83--VECTRAN WEBBING

THIS NOTICE CONSTITUTES AMENDMENT NO. 01 TO THE COMBINED SYNOPSIS/RFQ FOR VECTRANWEBBING . Companies shall acknowledge all amendment(s) in their quote. This noticeserves as the official amendment to subject synopsis/RFQ and a written amendment will notbe issued.The purpose of this amendment is to respond to questions submitted as follows:Q1: What is this webbing used for?A1: The webbing will be used for an inflatable module development.Q2: Does this webbing need to be shuttle loom webbing or can needle loom webbing beacceptable if it meets all the other performance requirements?A2: Shuttle loom is acceptable. Needle loom webbing is not acceptable for this productsince it is a nontraditional manufacturing process for webbing. Also, there is anincreased potential for damage when Vectran is woven in this method. The due date for receipt of offers is not extended.Companies shall provide the information stated in the synopsis/RFQ posted on the NASAAcquisition Internet Service (NAIS) on January 25, 2011. Documents related to thisprocurement 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, orURL, for the NASA/JSC Business Opportunities home page ishttp://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=73