The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) intends to award a sole source contract, in accordance with FAR 13, using simplified acquisition procedures to Applied Biosystems, LLC., 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City, CA 94404 to provide 200 TaqMan Low Density Array (TAC) cards to support an encephalitis study in Kenya. Applied Biosystems, LLC., has been identified as the only organization that can provide these cards. The North American Industry Classification Code is 334516. No Request for Quote (RFQ) will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent. This advertisement ends in 5 days in accordance with FAR 5.203(A)(1). Any interested companies are welcome to submit their qualification and ability to provide the specified services via e-mail, [email protected]. Please include reference number 2012 450459. A determination not to compete based on responses received, and to proceed with a noncompetitive award is solely at the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Please respond by 15 July 2012.