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66 -- VACUUM CHAMBER SOL 1-116-DSL.1373 DUE 072498 POC Shirley D. Evans, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 864-2478, Fax (757) 864-7898, Email s.d.evans@larc.nasa.gov -- Panice H. Clark, Contracting Officer, Phone (757)-864-2522, Fax (757) 864-7898, Email P.H.CLARK@larc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/LaRC/date.html#1-116-DSL.1373. E-MAIL: Shirley D. Evans, s.d.evans@larc.nasa.gov. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This notice is an RFO conducted under NASA's midrange procedures. This procurement is being conducted under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Government intends to procure a vacuum chamber with all necessary pumps and controls, subject to following specifications: water-cooled stainless steel bell jar vacuum chamber, bell jar 36 inches internal diameter and 24 inches high with 3 mounting tabs and four 6.0 inch conflat flanges for viewports. Viewport flanges should be set 90 degrees apart around circumference of ball jar, with centers being halfway along height of bell jar. Scavenger plate shall be mounted over one port; base plate shallbe 36 inches internal diameter and 8 inches high, stainless steel, with fifteen 2.75 inch conflat flanges and one 14 inch conflat flange; equipped with heavy duty cart with swivel casters and locks that contain all pumping and tabletop instrumentation; equipped with vacuum system controller and vacuum interlocks and mimic panel for automatic pumpdown and override manual control; supplied with fully motorized electric or pneumatic hoist with 90 degrees rotation for raising and lowering bell jar; vacuum chamber shall operate in range of 1 x 10-6th power to 760 torr; equipped with mechanical pump capable of pumping empty bell jar from atmosphere to 1 x 10-2nd power torr in less than 5 minutes; equipped with cryogenic pump with water cooled compressor with 14.0 inch conflat flange and digital temperature monitor. Pumping speed shall be 9000 liters per second for water and 3000 liters per second for air. Cryogenic pump shall be equipped with automatic regeneration capability. Cryogenic pump system shall have roughing valve and Convectron gauge for roughing; equipped with automatic electro-pneumatic 12 inch internal diameter conflat gate valve to interlock with system controller for pump down and pressure control; be equipped with pressure control and vent system to control following: a) bring system to specified set point pressure (within range of 1 x 10-6th power to 760 torr) and maintain at set point pressure for steady state measurements; b) follow user specified transient pressure profile, regulating rate of pump down and venting. System shall be capable of venting from 1 x 10-3rd power to 10 torr in 8 minutes, and pump down from atmosphere to 1 x 10-2nd power torr in less than 5 minutes; system shall have necessary vent valves to allow backfilling either atmospheric air or dry nitrogen; system equipped with Granville-Phillips Stabil-Ion gauge system, or equal, necessary for controlling venting rate from 1 x 10-3rd power to 10 torr in 8 minutes with a) certified NIST traceable Stabil-Ion gauge with less than 2% uncertainty of readout at midrange; b) convectron having less than 3% uncertainty of readout in operating range; equipped with all necessary stainless steel hardware, valves and controls for hands-free operation; equipped with feedthroughs to accommodate following instrumentation: 30 type K thermocouples; 10 type T thermocouples; 2 conductors carrying 240 volt, 50 amp AC signal; 10 pairs of conductors for measuring voltages (1 millivolt up to 1 volt); 4 liquid feedthroughs (.375 inches diameter); all system components shall operate on either single phase, 110 volt, or 3 phase, 230 volt, 30 amps power; be thoroughly leak checked and functionally tested prior to delivery. Provide with system all leak check results and performance test data; assemble overall system upon delivery; provide 2-day training on operation/maintenance of overall system; provide 2 complete sets of operation/maintenance manuals for system components and sub-components, including electrical and vacuum schematics and parts list; system components/sub-components with internal clock must be Year 2000 compliant. The provisions and clauses in solicitation are those in effect through FAC 97-04. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC code and small business size standard for this procurement are 3829 and 500 employees, respectively. The offeror shall state their size status for this procurement. All qualified responsible small business sources may submit an offer that shall be considered by the agency. Delivery to NASA Langley Research Center is required within ninety (90) days ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination at Building 1267 Room 119. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. Offers for the item(s) described above should be mailed to the identified point of contact (or bid distribution office) by the date/time specified and include: the information required by FAR 52.212-1, solicitation number, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Award will be made on a Standard Form 1449. Offerors shall use the SF 1449 Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://procure.arc.nasa.gov/Acq/Standard_Forms/Index.html to submit an offer. Offerors shall provide the information required in FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 1998). Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 are as follows: 52.225-1 BUY AMERICAN CERTIFICATE; 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (AUG 1996) NASA LaRC, MAIL STOP 126, HAMPTON, VA 23681-0001; 52.252-3 ALTERATIONS IN SOLICITATIONS (APR 1984);. 1852.233-70 PROTESTS TO NASA (MAR 1997), LaRC 52.232-105 MANDATORY INFORMATION FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER. Please note that payments are to be made by electronic funds transfer, accordingly, you must provide the mandatory information for electronic funds transfer with your offer as required by LaRC 52.232-105. Failure to provide this information may delay or prevent the receipt of payments through the Automated Clearinghouse Payment System. If the end product(s) offered is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in clause 52.225-3 entitled "Buy American Act-Supplies," the offeror shall so state and shall list the country of origin. FAR 52.212-2, EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 1997). Selection and award will be made (on an aggregate basis) to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror. Technical acceptability will be determined by information submitted by the offeror providing a description in sufficient detail to show that the product offeror meets the Government's requirement. You shall discuss Year 2000 compliance methodology in your proposal. Price shall be displayed as follows: 1) Vacuum chamber; 2) Installation; and 3) Documentation. Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their offer. These may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/msfc/pub/reps_certs/midrange/. These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in the resultant contract. FAR 52.212-4 is applicable. Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: 52.219-6 NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUL 1996); 52.247-35 FOB DESTINATION WITHIN CONSIGNEE PREMISES (APR 1984); 1852.215-84 OMBUDSMAN (OCT 1996); 1852.219-76 NASA 8% GOAL (JUL 1997); YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE (MAY 1998)(PIC 98-8) FAR 52.212-5 is applicable and the following identified clauses are incorporated by reference; 52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS ON SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT (JUL 1995) ALTERNATE I (OCT 1995); 52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS (JUN 1997); 52.219-14 LIMITATION ON SUBCONTRACTS (DEC 1996); 52.222.35 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA (APR 1998); 52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR HANDICAPPED WORKERS (APR 1984); 52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA (APR 1998); 52.225-3 BUY AMERICAN ACT -- SUPPLIES (JAN 1994); 52.225-18 EUROPEAN UNION SANCTION FOR END PRODUCTS (JAN 1996). Quotations are due by July 24, 1998, 4:00 p.m. eastern time to the address specified above and to the attention of Mail Stop 144/Bid Depository, mark/for attention 1-116-DSL.1373. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B." Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site and/or the CBD for the release of amendments (if any). To assist offerors in preparing their proposals, a sample (does not match this procurement) solicitation and model contract are located at http://db-www.larc.nasa.gov/procurement/home-page.html under the heading Simplified Acquisition Commercial Item Terms and Conditions (RTF Format). This model may be used to retrieve the aforementioned clauses and provisions. See Note 1. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/num-note.html and http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Fax: (757) 864-7709 E-mail: S.D.EVANS@larc.nasa.gov Posted 07/08/98. (0189)

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