Electrical Discharge Machine Using Ultrafine Wire

Request for Information: NRL-12-RV01 Electrical Discharge Machine Using Ultrafine Wire This is a request for information (RFI) issued by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for information and planning purposes only. No award will be made from the responses to this announcement. However, responses may be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a future acquisition. The NRL is requesting information and rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate of cost for an electrical discharge machine using ultrafine wire. The NRL requests information on electrical discharge machines using ultrafine wire systems that have comparable or better characteristics than those in the attached specifications. If NRL decides to purchase this system, NRL would contemplate a firm-fixed price contract Interested parties should submit the information requested herein, as well as the ROM cost estimate. This RFI is for planning purposes only, and shall not be construed as a request for proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of NRL to acquire any product or services. The NRL does not intend to award a contract based on this RFI or otherwise pay for the information requested. Submission of a response to this RFI is voluntary. The voluntary submission of a response to this RFI shall not obligate the NRL to pay or entitle the submitter to any compensation. All information and data received in response to this RFI marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be protected as such. Please transmit responses by e-mail to Reese Van Wyen, contract specialist, at [email protected] in either Microsoft Word or .pdf format. All responses must be received on or before May 25, 2012, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST). Other business opportunities for NRL are available at NRL's website http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/rfplist.htm