--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT DECRIPTION: Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, it is the Government's intent to award a sole source to Hach Company for: 11 Each, Sension 156PH/Conductivity Meter P/N 5465000 Accessory to support DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer; 11 Each, 2100P Portable Turbidimeter accessory to DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer; 11 Each, Platinum Series PH Electrode Accessory to DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer; 11 Each, Conductivity Probe Accessory to DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer; 11 Each, Instrument Case Accessory to DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer; 11 Each, Apparatus Case Accessory to DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer; 11 Each, Apparatus Set Accessory to DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer; and 11 Each, Reagent Set Accessor y to DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer. Hach Company is the sole manufacturer that possesses the ability for manufacturing the DR 2800-01B Spectrophotometer previously purchased and used by our customer and the herwithin required accessories. This is not a fo rmal solicitation. This synopsis is not considered a Request for Quotation or Proposal. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this noti ce. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. If no challenges to acquiring these Spectrophotometer Accessories without competition are received by 10:00 a.m. EST on 23 Mar ch, 2007, the Government reserves the right to execute an award without publishing a solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Detailed ca pabilities must be submitted to the following email address no later 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, 23 March 2007. EMAIL: contact@example.gov