--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO MIDAC CORPORATION FOR SPECTROMETER WITH 10 METER GAS CELL, ZNSE OPTICS, MCT DETECTOR, DUAL ADC.

The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Directorate of Contracting, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD intends to negotiate solely (as prescribed in FAR 6.302-1) with Midac Corporation, 130 McCormick Ave #111, Costa Mesa CA 92626-3316. The contractor shall provi de an Industrial FTIR Spectrometer, 10 meter pathlength gas cell, peripheral device package, pressure transducer, dual band heating. These are proprietary items. The vendor is the only manufacturer of these specific products and ATC currently has multiple FTIR gas analyzers of this type. The North American Industry Classification 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 11:00 A.M, Eastern Standard Time, January 25th, 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, emai l: [email protected]