J -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: F73HOS41530300.

The 3rd Contracting Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, AK intends to award a sole source purchase order to Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, 6700 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 220, Pleasanton, CA 94566. Services to be purchased: Service and Maintenance contract for the Somatom Volume CT Scanner. This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 6.302-1. The anticipated award date is 1 Oct 04. This notice is neither a request for competitive proposals nor a solicitation of offers. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The closing date for this synopsis is 13 Sep 04 at 2:00 PM Alaska Standard Time. For information regarding this purchase, please contact TSgt Eduardo Alfaro at (907) 552-5605, e-mail: [email protected] or Leslie Strand at (907) 552-4704, e-mail: [email protected] .