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66 -- AUTOMATIC DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM SOL N00174-00-R-0032 POC Donna Jenkins, Contract Specialist, (301)744-6648, fax (301)744-6547 IMPORTANT NOTICE: To register for this solicitation, you must email the following directly to Donna Jenkins at jenkinsdm@ih.navy.mil : Solicitation number N00174-00-R-0032 (in the subject line of your email); Name of the requestor, Organization name, address, telephone and fax numbers; and your email address. Use your email read notification feature to confirm the contract specialist's receipt of your registration. The government is not responsible for any undelivered e-mail transmissions. It's the requestor's responsibility to periodically check the IHDIV Contracts division website for current status of solicitation and amendments. Once the solicitation has been issued on the internet, the contract specialist will send an e-mail message to the registered requestors informing them that the solicitation is now available for downloading off the internet. Copies of the issued solicitations can only be obtained by downloading them from the IHDIV Contracts Division website at http://www.ih.navy.mil/contracts (copies of solicitations will not be e-mailed, faxed, mailed, or provided in person, these types of requests WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED.) Note: All offerors will be ineligible for award unless they have registered in DOD's Central Contractor Registration database. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. This requirement will be will be available for downloading from the Indian Head Division website beginning approximately 05 May 2000. Prior to this date you will not be able to access this solicitation. The SIC Code is 3844, and FSC Code is 6635. This requirement will be issued as a full and open competitive buy for an Automatic Digital Radiographic System in compliance with the performance specification forthcoming in the solicitation. The requirement will include the procurement, installation, and training for the turnkey capability to inspect energetic materials, ordnance, and ordnance related devices. These materials and devices range in size from very small 0.1 cubic inch primers to rocket catapults as large as three (3) inches in diameter, 42 inches long. Existing X-ray energy sources used to inspect these items range from a low of 160 kV to a high of 4 MeV. The Digital Radiographic equipment must be capable of being utilized in an explosive environment, i.e., must be intrinsically safe, while being able to withstand exposure to high radiation from the X-ray sources; cover an area of at least 14-inches by 17-inches (continuously displayed or by scanning); the contrast sensitivity must be at least 2-2T with a 1-1T desired and the spatial resolution must be at least four (4) line pairs per millimeter with a ten (10) line pair per millimeter desired. Award will be based on best value determination using technical tradeoffs, past performance and cost. Posted 04/19/00 (W-SN446748). (0110)

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