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

66 -- VACUUM PUMP SOL 8-P-5-02-79088 POC Contact Sherri Stroud, GP26H, 205-544-0329/Contract Specialist, or Jane Maples, GP25/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for Vacuum Pumps and accessories as follows: Item 1 Turbo molecular pump, Varian part number 969-9055 or equal -- pumping speed in l/s:N2 1000, He 1150, H21150; Inlet flange 10'' OD conflat; Roughing Flange NW 40KF; operate vertical or horizontal; ultimate pressure 4 x 10 to the negative tenth power or less -- Qty 2 ea -- Item 2 Inlet screen; screen to pr3event debris from falling into turbo-pump Varian part number 969-9305 or equal -- Qty 2 ea -- Item 3 V1000 Air cooling kit Varian Part number 969-9325 or equal -- Qty 2 ea -- Item 4 Heater Band Varian Part number 969-9810 or equal -- Qty 2 ea -- Item 5 Vent Device Varian Part number 969-9831 or equal -- Qty 2 ea -- Item 6 Turbo Pump Controller Cables Varian Part number 969-9552 or equal -- Controller must power mechanical pump contractor providing one switch control for both Turbo and mechanical pump startup -- Factory set for 120v @ 60Hz, Varian Model Turbo V1000 or equal -- Qty 2 ea --Items 2-6 are accessories for item 1 and must be compatible -- This procurement is being conducted under the NASA/MSFC MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993 -- Requests for copies of the RFO 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 -- RFO will be released on or about 15 days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO -- This procurement is a total small business set-aside -- All responsible business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency -- Documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet -- The documents are in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC -- The WWW address, or URL, of the MSFC Procurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov''. (0017)

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