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

66 -- PROTOTYPING MACHINE SOL 8-W-5-21-38956 POC Contact Sherri W. Stroud, GP22M/Contract Specialist, 205-544-0329 NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a Protyping Machine NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from BPM Technology Inc. the following items: Ballistic Partical Rotating Head Deposition System with software and cables BPM Model Number 2100 -- meeting the following specifications: Must include all slicing software and control software to build a part from a CAD file -- Multi-color build materials for design visualization -- Must fit on desktop working area (approximately no larger than 2.5 feet x 2.5 feet x 2.5 feet excluding computer) -- 5-axis build capability for minimum support -- Upgradability and technical support -- Must be capable of modeling with several colors in order to produce design verification models with visibly separate functional systems -- Qty 1 sys-- -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Request for copies of the RFQ must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to sherri.stroud@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement, described is based on proprietary specifications -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mentioned above, along with a request for a copy of the solicitation -- 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 the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, 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 -- The RFQ will be released on or about 15 days after publication of this notice in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- The RFQ will have a 15 day response period. (0146)

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