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J -- PILOT PLANT EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SOL 223-00-2453 DUE 063000 POC Ed Arnold, Contractilng Officer, 301-827-7161 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via,,EArnold@OC.FDA.GOV. The Food and Drug Administration has a requirement for support of the FDA Pilot Plant. The FDA is a participant in the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) established by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) with a cooperative agreement from the FDA. The NCFST is a cooperative government, industry, and academia research consortium focused on food safety, and is located on IIT's Moffett Campus in Chicago, Illinois. The FDA has a requirement to provide for equipment maintenance, reconfiguring, upkeep, recordkeeping, bookkeeping, waste disposal, and any other costs associated with the use of FDA's pilot plant equipment. The FDA intends to negotiate for the services on a noncompetitive basis with the Illinois Institute of Technology. Interested firms may identify their interest and capability respond to this requirement or to submit proposals. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source underthe authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Note 22. Posted 05/15/00 (W-SN454972). (0136)

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