Microdrill component

Added: Jun 29, 2016 1:53 pm NASA/GSFC has a requirement for a microdrill component for the MACROS Project. This is an acquisition of a powdered sample from a rock. The microdrill materials must be compatible with solvent extraction and therefore impart no measureable contamination to the liquid sample extract. The microdrill must be mechanically compatible with a solvent extraction module.

See attached Statement of Work

NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the requirement from C&E Research Inc. This company is the originator and inventor of a powdering microdrill and fragment analysis capability on a time-of-flight mass spectrometer prototype that has been demonstrated to interface to existing prototype hardware.

The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.

Interested organizations may submit their questions to perform the effort in writing to Odessia Becks via e-mail at Odessia.H.Becks@nasa.gov, not later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 11, 2016. Capabilities, qualifications, and quotes must be submitted by July 14, 2016 through FedBizOpps no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 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.

NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.