--Services of Research Scientist knowledgeable of Combat Feeding Directorate research methods and specializing in field of insect resistant packaging.

Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the U.S. Army Natick Contracting Division, Kansas Street, Natick, MA on behalf of the United States Army-Soldier Systems Center, Natick, MA intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis wit h Ashland Inc., 50 E. Rivercenter Blvd. Covington, KY 41011-1683. We will be procuring the services of a research scientist whom specializes in the field of insect resistant packaging. We anticipate this contract to be a 1yr plus 2 yr option contract not to exceed $200,000. The market research indicates that this company is the only one qualified to carry out these specialized experiments. SciFinder software was used to search this research area and provide other laboratories that are doing related rese arch. No other qualified researchers or laboratories were found. The researcher that this company will be providing has been taught using the same methods the Combat Feeding Directorate use for this project, allowing for similar quality and accuracy in d ata analysis. Nothing herein should be misconstrued as a request for proposal. No solicitation document is available. See Note 22 which reduces the response time to 5 days. Any Questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed to the above address , Attention: Mr. Huy Le or by email to: [email protected]. This synopsis expires February 10th, 2008 at 4:00 pm EST.