PROTOTYPE CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RESISTANT LINER Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the U.S. Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA intends to place a contract on a sole source basis with Intellitec, 2000 Brunswick Land, Deland, FL 32774-2001 which is an effort to perform a technical analysis of a Natick prototype collective protection system (Natick Prototype Chemical Biological Hardened System for Small Shelter Systems), based upon their reverse engineering of Natick prototypes, and upon their knowledge of the military standard M-28 liner system. The effort also includes the fabrication of 57 production units to facilitate laboratory testing of a Chemical Biological (CB) hardened Air Force EMED Field Hospital, which is scheduled to begin June 14, 2000, and field testing, which is scheduled to begin September 1, 2000. The operational testing is critical in order to make a procurement decision as to whether or not procure the liners to hardened the EMED Systems, and can not extend into the winter season, due to the closure of the outdoor facility located in Mountain Home, Idaho. The contractor has unique capabilities of which Intellitec is the only manufacturer that has an active production contract to produce the technically similar M-28 liner system for the Rock Island IMMC. The M-28 liner system uses the same CB resistant material, closures, filter blowers, and fabrication techniques as the prototype units being developed under this effort. Because of it's existing contract, Intellitec has sufficient quantities of approved material in stock to produce the deliverables and meet the delivery schedule. Along with materials, Intellitec also has a trained work force that has recently completed four years worth of M-28 liner production. The thermal heat seal operators that attach the closure to the CB resistant material are highly skilled, and they require months of hands on training before they are proficient enough to perform this operation. Intellitec also has an active Quality Control (QC) program that has been approved by Rock Island, which is used to monitor the critical heat sealing operations. Intellitec's QC staff has unique jigs and fixtures required to over pressure test full size production units. Intellitec also has a professional engineering staff whose experience matrix includes materials science, mechanical engineering, and ventilation kinetics required to complete this effort. The matrix of engineering and manufacturing skills, possessed by Intellitec, is considered uniquely suited for this acquisition, it is highly likely that award to other than Intellic would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Government's requirement. However, interested parties who contend that they are capable of providing the supplies are required to submit a proposal no later than 30 days from the publication of this notice. Specific factual data, product literature, and other pertinent information, which demonstrates their capability in providing these items, and meeting the required delivery date of June 14, 2000 shall be submitted to the above address, Attention: Mr. Thomas Bouchard (AMSSB-ACN-S) and the information submitted will be used as an evaluation basis to determine competence to successfully meet the requirements. The Government will consider all proposals received within the 30 day notice period. The Government reserves the right not to open this requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice. Technical responses and requests received, as a result of this Notice of Intent, will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Note 22 which is decreased from 45 days to 30 days. E-MAIL: To contact the Contract Specialist, tbouchar@natick-amed02.army.mil. Posted 04/27/00 (W-SN449157).

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