K--Modification of the Weapons Firing Port on the Weapons Firing Chamber at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, AZ

Sole Source Commercial Contract Modification. This is a notice of United States Army Yuma Proving Grounds (USAYPG) intent to negotiate a contract modification on a sole source basis with Mallory Engineering Inc., 2779 W. Directors Row, Salt Lake Cit y, UT 84104 under existing contract number DABK41-03-C-0104. The contract modification will be to upgrade the Weapons Firing Port on the Weapons Firing Chamber (WFC) at the USAYPG. Contract DABK41-03-C-0104 was awarded to Mallory for the upgrade to vario us environmental chambers at the USAYPG to include upgrade of the heating and control units in the WFC. Additionally, contract DABJ49-03-P-1105 was awarded to Mallory for the design of the modification to the weapons firing port which will now be construc ted under this contract action. This weapons firing port design, approved and accepted by the Government, is proprietary to Mallory Engineering. The original contract action was an award considered commercial in nature and the resultant contract modifica tion will be based on acquisition of commercial items under FAR Part 12. The pending contract modification will be made based solely on technical responses to this synopsis request. Interested parties may submit technical literature showing their capabili ty of meeting the Governments requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. 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. USAYPG intends to execute this contact modification no earlier than the 10th day after publication of this notice; therefore, only proposals received before the close of business by 17 May 2004 shall be considered. The NAICS code applicable to the action is 541330 with a small business size standard of $4 million. If you have any questions, facsimile them to Julie Silva at +1 (555) 000-0000 or email contact@example.gov. Please include your mailing address, point of contact, phone number, facsimile number, e-mail address and business size within your correspondence.