--Purchase of a portable xray system.

The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity proposes to award to Minxray, Inc, 3611 Commercial Ave., Northbrook, IL, a small business, for the purchase of an ACL4-COM CR Imaging System and an MXRSLW-COM/Portable Medical X-ray System. At the current time, there are only two military contractors with the hardware/software equipment combinations that we are authorized to use, MinXray and SourceOne. Out of the two, MinXray is the lower price. Therefore, this procurement shall be under other tha n full and open competition procedures in accordance with FAR 6.302. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is not a request for a competitive quote. Any response to this notice must b e submitted in writing to the Government and show clear and convincing evidence that another source is capable of meeting the Governments requirements and that competition of the requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If no written response s are received at least fifteen (15) days after the publication of this response, the purchase will be awarded without further notice. The Point of Contact (POC) for this action is: [email protected]