J--POC: JACKLYN A. WENGSTROM ,CONTRACTING SPECIALIST PHONE: [phone hidden] E-MAIL:[email hidden] 0r JULIE SILVA, CONTRACTING OFFICER PHONE: [phone hidden] E-MAIL: [email hidden]

Sole Source Commercial Item. The United States Army Yuma Proving Ground USAYPG, Yuma Arizona intends to negotiate with Perkin-Elmer Corporation, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859 for on call support services and equipment for a one-year Base period and four, one-year options. The equipment possesses hardware design and technical data proprietary to Perkin-Elmer. This acquisition shall be conducted under FAR Part 12 for commercial services. The equipment consists of one each Autosystem Gas Chromato graph, AS93Plus, Turbomatrix 40, Elam9000, Clarus500 Gas Chromatograph, Poly Science Recirulator, AS71 Furnace Autosampler, HGA Cooling System Furnace Chiller, 5100PC AA, Instrument, 5100ZL Furnace Modul, HPLC and a High Performance Liquid Chromatograph wi ll be add in Feb 05. A firm-fixed price contract well be award. The Sic Code is 7699 with a size of $6M and NAICS Code is 811310. Interested parties may submit technical literature showing their capability of meeting the Governments requirement no late r than 1:00 PM Mountain Standard time on 30 Aug 2004. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the di scretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See note 22, with the exception that the time period for the receipt of proposals for conside ration is 10 days instead of 45 days.