X -- LEASE OF CONFERENCE FACILITY

The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)will be hosting the 2003 NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY, at Keystone Resort and Conference Center, Keystone, CO on September 28th through October 2, 2003. This requires accommodations for 200 plus participants and includes working breaks, lunches, banquet facilities and audiovisual equipment rental. It is the intent of the Government to award this procurement on a sole source basis under authority of 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1) with Keystone Conference Services of Keystone, CO. This procurement is being conducted per FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures (NTE $100,000). This synopsis is issued for information only. No competitive solicitation is planned. No award will be made on the basis of requests in response to this notice. Terms & Conditions and agency level protest procedures can be found on web site http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/conops/#REFERENCE. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether or not use of competitive procedures to fulfill this requirement would be in the Government's best interest and must address qualifications pertinent to this requirement. These are the complete specifications and no RFQ is available. All technical questions shall be addressed to Wendy McBride of NIST at 303 497-3693. This RFQ will expire September 9, 2003.