99 -- Satellite Telemetry Equipment

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Service, Sandusky OH , intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Microwave Telemetry Inc, Columbia MD for one 15x70 Argos/GPS Solar PTT-100 Satellite Transmitter. The proposed contract action is for items for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12. Numbered Note 22 applies.