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

66 -- CAHN MICROBALANCE SOL 8-1-0-E3-C8482 DUE 060600 POC Gloria J. Coffey, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-9187, Fax (256) 544-8688, Email gloria.coffey@msfc.nasa.gov -- Michael R. Sosebee, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0415, Fax (256) 544-8641, Email michael.sosebee@msfc.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=62#8-1-0-E3- C8482. E-MAIL: Gloria J. Coffey, gloria.coffey@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Cahn Microbalance to include the following: Item 1: DIGITAL RERCORDING BALANCE, SEPARATE WEIGHING AND CONTROL UNITS, WEIGHING UNIT VACUUM COMPATIBLE TO 5X10E-6 TORR, BAKEOUT TEMP. OF 125C, MUST HAVE VACUUM VESSEL WITH 1.5 IN. DIAMETER O-RING COMPRESSION FITTINGS TO FIT STD. 1.5 INCH OD TUBE, MUST HAVE 100G CAPACITY WITH 1 MICROGRAM SENSITIVITY,TEMP. DRIFT SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN 10 MICROGRAMS PER DEGREE C, SOFTWARE INCLUDED WITH THE BALANCE WILL READ AND STORE WEIGHT DATA, ZERO,CALIBRATE THE BALANCE PERFORM FIRST DERIVATIVE AND SMOOTH DATA, CALCULATE % SAMPLE WEIGHT, ADD AND SUBSTRACT OFFSET VALUES, EXPAND DATA SUBSETS, PLOTTER OUTPUT AND DATA EXPORT CAPABILITY,ASSESSORY KIT TO INCLUDE TUBE ADAPTORS, CAL.WEIGHTS, EXT. WIRE, STIRRUPS, CABLES AND INST. MANUALS, CAHN PART # 13101-01. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. Item 2: DIGITAL RERCORDING BALANCE, SEPARATE WEIGHING AND CONTROL UNITS, WEIGHING UNIT VACUUM COMPATIBLE TO 5X10E-6 TORR, BAKEOUT TEMP. OF 125C, MUST HAVE VACUUM VESSEL WITH 1.5 IN. DIAMETER O-RING COMPRESSION FITTINGS TO FIT STD. 1.5 INCH OD TUBE, MUST HAVE 100G CAPACITY WITH 1 MICROGRAM SENSITIVITY,TEMP. DRIFT SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN 10 MICROGRAMS PER DEGREE C, SOFTWARE INCLUDED WITH THE BALANCE WILL READ AND STORE WEIGHT DATA, ZERO,CALIBRATE THE BALANCE PERFORM FIRST DERIVATIVE AND SMOOTH DATA, CALCULATE % SAMPLE WEIGHT, ADD AND SUBSTRACT OFFSET VALUES, EXPAND DATA SUBSETS, PLOTTER OUTPUT AND DATA EXPORT CAPABILITY,ASSESSORY KIT TO INCLUDE TUBE ADAPTORS, CAL.WEIGHTS, EXT. WIRE, STIRRUPS, CABLES AND INST. MANUALS, CAHN PART # 13101-01. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. Item 3: HP DESKJET PRINTER, COMPATIBLE WITH ITEM 2, CAHN PART NUMBER 085-028017, HP DESKJET 930C. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. Item 4: VACUUM TAKEOFF ELBOW FROM BALANCE PLATE, CAHN PART NUMBER 13364-01. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. The items listed above will be purchased as an aggregate buy. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA/MSFC intends to purchase the items from Haake Inst., 53 West Century Road, Paramus, NJ 07652. This recommendation is made pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on May 30, 2000. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are 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 05/23/00 (D-SN457716). (0144)

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