The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Installation Contracting Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE under solicitation number W91ZLK-13-T-0321. This procurement action is being conducted under FAR part 13 and 6.302-1 with the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), to FiberTech Optica, Inc. 330 Gage Ave., Unit 1 Kitchener, ON N2M 5C6, Canada, as only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the government's requirement at this time; therefore proposals cannot be submitted directly on this notice. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 335921. The resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-56. The requirement is to procure the following item: CLIN 0001 Fiber Optic Probe - Qty., of 1 The fabrication of a custom designed fiber optic probe for a Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy. This is a custom fiber optic probe based on an Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) in-house design. The design is technically challenging to manufacture due to fiber geometry and filtering requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes, however, all information received by 27 March 2013 will be considered by the Government. All interested vendors must respond by 27 March 2012, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Responses shall be submitted to the point of contact Pamela Paradis via e-mail,
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