84--Intent to award a contract to Creative Apparel Associates, LLC.

Introduction: Pursuant to FAR Subpart 6.302-1, the U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, on behalf of the US Army WARPAD directorate, intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis to: Creative Apparel Associates, LLC., 318 Augusta Rd, Belmont, ME 04952. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE. RESPONSES WILL BE USED FOR FUTURE ACQUISITIONS ONLY. 1. Nature and description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs: The fabrication of 48 Improved Outer Tactical Vest Generation III with ballistic fillers. 2. A demonstration that the proposed contractor is the only source available to provide these services or goods (i.e. unique qualifications, proprietary rights, etc.): The IOTV Gen III is a government proprietary design which has not been released for distribution or industry review. Vendors that are current sub-contractor or prime vendors on any IOTV contract shall not be considered for this acquisition. Creative Apparel is an established cut and sew company that is not a current IOTV sub-contractor or prime vendor. 3. A description of the market research that was conducted and the results, or a statement of the reason a market research was not conducted: Market research was not conducted for this procurement action because it was based on prior market research conducted back in 2009 for the Marine Corp prototype contract and the Army plate carrier development contract in support of Soldier Protection demonstration VII. 4. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement to the U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division via e-mail to: [email protected] no later than 14:00pm (EST) on August 29th, 2011. Contracting Office Address: Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground Natick Contracting Division Kansas Street, Building 1 Natick, MA 01760-5011 Point of Contact: Jeffrey Bernard, Contract Specialist (508)-233-6105 [email protected]