NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH OCEAN SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL LTD. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO PURCHASE A MODEL 8400B GUIDLINE SALINOMETER FOR THE NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LAB (PMEL). PURCHASE IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR PART 13 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. AUTHORITY FOR THE SOLE SOURCE IS FAR 6.302-1 ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE AND NO OTHER SOURCE WILL SATISFY AGENCY REQUIREMENTS. PROPOSED CONTRACT INCLUDES GUILDLINE MODEL 8400B SALINOMETER WITH SALINOMETER PUMP, AND AUTOSAL COMPUTER INTERFACE. THE GUILDLINE AUTOSAL MODEL 8400B SALINOMETER IS THE LONG RECOGNIZED INDUSTRY STANDARD INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING SALINITY. THE 8400B IS THE ONLY KNOWN SALINOMETER CAPABLE OF MEASURING SALINITY TO PLUS OR MINUS 0.002. DELIVERY REQUIRED BY 6/12/2006. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A PROPOSAL WHICH SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY.

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