49 -- PBS 4100R - TEST CELL VIBRATION ANALYZER - NOTICE OF INTENT

The 184th Contracting Office plans to award a sole-source contract to Mechanical Technology Inc. for the procurement of a PBS 4100R Vibration Analyzer and a Remote Charge Converter, with part numbers 8900-4507C and 8000-5223-6 respectively. The acquisition will utilize simplified acquisition procedures, aiming for an award date of August 6, 2004. Although this notice is not a solicitation for competitive proposals, any submissions received within 10 days of the synopsis publication will be reviewed. The government retains sole discretion to decide whether to proceed with competitive procurement based on the responses. This contract falls under the NAICS code 334513 and is managed by the Department of Defense’s 184th Contracting Office located at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Interested parties or those seeking additional information can contact the Contracting Specialist, Darin L Brun, via email or phone as provided. The purpose of the information request is primarily to assess the need for competition, but the contract is intended as a direct award to Mechanical Technology Inc.