--Replacement heaters, conveyors and berm

Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, and utilizing FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures the U.S. Army RDECOM - Natick Contracting Division, Kansas Street, Natick , MA on behalf of the United States Army - Soldier System Center, Natick, MA intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis with Reeves Manufacturing, 740 West 7th Street, Frederick, MD 21702. This effort is to provide the Governmen t with replacement items in the nature of 2 diesel heaters, a berm for a shelter, and 15 roller conveyors. Reeves Manufacturing is the only source for the above items. These items are replacement items for Reeves equipment currently being used in testing. Since the testing has already commenced, replacement items must be purchased from Reeves Manufacturing to e nsure baseline testing commonality and integrity of test data. Therefore the contract will be awarded to Reeves Manufacturing. Questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed to the above address, Attention: Mr. Richard R. Alves, Jr. (AMSRD-ACC-NS) or by E-mail at [email protected]. This announcement expires at 8:00 a.m. local time on October 6, 2006.