--W911SG06R0027 Intent to Sole Source

The Directorate of Contracting, Fort Bliss, Texas, intends to award a contract on an other other than full and open competitive basis for AP Labs High Speed Digital Recording System equipment. The anticipated award will be made to only one responsibl e source, AP Labs, Inc., under the authority of 10 U.S.C 2304 (c)(1), FAR 6.302-1, and FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items. AP Labs is the sole manufacturer of the system equipment necessary to be 100 percent compatible with existing equipment. Sp ecifications of equipment is proprietary and will not be made available. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals. A determination not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Note 22, with the exception that the time period for the receipt of proposals for consideration is 3 days instead of 45 days.