--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO HERLEY INDUSTRIES INC. FOR MASTER SYSTEM ENCLOSURE AND VARIOUS COMPONENTS TO UPGRADE THE AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE/ENDURANCE TEST INSTRUMENTATION CAPABILITY.

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 Herley Industries INC., 3061 Industry Drive, Lancaster PA 17630-4025. The contractor shall prov ide the master system enclosure and various compenents to upgrade the automotive performance/endurance test instrumentation capability of Aberdeen Test Center. These are proprietary items. This service will operate under existing software and be both phy sically and electrically compatible to equipment already in place. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 336413 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 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time, December 14th, 2006. 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]