--NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The US Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC Contracting Office intends to award a sole source contract to ProQuest, LLC for providing multisite access to CSA Illumina Journals and associated databases, including ASFA Database, EIS Full Text, CSA Database, GEOREF, GeoScienceWorld Millennium Collection, and Meteorological & GeoAstrophysical Abstracts. The subscription term runs from November 1, 2008, through October 31, 2009. ProQuest, LLC is identified as the sole distributor and provider of electronic access to these CSA journals, justifying the sole source approach. This contract will be awarded on a firm-fixed price basis using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Although it is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract, other responsible sources capable of supplying these materials are encouraged to respond within five days of the announcement, despite no formal solicitation or request for quotations being issued at this time. The contracting action falls under NAICS code 511120, which relates to publishing services.