U.S. Army Materiel Command, Natick Contracting Division, Attn: AMSSB-ACN, Natick, MA 01760-5011

10 -- SCOPES AND FILTERS SOL None Available DUE 062399 POC Peggy Dube, Contract Specialist at "pdube@natick-notes02-army.mil" E-MAIL: To reach the contract specialist, pdube@natick-notes02-army.mil. The U. S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command intends to conduct negotiations and award a purchase order using simplified acquisition procedures to Ultimate Weapons Systems, Inc. in Bethlehem, CT on the basis of other than full and open competition, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The government plans to purchase 121 each of Scope, Reflex, RX01-10, with M16 Handle mount; and 121 each of Filter, lens, honey comb, RX22. These items are needed for the Army/Marine Corp -- Military Operations in Urban Terrain -- Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (MOUT ACTD) Joint Experiment 2 (JE2) at Fort Benning, GA no later than 25 August 1999. These items have been selected after previous experimentation with these and other optical sights to meet the MOUT ACTD USMC Requirement No. 3 (R3) Experiment. All previously purchased items experimented with have also been evaluated in the Technology Assessment Process (TAP) using Logical Decisions for Windows (LDW) executed by the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA). Based on this testing, Ultimate Weapons Systems, Inc. is the only responsible source that can meet the requirement for these items. The MOUT ACTD Web Site may be viewed at the following location: "http://:yorktown.dc.isx.com/mout/index.html". See Note 22. Posted 06/08/99 (W-SN340289). (0159)

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