--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO AFFYMETRIX, INC. FOR GENECHIPS

The U. S. Army Contracting Agency, Directorate of Contracting, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD intends to negotiate solely (as prescribed in FAR 6.302-1) with Affymetrix, Inc., 3420 Central Expwy, Santa Clara, CA 95051-0704. The contractor shall provid e Genechips. The Genechips are proprietary items to Affymetrix, Inc. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 325412 and the size standard is 750 employees. Interested persons may identify their interest, in writ ing, to the Government point of contact. Responses to this notice must be received no later than 5:00 PM , Eastern Daylight Time, September 24th , 2006. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation of offers. The po int of contact for this action is Tanya Peel, Contract Specialist, email: [email protected].