shelf floor model, vertical machining center with a PC Based CNC control. B. Requirements 1. Minimum Machine Capacity: X Axis 50", Y Axis 28", Z Axis 30" Spindle to Table minimum range 6.0" to 35" 2. Work Table: Work surface (Min.) 60" x 30" Load Capacity(min.) -- 2750 lb Tee Slots -- 5 x 18 mm 3. Programmable Feedrates: X,Y,Z axes(min.) -- 0.1 to 500 ipm Minimum Increment 0.1 ipm 4. Rapid Traverse(min) X,Y Axis 800 ipm Z Axis 600 ipm 5. Minimum Axis Thrust (continuous): Z Axis 2200 lb X & Y Axes 850 lb 6. Spindle Drive:(Min.) Range -- 60-8000 rpm Power -- 12 hp continuous -- 15 hp MTDR Type -- Variable speed AC 7. Tool Storage(Min.): Capacity -- 16 tools Twin Key Driven Tooling -- #40 Taper (Min.) Tool Selection -- Random Average tool change time -- 7 sec. 8. Minimum Tool Dimensions: Diameter- 3" (full storge) 6" (adjacent pockets empty) Length 12" Weight 15 lb. 9. Position Accuracy: Scope of Test -- Full Range Positioning -- +.0002" Repeatability -- +.0001" 10. General Specifications: Machine Weight (Max.)- 22,000 lb. Maximum Height -- 142" Maximum Floor Space(all doors open)-164" x 168" 11. Machining Center must have as a minimum, the following standard equipment: a. 16 tool(Min.) automatic tool changer b. Positive pressure air / oil mist spindle bearing lubrication c. Flood Coolant,14.5 psi @ 5 gpm d. 192 gal coolant tank e. Interlocked chip and coolant guarding f. AC spindle and Axis drives g. Spindle orientation in 1o increments h. Solid tapping i. Linear scales on X&Y j. Encoder Feedback on X,Y,& Z axis k. Multi-tap isolation transformer to allow operation on 208, 220, 230, 240, 380, 415, 460, 480 VAC @ 50 or 60 Hz. l. Coolant washdown system with hose and nozzle 12. Interchangeability: To provide for replacement of worn parts, all parts bearing the same part number shall be functionally interchangeable, and shall be dimensionally identical within the manufacturing tolerance limits in use by their manufacturer. 13. Casting and Forgings: All castings and forgings shall be free of defects, scale, and mismatching. Processes such as welding, peening, plugging, or filling with solders or metallic paste shall not be used for reclaiming any defective part for use in the machine. 14. Welding, Brazing, or Soldering: Welding, brazing, or soldering shall be employed only where specified in the original design. None of these operations shall be employed as a repair measure for any defective part. 15. Fastening Devices: All screws, pins, bolts, and similar parts shall be installed in such a manner as to prevent change of tightness. Those subject to removal or adjustment shall not be swaged, peened, staked, or otherwise permanently deformed. 16. Surfaces: All surfaces of castings, forgings, molded parts, stampings, and welded parts shall be cleaned and free from sand, dirt, fins, sprues, flash, scale, flux, and other harmful or extraneous materials. All edges shall be either rounded or beveled unless sharpness is required to perform a necessary function. Except as otherwise specified herein, the condition and finish of all surfaces shall be commensurate with the manufacturer s standard commercial practices. 17. Safety: The machine must comply with Occupational Safety and Health Act. C. Control system shall have the following features as a minimum: 1. PC architecture, Intel Pentium 32 bit processor(s)motherboard. 2. 8 Mbytes RAM active control memory 3. 100 Mbyte part storage space on hard drive 4. SVGA video graphics adapter 5. IBM PS-2 keyboard and pointing device 6. 1.44 -- 3.5" floppy drive 7. Local area network adapter for Windows NT networking 8. Base operating software shall be Microsoft Windows NT 9. Field upgradeable to higher level Intel processors 10. Pre-wired for future installation of 4th or 5th axis drives and tables 11. RS-232 & standard parallel printer ports. 12. Pendant-mounted machine operation and setup station. D. The machine control unit is to have the following standard axis management features: 1. Capability to simultaneously control 4 axes (X,Y,Z,A) 2. Automatic Acc / Dec : Bell shape 3. Velocity feed forward 4. NC program block look ahead capability, 20 blocks min. 5. Axis inhibit on a per axis basis 6. Axis inversion on a per axis basis 7. Dry run feedrate 8. Power feed and incremental jog (two axis simultaneous) 9. Zero shift 10. Software axis feed limits, machine 11. Software axis feed limits, programmed 12. Forbidden zone programming 13. End point range checking 14. Axis error compensation, bi-direction, interpolated 15. Backlash compensation 16. Axis reversal compensation for transient reversal errors, used to overcome friction for circular cross over points E. The machine control unit shall have the following Operator Features: 1. 14" Touchscreen Color display 2. On-Screen Keyboard for MDI Input, Edit, and Other Features Requiring Data Entry 3. Hand-Held Pendant w/LCD Readout, pulse generator Handwheel, Spindle Speed and Feedrate Override Potentiometer, cycle start, emergency stop, feedhold, and data reset. 4. Home Menu Configurable by User 5. Data journals for data including startup history, alarms, and user data stored with date and time stamp 6. Directory services (registry, import, export) of up to 500 programs 7. 100 MB(min.) (approx. 850,000 ft) part program storage on Hard Drive 8. Program Edit w/Cut, Copy, and Paste Capability 9. Split screen, dual program editing function 10. Multi-block Manual Data Input (MDI), Saveable as a Part Program 11. Spindle HP Display 12. Part Program Synchronization13. On-Screen Calculator Function 14. Fixture Offsets, 32 sets of Offsets Programmed by "H" word 15. Multiple Setup Offsets, 64 sets (one pallet offset standard) 16. Programmable Tool Offsets, 99 Offsets Programmed by "O" word 17. Cycle parameter table for entering and modifying fixed cycle parameters 18. Passwords, Multiple Levels to Restrict Access to Selected Areas 19. Communications, EIA RS-232, Xon/Xoff 20. Diagnostics: Extended and Interactive 21. Backup Capability for Critical Areas of User Data 22. Resident Assistant Programmer (RAP), On-screen Graphical Assistance in Writing Programs at the Machine. The Operator will be Prompted Graphically for all Required Data. Rapid, Linear, Circular and Helical Interpolation, Fixed Cycles, Circular and Rectangular Patterns, Scaling and Probing are supported. 23. RAP generation of fully editable "G" code programs 24. Balloon Help F. The machine control unit shall have the following programming features: 1. Rapid Traverse 2. Linear Interpolation 3. Major Plane Circular Interpolation 4. Major Plane Helical Interpolation 5. Rigid Tapping 6. Polar Coordinate Programming (E and L words) 7. Radius and Fillet Blending (R Word) 8. Program Scaling 9. Coordinate Rotation (Rot Block) 10. NC Program Format (Type I and Type II blocks) based on EIA Standard RS-274 11. NC Program Comments. All Characters Between "," and "EOB" are Ignored 12. Block Delete by/Code. Up to Nine Different Selections 13. Decimal Point Programming 14. Spindle Programming in 1 rpm increments 15. Sequence number shall be 15 digits specified by ":" or "N" Blocks 16. Program Dwell 17. Assignment Features shall allow operator to assign a value to a variable 18. Program Branching Labels 19. Contouring Rotary Axis Unwind 20. Plane Select 21. Reference Points. Fixed Axis Positions for functions such as Tool Change and Pallet Shuttle. 22. Automatic Return to Reference Point 23. Automatic Return from Reference Point 24. Acceleration/Deceleration On/Off 25. Cutter Diameter Compensation 26. Local Coordinate System allows definition of coordinate system for one region of a part program 27. Exact Stop 28. Positioning Mode 29. Contouring Mode 30. Inch/Metric Programming 31. Fixed Cycles for Holes 32. Absolute/Incremental Programming 33. Position Set 34. Feed per Minute 35. Feed per Tooth 36. Inverse Time Feedrate 37. Spindle Speed in RPM Mode 38. Spindle Speed in SFPM Mode 39. Machine Coordinate Programming, Position Set Cancel 40. Program Stop 41. Optional Stop 42. End of Program, leave tool in spindle 43. End of Program, put tool away 44. Spindle Control 45. Orient Spindle 46. Coolant Control 47. Spindle and Coolant Control 48. Tool Change 49. Spindle (Z) Axis Full Retract 50. Feedrate and Spindle Speed Override Enable 51. Feedrate and Spindle Speed Override Disable 52. Set High Limits and Set Low Limits 53. Axis Inversion Blocks 54. Programmable Operator Message Display Blocks 55. Display Drawing Block which activates a specific drawing stored in a registered file (Dwg) 56. Advanced Programming Arithmetic Operators: Add,Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Modulus Function, Exponential, SIN, COS, TAN, ARCSIN, ARCCOS, ARCTAN, Square Root, Round, Integer and Absolute Value 57. Logical Expression supported for NOT, AND, OR XOR Functions 58. Branch (GOTO <Label>) 59. Conditional Branch (IF <logical expression> GOTO <label>) 60. Conditional Execution (IF <logical expression> THEN) 61. NC Program Chaining (CHN Block) 62. NC Program Subroutine Call (CLS) 63. Define Subroutine (DFS and End Subroutine (ENS) 64. A850SX Part Program Translation 65. Fanuc and Fadal Part Program Translation 66. Pattern Cycles 67. Inch/metric switchable via "G" code 68. Program timer, stop watch and part program cycle counter 69. 1 digit tool number 70. Programmable interference zones 71. 32 character alpha numeric program identifier 72. Parametric subroutines, 4 level nesting 73. 3D safe zone programming 74. Bolt hole pattern capability 75. Exact stop 76. Variables: parameter, local, common, and system G. The machine control unit shall have the following standard tool management features: 1. Tool File that provides a Master Tool Data Record 2. Programmable Tool Offsets -- 99 programmed by "D" Word 3. Tool Magazine/Active Tool Set representing the Current Tools Available to the Machine 4. Graphic Display of Tools, Showing Tool Type, Dimensioned Offset Values, Etc. 5. Configurable Tool Data Displays 6. Graphic Display of Active Tool Set (Current Tool Storage at the Machine) 7. Tool Loading and Unloading for Manual, Automatic, or Semi-automatic Operation 8. Tool Programming Format by 10-Digit "T" Word. The "T" word may be Interpreted as Tool Identifier or Tool Pocket Number 9. Plotter w/Tool Icon Display 10. Tool Identification Allowing Redundant Tool Programming 11. Tool Type of Support for Fixed Cycles 12. Tool Length Compensation 13. Tool Angle Compensation for correct hole depth 14. Per Tool Spindle Speed Override 15. Per Tool Feedrate Override 16. Per Tool Maximum RPM 17. Per Tool Maximum Feedrate 18. Number of Teeth Field to Support Feed/Tooth Programming 19. Flute Length Field to Determine Correct Plot Cut Depth 20. Tooling Setup Support 21. Alternate Tool Selection for Sister Tool Support 22. Tool Search on Active Tool Table for ID and Wear H. The machine control unit shall have the following Maintenance and Support Features: 1. Servo Error Detection 2. Resident Diagnostics Online and Offline 3. Contact Monitor Display gives the ability to display in Real Time the status of modules, I/O racks, interface contacts, and registers 4. Diagnostic Syncogram Display provides a logic-analyzer type of variable trigger and timebase as a timing diagram for finding faults on sequential mechanisms 5. Startup History Display 6. Alert History Display 7. Documentation I. Documentation: Two sets of the following manuals shall be provided. One set must be provided 8 weeks before delivery of machine and the other must be provided with the machine. Operators Manuals; containing instructions for proper operation of the machine and control. Machine Maintenance Manual; containing machine specifications, functional diagrams, machine repair procedures, machine adjustments, and a recommended spare parts list. Part Programming Manual including programming and tape preparation instructions shall be provided. Control maintenance manual; including troubleshooting procedures to be used with test program and recommended spare parts list. Control manual for installation and troubleshooting of floppy drive, keyboard, pointing device, and local area network connections. In addition to the manuals, drawings for floor plan, general assembly, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and lubrication diagrams must be provided 30 days prior to shipment of machine. One set of drawings shall be provided 8 weeks prior to delivery for foundation provisions. J. Training: Training at the vendor s plant for 4 persons on operation of the machine and control system will be included in the price of the machine. Training will enable the students to identify and perform advanced machine operations at the control console. Control adjustment procedures, including preventative maintenance techniques, troubleshooting procedures, and modules and/or part replacement techniques will be included. Additionally, the installation engineer will provide informal operator training during and/or after the installation process. The formal training class shall be available up to 12 months after installation of the machine. K. Acceptance: 1. The supplier will be responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements as specified herein. Except as otherwise specified in the contract or order, the supplier may use his own or any other facilities suitable for the performance of the inspection requirements specified herein, subject to approval by the Government prior to award. The Government reserves the right to perform any of the inspections deemed necessary to assure supplied and services conform to prescribed requirements. Final acceptance shall be performed at MSFC. 2. Quality conformance inspection shall be appliedto each item prior to being offered for acceptance under the contract. Failure of the items to pass any examination or test shall be cause for rejection. 3. The machine and equipment shall be examined for design, construction, materials, components, electrical equipment, and workmanship to determine compliance with the requirements. L. Installation: The Government will be responsible for basic machine installation including anchoring and power connection. The supplier will be responsible for inspection and checkout as specified in paragraph J, Acceptance. M. Accuracy and repeatability of the profiling and contouring machine and its control system shall comply with the values stated within this specification and shall be demonstrated to the Government for the square, circle and diamond test within 30 days after installation at the Government facility. N. Warranty: All items delivered under this contract/purchase order shall be warranted by the manufacturer s standard warranty. After the warranty is up, telephone technical consultation shall be provided at no cost to the Government. O. Vendor Experience and certification: The manufacturer of this machine must demonstrate a proven performance that the above specifications can be met through proven experience. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 97-04. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 3541 and 500 employees, respectively. The quoter shall state in their quotation their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible business sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to MSFC is required within 30 days ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Quotations for the items(s) described above may be mailed or faxed to the identified point of contact [or bid distribution office, by the date/time specified and include, solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Quoters are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Standard_Forms/Index.html to submit a quotation. Quoters shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 with exception of (d), (h), and (i). If the end product(s) quoted is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the quoter shall so state and shall list the country of origin. The Representations and Certifications required by FAR 52.2l2-3 may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/sats/ FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: 52.204-4, 52.211-15, and 52.247-34. FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference. 52.212-5(b) 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, and 52.225-3. Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing no later than July 17, 1998. Quotations are due by July 24, 1998, to the address specified above. Selection and award will be made (on an aggregate basis)to the lowest priced, technically acceptable quoter. Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the quoter providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product quoted meets the Government's requirement. Quoters must provide copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their quote. See above for where to obtain copies of the form via the Internet. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". Prospective quoters shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quotation. It is the quoter's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any). Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. Posted 07/13/98 (D-SN222426). (0194)

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