--Life Support Oxygen Breathing Apparatus

Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Acquisitions, Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 procedures, the U.S. Army RDECOM - Natick Contracting Division, Kansas Street, Nati ck, MA on behalf of the United States Special Operations Command - Soldier System Center, Natick, MA intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis with Carleton Technologies, Inc., 10 Cobham Drive, Orchard Park, NY 14127. This eff ort is for testing and evaluation of prototype Life Support Oxygen Breathing Apparatus. Carleton is one of two vendors who had responded to a previous sources sought notice for this item. These items possess the characteristics that meet the requirements of the item being sought. These items are intended for Test and Evaluation only. They are being tested against commercial items that provide similar capabilities. Questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed to the above address, Attention: Mr. Christopher Heim (AMSRD-ACC-NS) or by E-mail at [email protected]. This announcement expires at 12:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, October 26 , 2006.