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A -- IMPROVED COMPOSITION OF A K-5 BASED TITANIUM ALUMINIDE FOR LONG TERM DURATIONS AT 900 DEGREES C AND ABOVE SOL RFQ3-138885 DUE 121399 POC Teresa Monaco, Contract Specialist, Phone (216)433-8293, Fax (216)433-2480, Email Teresa.L.Monaco@grc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&;pin=22#RFQ3-1388 85. E-MAIL: Teresa Monaco, Teresa.L.Monaco@grc.nasa.gov. NASA/GRC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for IMPROVED COMPOSITION OF A K-5 BASED TITANIUM ALUMINIDE FOR LONG TERM DURATIONS AT 900 DEGREES C AND ABOVE. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA/GRC intends to purchase the items from UES Inc. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), "only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." TiAl has been identified as an alternative material to replace conventional superalloys. TiAl offers great potential in weight savings. This procurement will aid in improving the high temperature resistance of an advanced TiAl alloy, K5. Since UES has a patent on the K5 series of TiAl, no other source is presently known to possess a similar composition that can successfully withstand temperatures above 875 degrees C. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested firms have until December 13, 1999 to submit in writing to the identified point of contact, their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after December 13, 1999 or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed effort on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 12/06/99 (D-SN406097). (0340)

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