Johnson Engineering Corporation, 555 Forge River Road, Suite 150, Webster, TX 77598-4336

99 -- PRECISION FABRICATION OF TITANIUM TUBES POC Donna L. Leech, Subcontract Administrator, 281/480-8101 x201, Fax: 281/286-9673 Johnson Engineering Corporation (JE) is a prime contractor (NAS9-18800) to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, Texas. JE is seeking qualified suppliers to provide for the precision fabrication of approximately three Titanium 6AL-4V thin wall tubes with flanges at each end. Each flange will require the machining of threaded holes on an approximate 13.75 diameter bolt circle. The approximate tube dimensions are 15 inches O.D. X .094 wall thickness X 240 inches long. The wall thickness at the flanges will taper to 1.25 inches thick. Possible fabrication methods and processes are welding, chemical milling, and flow forming. The tube assembly will have to be stress relieved for those fabrication processes that produce residual stresses. Interested sources are requested to provide the following information within 15 days of the publication date of this notice: (1) Submit specific information which clearly demonstrates the capability to meet the anticipated requirement described above, and (2) Describe what method would be used to fabricate the Titanium tubes. All firms submitting a capability statement will be considered and any subsequent solicitation will be issued to the sources that JE has determined to be qualified. JE does not intend to pay for information received as a result of this synopsis. (0160)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0280 19970611\99-0003.SOL)