THIS NOTICE CONSTITUTES AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE COMBINED SYNOPSIS/RFQ FOR LEASE PURCHASE OF TWO LATHE MILLING MACHINES. Companies shall acknowledge all amendment(s) in their quote. This notice serves as the official amendment to subject synopsis/RFQ and a written amendment will not be issued.
The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions that were asked before due date.
1. Question: Item 15 requests final installation. Does this mean we the contractor would provide rigging and handling of the equipment, electrical service, and air service to the machine, or will the facility be handling these items? A typical "final installation" for us includes final leveling of the machine, verification of correct power and air supply, and initial commissioning of the machine.
Answer: MSFC will provide all electrical, crane, air, etc. We request awardee to provide lifting procedures along with lifting hooks and verify the installation of machine.
2. Question: Which shop will the machine be placed in?
Answer: BLDG 4705
3. Question: Item 5 requests a chip auger or conveyor. We can provide either a chip auger, or a belt type chip conveyor, which item does the government prefer?
Answer: Chip Auger
4. Question: Requested delivery is 2 weeks ATP. Current leadtimes are running 5-7 weeks. Is this acceptable?
Answer: Propose your best delivery possible.
5. Question: Do you actually require delivery of the requested equipment 2 weeks after the vendor receives your purchase order ?
Answer: See question 4.
6. Question: Regarding Small Business Set Aside. We are a small business but the machine we would offer in response to the RFQ is manufactured by a business that is large. We normally work on a commission basis with this company so the manufacturer usually does the billing for the equipment. Would you require that we do the billing since we are the small business or will the fact that we are still connected with the order be acceptable to qualify as a small business ?
Answer: MSFC will only pay the winning vendor, whether the vendor is large or small. Third party invoices will not be paid.
7. Question: We wish to clarify the axis travel definition: X axis references movement left to right of the spindle relative to the work piece. Y axis references movement vertically (up/down) of the spindle relative to the work piece and Z axis movement of the spindle and tool towards and away from the work piece.
Answer: They are correct on the directional travels listed as to X Y and Z, which we were aware of.
8. Question: Our reason for asking is that the dimensions as listed, X axis = 30”, Y axis = 20, Z axis = 26” eliminate six (6) of the most recognized nine (9) major manufacturers of 500mm Pallet Size Horizontal Machining Centers. Simply by switching the axis definition of X and Y several more manufacturers (including Okuma) can provide greater capacity than specified without affecting the available work zone.
The Okuma MA-500 provides axis travels of 27.5” X axis and 35.4” Y axis, so we are within 2.5” of the X axis target and provide 35.4” of Y axis travel, exceeding the minimum by 15.4”. Y axis capability (part height) is a critical factor when fixtures and part size are taken into consideration.
Answer: We can drop the min. travel to 27" in the x-axis.
9. Question: There are no specifications for the CNC control that we can locate. As this is the “brain” of the machine and each manufacturer provides significant variation in “standard” capability we would appreciate more details. Features to consider would include, operating system (Windows XP or proprietary), Program storage, Querty keyboard, Ethernet, Color graphic display, processor speed, encoder design, minimum programmable increment etc.
Answer: Controller Specs:
RS-232 Port
Hard Drive with Ethernet Interface
USB support- (flash stick)
Operating System- Windows XP
The due date for receipt of offers is not extended.
Companies shall provide the information stated in the synopsis/RFQ posted on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) on 11/14/2008. Documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet. These documents reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/MSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=62
