70 -- X-RAY DIFFRACTION SOFTWARE

Notice Date

September 21, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

35812

Solicitation Number

8-1-1-E3-D5647

Response Due

October 1, 2001

Point of Contact

Gloria J. Coffey, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-9187, Fax (256) 544-8688, Email gloria.coffey@msfc.nasa.gov -- David A. Iosco, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0387, Fax (256) 544-4400, Email david.iosco@msfc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Gloria J. Coffey (gloria.coffey@msfc.nasa.gov)

Description

NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for items as listed below: ITEM 1: PART NUMBER: 7KP72008AP. DIFFRACPLUS STRESS, A 32-BIT DATA ACQUISITION AND EVALUATION SOFTWARE FOR INVESTIGATION OF RESIDUAL STRESSES WITH D5000, D5005, AND D8 ADVANCE DIFFRACTOMETERS FOR OPERATION UNDER WINDOWS NT AND WINDOWS 95. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE AND NEW SYSTEM ATTACHMENTS. QUANITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 2: PART NUMBER: 862-081300. COMPLETE PDF-1 WITHOUT LICENSE FOR DIFFRAC PLUS AND DIFFRAC AT QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 3: PART NUMBER: 7KP72008GC. UPGRADE TO DIFFRACPLUS SEARCH, INCLUDES BOTH UPGRADE TO DIFFRACPLUS BASIC AND SEARCH. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 4: PART NUMBER: DELPCPENT. SYSTEM CONTROLLER PC, CPU INTEL PENTIUM III 800MHZ MMX, 512 KB CACHE, 128MB SDRAM, 3.5" FDD, 20 GB HD, ATA-HD, MOUSE, INTEL 815 GRAPHICS ADAPTER, 3COM 10/100MBIT NETWORK ADAPTER, CD-RW EIDE, US KEYBOARD, 19" MONITOR, 2X SERIAL, 1X PARALLEL, 2X USB PORTS, US POWER PLUGS. MS WINDOWS NT 4.0, ENGLISH, 1 YEAR ON SITE SERVICE, 2 YEAR SERVICE QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 5: PART NUMBER: C79298A3158B70. GRAZING INCIDENCE ATTACHMENT, 0.4", 401/435MM, CONFIGURES THE SYSTEM FOR THIN FILM AND SURFACE ANALYSIS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE FILMS USING PARALLEL OPTICS. CAN BE USED WITH X-RAY WAVELENGTHS FROM MO TO CR. INCLUDES MODIFIED DETECTOR ARM AND 0.4" SOLLER SLIT. THE FLAT LIF MONOCHROMATOR IS RECOMMENDED TO IMPROVE RESOLUTION AND PEAK-TO-BACKGROUND RATIOS. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 6: PART NUMBER: C79298A3158B71. LIF (100 FLAT CRYSTAL DIFFRACTED BEAM MONOCHROMATOR: FOR BETTER RESOLUTION AND PEAK/BACKGROUND RATIO WITH THE GRAZING INCIDENCE ATTACHMENT. CAN BE USED WITH X-RAY WAVELENGTHS FROM MO TO CR. ALLOWS MEASUREMENTS IN THE PARALLEL OR ANTIPARALLEL MODE. INSTALLS ON THE DETECTOR ARM OF GRAZING INCIDENCE ATTACHMENT. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. ITEM 7: PART NUMBER: 843-007900. JCPDS/PDF-2 DIFFRAC PLUS ON CDROM WITH LICENSE, PDF-2 DATABASE WITH CARD RETRIEVAL SOFTWARE BY ICDD. THIS SOFTWARE ALLOWS RETRIEVAL AND DISPLAYS CARD IMAGES BY BOOLEAN SEARCH CATEGORIES. THE DATABASE INCLUDES PDF-1, WHICH IS GENERATED FROM PDF-2 DATA BASE BY THE DIFFRACPLUS SOFTWARE. QUANTITY: 1 EACH. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA/MSFC intends to purchase the items from BRUKER AXS INC., 6300 ENTERPRISE LANE, MADISON, WI 53719. This recommendation is made pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on October 1, 2001. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition 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. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html

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Record

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