61--NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

ERDC Contracting Office intends to solicit on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106 to ACON, INC, 22 BRISTOL DRIVE, SOUTH EASTON, MA 02375-1108. This procurement is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The US Anny Corps of Engineer (USACE) Reachback Operations Center (UROC) technical support to the Army, the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) has a requirement to purchase 220 DC-DC converters. The basic requirements for the DC-DC converters are as follows: Wide input voltage range (10-36 Vdc) Qty: 220 The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 11:00 a.m. CST on May 9, 2012. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No RFP will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to [email protected] with solicitation number referenced in the subject line.