RIGIDITE 5250-4 (Sole Source to Cytec).

Solicitation N00421-17-Q-0063 is issued as intent to sole source. The Government intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis, and to solicit and negotiate the proposed purchase order on a sole source basis with CYTEC ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC., under the authority implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR Part 12 and 13. Cytec manufactures one out of the two BMI prepreg materials that will be used for determination of upper use temperature of BMI materials for an NPRE funded project. These pre-pregs are designed specifically to withstand high temperature areas up to 400 deg F, whereas other prepreg materials cannot withstand these conditions. ***Basis for Award*** This notice is intent to Sole Source with Cytec Engineered Materials. ONLY New Equipment, NO Remanufactured, and all items must be covered under the manufacturer's warranty. Similar or Substitute products will not be accepted. Vendor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) Database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any Department of Defense contract. This can be accomplished electronically at http://www.sam.gov/vendor.cfm. The Government will not pay for any information received Government Point of Contact: Bernie Cortez Naval Air Warfare Center AD (PAX) 2.5.1 RAC, 21983 Bundy Road, BLDG 441 Patuxent River, MD 20670-1127 Email: contact@example.gov (preferred method)