--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT

This is a notice of intent to award a sole source purchase order to BASE-X SHELTER, FAIRFIELD, VA for a Hexagonal Dome Tent. This is a sole source procurement due to the urgency of need. This is not a formal solicitation. This synopsis is not conside red a request for proposals or quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a comparab le source or offerors are available and more advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written response is received, the purchase will be awarded without further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Governement. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the above reference address (Attn: Tyrone Wescott) by COB 04/18/2005.