--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO MIDAC CORPORATION FOR FTIR MULTI-COMPONENT GAS ANALYZERS FOR TOXIC GAS MEASUREMENTS.

The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Directorate of Contracting, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD intents to negotiate solely (as prescribed in FAR 6.302-1) with Midac Corporation, 130 McCormick Ave #111, Costa Mesa CA 92626-3316. The contractor will provid e gas analyzers and their components. These are proprietary items. ATC currently has multiple FTIR gas analyzers of this type and the equipment must be compatible with existing hardware and software. The North American Industry Classification System (NA ICS) for this requirement is 334513 and the size standard is 500 employees. Interested persons may identify their interest, in writing, to the Government point of contact. Responses to this notice must be received no later than 10:00 A.M., Eastern Daylig ht Savings Time, March 28, 2007. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation of offers. The point of contact for this action is Irene Mancuso, Contract Specialist, email: [email protected]