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66 -- COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE SOL 1-123-GJD.5637 DUE 031299 POC Lisa M. Harvey, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-2444, Fax (757) 864-8863, Email L.M.HARVEY@larc.nasa.gov -- Sang Lee, Contract Specialist, Phone (757)-864-9570, Fax (757) 864-8863, Email S.H.LEE@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-123-GJD.5637. E-MAIL: Lisa M. Harvey, L.M.HARVEY@larc.nasa.gov. The contractor shall provide all resources (except as may be expressly stated as furnished by the government) necessary to furnish the following item in accordance with the specification and within 150 days after contract award: One (1) each, Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM), to be used in a research environment for the verification and precise measurement of unique aerospace hardware including prototype models, flight articles, development instrumentation, wind tunnel test equipment, and material specimens. The CMM shall include a measuring probe, computer and software, be delivered within 150 days after contract award, and be in accordance with the following: (1) Shall have a measuring range of at least X=59.1 inches, Y=118.1 inches, Z=39.4 inches; (2) Shall have a measuring accuracy band width no greater than 0.0004 inches; (3) Shall have a repeatable measurement accuracy band width no greater than 0.00013 inches; (4) Shall have a VDI/VDE 2617 specification of [u3(um) 3.9 +3.5l/1000]; (5) Shall have a work capacity of at least X=65.0 inches, Y=153.5 inches, Z=43.3 inches; (6) Shall have a work piece weight capacity of at least 5000 pounds; (7) Shall have temperature compensation for linear compensation; (8) Shall have a moving bridge frame; (9) Shall have a dynamic vibration damped drive system; (10) Shall have anti-backlash drives on the X and Y axis; (11) Shall have a controller for continuous scanning and touch trigger probing; (12) Shall be Active-X compliant; (13) Shall be ISO-9000 certified; (14) Shall have a re-qualification artifact; (15) Shall have a refrigerated air dryer system; (16) The machine shall be delivered with the following accessories: at least 24 studs, 4 flanged nuts, 6 coupling nuts, 6 step blocks, 6 step clamps, 1 kit holder. All threads for the clamp kit shall match the mounting threads on the CMM; (17) The Contractor shall provide on-site installation and demonstrate performance verification of Items 2 and 3 above; (18) Shall operate on standard 115 +/-10% single phase volt, 15 amp. supply; (19) Shall operate on 80 pounds per square inch air pressure, +/- 5psi. The Measuring Probe shall be in accordance with the following: (1) Shall be a motorized probe head indexable to at least 7.5 degrees for each position; (2) Shall have an indexing range of 0.0 to 105 degrees and full 360 degrees of rotation; (3) Shall be capable of constant contact probe scanning with linear point acquisition of at least one point every 0.0005 inches; (4) Shall be capable of touch trigger contact probe scanning with linear point acquisition of at least one point every 0.001 inches; (5) Shall be capable of non-contact laser scanning sensor attached to the indexing measuring probe; (6) Shall have a stylus changer rack with at least two standard force modules; (7) Shall be compatible with existing Government-owned TP200 probe system; (8) The Contractor shall install the existing Government-owned TP200 probe, interface, and cable system during installation of the CMM on-site; (9) The probe shall be deliveredwith the following probe accessories: (a) One each 1mm diameter 20mm long ball stylus; (b) Four each 2mm diameter 20mm long ball styli; (c ) One each 4mm diameter 20mm long disk stylus; (d) One each 8mm diameter 100mm long ball stylus; (e) One each 8mm diameter 50mm long ball stylus; (f) Extension, 30mm long, m4/m4 thread; (g) Extension, 50mm long, m4/m4 thread; (h) Extension, 20mm long, m4/m3 thread; (i) Extension, 50mm long, m4/m3 thread; (j) Extension, 75mm long, m4/m3 thread; (k) Extension, 100mm long, m4/m3 thread; (l) Stylus tool m4 thread; S7 stylus tool; (m) Sa3 m3/m2 adapter; (n) Sa6 m4/m3 adapter; (o) a TP20 probe w/two force modules. Software shall be in accordance with the following: (1) Shall be compatible with Advanced Validator Interface Language (AVAIL); (2) Shall be the most recent version of Windows NT operating system; (3) Shall have measured feature recognition in WindowsNT; (4) Shall be capable of importing native "pro-engineering, prt" Computer Aided Design (CAD) files; (5) Shall have abi-directional IGES link; (6) Shall have programming integration with CAD in WindowsNT; (7) Shall have off-line programming with and without CAD in WindowsNT; (8) Shall have measurement software capable of reverse engineering in WindowsNT; (9) Shall be capable of 3-D contour analysis off line and on line in WindowsNT; The Computer shall be in accordance with the following: (1) Shall be year 2000 compliant; (2) Shall be at least a Pentium II, 400MHz processor; (3) Shall have at least 128 megabites of random access memory (RAM); (4) Shall have at least 4 gigabites of hard-drive memory; (5) Shall have at least a 17-inch viewable (SVGA) monitor; (6) Shall have a color 600dpi, desk jet printer; (7) Shall have a computer system table/workstation with table top size approximately 30" x 60" +/- 3inches; (8) Shall have a internal IDE CD-ROM drive; (9) Shall have a 3.5" (1.44MB) floppy drive, keyboard and mouse. This is a combined synopsis/Request for Offer (RFO) for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This procurement is being conducted under FAR Part 13.5. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. It is the offeror's responsibility to download a copy of this RFO and to monitor this site for the release of any amendments to this RFO. This RFO and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the FAC 97-10. The SIC code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 3829 and 500, respectively. Delivery is required within 150 days after contract award. Offerors are encouraged to use Standard Form (SF) 1449 to submit their offer which is located at http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Forms/Index.html FAR 52.212-1, "Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items", applies to this acquisition. Addenda (incorporated by reference) are as follows: FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) PROVISIONS: 52.204-6 APR 1998 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER 52.214-34 APR 1991 SUBMISSION OF OFFERS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 52.214-35 APR 1991 SUBMISSION OF OFFERS IN U.S. CURRENCY 52.215-5 OCT 1997 FACSIMILE PROPOSALS (INSERT: 757-864-7898) 52.233-2 AUG 1996 SERVICE OF PROTEST: NASA LARC, MS 126, Hampton, VA 23681 NASA FAR SUPPLEMENT (48 CFR CHAPTER 18) PROVISIONS 1852.233-70 MAR 1997 PROTESTS TO NASA 52.212-1, addenda (full text) is as follows: Compliance with Veteran's Employment Reporting Requirements (February 1999) -- By submission of its offer, the offeror represents that, if it is subject to the reporting requirements of 37 U.S.C. 4212(d)(i.e., the VETS-100 report required by Federal Acquisition Regulation clause 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era), it has submitted the most recent report required by 37 U.S.C. 4212(d). 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Award will be based upon overall best value to the Government, with consideration given to the factors of proposed technical merits, price and past performance. Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the offeror providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product offered meets the Government's requirement. For selection purposes, technical, price, and past performance are essentially equal in importance. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detail to allow evaluation of their offer. (SEE FAR 52.212-1(b)(4),(10)). Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (alts I and III) with their offer. These may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract. FAR 52.212-4, "Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items", applies to this acquisition. Addenda (incorporated by reference) are as follows: FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES: 52.203-3 APR 1984 GRATUITIES 52.203-8 JAN 1997 CANCELLATION, RESCISSION AND RECOVERY OF FUNDS FOR ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER ACTIVITY 52.225-10 APR 1984 DUTY-FREE ENTRY 52.225-11 AUG 1998 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES 52.227-14 JUN 1987 RIGHTS IN DATA-GENERAL As modified by 1852.227-14(OCT 1995) 52.227-19 JUN 1987 COMMERCIAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE- RESTRICTED RIGHTS 52.232-33 AUG 1996 MANDATORY INFO. FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER PAYMENT 52.245-2 DEC 1989 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY 52.247-35 APR 1984 FOB DEST W/IN CONSIGNEE'S PREMISES NASA FAR SUPPLEMENT (48 CFR CHAPTER 18) CLAUSES 1852.215-84 OCT 1996 OMBUDSMAN Insert "Sandra S. Ray", "(757) 864-2428", "Tom Luedtke" and "(202) 358-2090". 1852.216-78 DEC 1988 FIRM FIXED PRICE 1852.219-76 JUL 1997 NASA 8 PERCENT GOAL 1852.225-73 DEC 1988 DUTY-FREE ENTRY SUPPLIES Insert "Item 1". 1852.227-86 DEC 1987 COMMERCIAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE-LICENSING Further addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE (May 1998) (a) "Year 2000 compliant," as used in this clause, means that the information technology (hardware, software and firmware, including embedded systems or any other electro-mechanical or processor-based systems used in accordance with its associated documentation) accurately processes date and date-related data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other information technology (IT), used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges date and date-related data with it. (b) Any IT provided and/or maintained under this contract is required to be Year 2000 compliant. To ensure this result, the Contractor shall provide documentation describing how the IT items or services demonstrate Year 2000 compliance, consisting of standard product literature or test reports. (c) The Contractor warrants that any IT items or services provided under this contract that involve the processing of date and date-related data are Year 2000 compliant. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. (d) The remedies available under this warranty shall include repair or replacement, at no additional cost to the Government, of any provided items or services whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the Contractor in writing within 90 days after acceptance. In addition, all the other terms and limitations of the Contractor's standard commercial warranty or warranties shall be available to the Government for the IT items or services acquired under this contract. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than Year 2000 performance. FAR 52.212-5, "Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Offers—Commercial Items", applies to this acquisition. Further, the following clauses which are cited in FAR 52.212-5 apply to this acquisition: 52.203-6, Restriction to Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alt. I. 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns. 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting. 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity. 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities. 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era 52.225-9, Buy American Act -- Trade Agreements Act -- Balance of Payments Program Posted 02/24/99 (D-SN301834). (0055)

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