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66 -- AUTOCLAVE SOL 1-074-RFY.1015 DUE 011300 POC Artistine R. Lethcoe-Reid, Purchasing Agent, Phone (757)-864-2432, Fax (757) 864-9774, Email A.LETHCOE-REID@larc.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=23#1-074-RFY .1015. E-MAIL: Artistine R. Lethcoe-Reid, A.LETHCOE-REID@larc.nasa.gov. THIS NOTICE CONSTITUTES AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE COMBINED SYNOPSIS/RFQ FOR one Autoclave. Companies shall acknowledge all amendment(s) in their quote. This notice serves as the official amendment to subject synopsis/RFQ and a written amendment will not be issued. The purpose of this amendment is to provide the following questions and answers: 1. Question: Please clarify the MAWT, value 6500 degrees F, which is not possible, as there is no material capable of that temperature. Answer: Should be 650 degrees F. 2. Question -- What will this be used for? Answer: Lamination of small parts. 3. Is a drawing or specific brand name or Model # available? Answer: No. 4. What are the voltage requirements, if any? Answer: 480V / 3 phase or 208V / 3 phase 5. Who is the end user and is this the same person who would be the Technical Representative for the Solicitation? Answer: Several NASA technicians will use the equipment. 5. Your specifications call for having the autoclave vessel rated at 6,500 Degree F. Please clarify. The autoclaves that we manufacture that operate within these temperatures and pressures would normally have a maximum vessel temperature of 650 Degrees F. Answer: The 6,500 number is a mistake. The rated temperature should be 650 degrees F. 6. The specification calls for a heat and cool range of 250 Degrees to ambient. Please clarify. What are the engineering units of measure to be assumed -- Fahrenheit or Celsius? Answer: The range of temperature should be from ambient (70 degrees F) to approximately 350 degrees F minimum. 7. The specifications call for independent oil sealing vacuum pump. Please clarify what level of vacuum would be expected as the maximum expected or required for your application. Normally we would supply an oil sealing vacuum pump that would displace 15 SCFM with an end vacuum level of approximately 29" in Hg. Answer: That will be acceptable. 8. The specification does not make any reference to the need of any part vacuum supply or part vacuum sensing lines. Please clarify if any are required? If so, how many are desired? Normally, mini bonding research laboratory autoclaves, that we've supplied to the industry have a 3 part vacuum ports and 3 part sensing ports. Answer: That will be acceptable. 9. Please confirm that the work space desired for placing the parts inside the autoclave is 20" X 24" Deep? Answer: That is correct. 10. The specification calls for "T" bolt type closure. This type of closure requires the operator to use a wrench to tighten and loosen a threaded nut at the end of the "T" bolt each time the door is to be opened and closed. American Autoclave Co. standard door closure of this type incorporates a design that we call the Cam-Lock Swing Bolt Closure that does not require the use of a wrench each time the door is to be opened or closed. We have found this to be a safer and much less labor intensive design. Would this type of door closure be desirable rather than the "T" bolt closure? Answer: No specific door closure is required. NASA will consider all methods of door closures before making the final decision. 11. The specification makes reference to the autoclaves control system being built to ASME standards. I am not familiar with any ASME standards for the computer/software driven control packages that would be governed or guided by the ASME code. Please verify. American Autoclave Co. builds each autoclave system to the following: The pressure vessel will be built to section 8, Division 1 of the ASME Code, the electrical will be built to the NEC Code all electrical devices will be UL label bearing as well as the NFPA regulations. Answer: Please disregard reference to ASME standards as it pertains to the software control system. 12. Please give more information as to the hardware that will be used to run the operating systems control software. Type and size of computer? Type and size of monitor? Type of printer, if applicable? Self contained free standing control cabinet or desktop mounted on customers supplied desk? Answer: Vendor to supply the required computer hardware. The due date for receipt of offers is extended to January 13, 2000. Companies shall provide the information stated in the synopsis/RFQ posted on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) on 12/22/99. Documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet and are in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format and reside on the World Wide Web (WWW) server which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/LaRC Business Opportunities home page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=CL&pin=23 Posted 01/07/00 (D-SN414167). (0007)

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