Under the authority of FAR 13.5, the United States Army Research, Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM) Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA 01760 5011, on behalf of the Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), intends to negotiate and award a contract on a sole source basis with Diversified Technical Systems (DTS), Inc., of 909 Electric Ave., Suite 206, Seal Beach, CA 90740, to provide a TDAS G5 Data Acquisition System with associated hardware, software and technical documentation. This data acquisition system is dedicated to work with the FOCUS headform and the Hybrid III 50th percentile male which can then be used for both blast and crash impact testing. Most data acquisition systems are not made to and cannot survive the environments of both blast and crash testing. The TDAS G5 system is specifically designed to mount appropriately and survive the test environment. Nothing herein should be misconstrued as a request for proposal. No solicitation document is available. Any questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed to the above address, Attention: Mr. John Conlin, or by email to:
[email protected]. This synopsis expires 20 March 2009 and 5:00pm EST.