NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 287 Greenbelt, MD

A -- FABRICATE AND TEST PRESSURE CARTRIDGES SOL RFP5-16456/238 POC Darlene Walter, (301) 286-4239. FABRICATION AND ACQUISITION OF HOLEX PRESSURE CARTRIDGES PART NUMBER 13027-1. NASA/GSFC intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)5-16456/238 on a sole source basis to Quantic Industries, Inc., Hollister, CA. The contract will fabricate and test HOLEX 13027-1 Pressure Cartidges for use in the Spartan 207 spacecraft jettison system. The pressure cartridges will actuate bolt cutters. The bolt cutters cut bolts. Once the bolts are cut, spring loaded rods in the jettison system are then free to push away the experiment structure. Quantic Industries will provide 80 pressure cartridges and fire five cartridges into a pressure chamber with a 166in3 (2.71 cc) volume. Each cartridge will be examined for visible defects such as bent pins, nicks and scratches. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Quantic Industries, Inc. is the only responsible source capable of meeting the Government's minimum requirements, and no other known source is capable of providing the following: the work output range needed for its application; a ''single bridgewire'' pressure cartridge required to fulfill design requirements; and meet the test requirements specified by NASA in NSTS 8060 and Mil-Std-1512 for pyrotechnics to be used in or near the Space Shuttle. Any persons desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their interest and capabilities within fifteen (15) days of the publication of this synopsis to the GSFC Contracting Officer listed above. See Note 22. (0023)

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