--Extreme Cold Weather Stove

Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM), Natick Contracting Division, Kansas Street, Natick, MA on behalf of the United States Army  Soldier System Center, Natick, MA intends to negotiat e and award a contract on a sole source basis with Cascade Designs, 4000 1st Ave S., Seattle, WA 98134-2301. This effort is to provide the Government with 50 extreme cold weather stoves to include: test, safety, performance and manufacturability data. This effort is an extension of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Contract DAAD16-02-C-0065 in which Cascade Designs worked on the development of a self-pressurizing stove. Since this BAA effort, Cascade Designs has developed a new, patented technology which u tilizes a capillary force vaporizer stove design. The Government is interested in evaluated this patented technology which is available from Cascade Designs and no one else. Any questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed to the above address, Attention: Mr. Sean P. Murphy (AMSRD-ACC-NS) or by E-mail to [email protected]. This announcement expires March 29, 2005.