Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the U.S. Army Natick Contracting Division, 1 Kansas Street, Natick, MA on behalf of the United States Army-Soldier Systems Center, Natick, MA intends to negotiate and award a contract on a sole source basis with Carol S Wiley of 91 Floral St., Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3223. Contractor has been working for the Armed Forces Recipe Service as a Food Technologist and Registered Dietitian for the past year and is familiar with the projects specific needs. Contractor has over 13 years experience as a full time Nutrient Database Specialist with Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and has a unique skill as a nutrient data base researcher, specializing in working with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrient database nutrition codes. Natick and Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), have an Interagency Agreement in place to load the AFRS recipes into the Common Food Management System (CFMS), a new food management system mandated by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) that will be used to feed the Military Services. Replacement of contractor will slow down the update process and could delay the Pilot date of CFMS. 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. Huy Le or by email to:
[email protected]. This synopsis expires August 21st, 2009 at 3:00pm EST.