--Sapphire Transparent Armor Blank

Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3, and utilizing FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures the U.S. Army RDECOM - Natick Contracting Division, Kansas Street, Natick , MA on behalf of the United States Army Soldier System Center, Natick, MA intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis with Saint- Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. This effort is to provide the Government with Sapphire Transparen t Armor Blank for testing and evaluation purposes. Therefore the contract will be awarded to Specialty Defense Systems. Questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed by E-mail at [email protected]. This announcement expire s at 12:00 p.m. local time on Thursday June 28, 2007.