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

65 -- TRI-MODE ACTIGRAPH, FIELD INTERFACE UNIT, STANDARD INTERFACE UNIT, BATTERIES, TRAINING SOL Tri-Mode Actigraph, Field Interface Unit, Standard Interface Unit, Batteries, training DUE 091699 POC Sandra Shoff (508) 233-4126 WEB: Tri-Mode Actigraph, Field Interface Unit, Standard, http://www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: Tri-Mode Actigraph, Field Interface Unit, Standard, sshoff@natick-amed02.army.mil. The U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command intends to conduct negotiations with and award a contract to Precision Control Design, Inc, 135 Elgin Parkway, SE, Fort Walton Beach, Fl, 32548, on a basis of other than full and open competition, reference FAR 6.302-1(a) for the purchase of 60 Tri-Mode Actigraph, 2 Field Interface Unit, 2 Standard Interface Unit, 1000 Batteries (DL2430), including Training at PCD. This sole source procurement is based on the fact that this is the only vendor in the United States that makes these devices; also these same devices from this vendor are already in use by the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command; therefore purchasing from the same vendor will allow joint collaboration with other labs during large field studies. No solicitation document is available. See Note 22 which is hereby amended to read 10 days instead of 45 days. Posted 09/02/99 (W-SN375725). (0245)

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