Provide Lapel Pins, promotional items for US Army Accessions Cmd, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

The MICC Center - Fort Knox is conducting market research for the following requirement: Provide Lapel Pins (PPI #s 71, 402, 73, 421, 85) with several different imprints to include Army Star Logo for US Army Accessions Cmd, Fort Knox, Kentucky for base year to include two one-year option periods. The contractor shall produce, package and mark lapel pins to include shipment to multiple locations. Estimated quantity for base period is 1,306,250 each. This synopsis is not a request for proposal. It is a market research tool being used to determine procurement strategy. Appropriate procurement strategy will be determined after consideration of industry response to this sources sought synopsis. The government is not obligated to, and will not, pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.

Responses to this announcement should be e-mailed to karen.keys@us.army.mil or faxed to Karen Keys at 502-624-5869 or 502-624-7165 no later than close of business, 23 June 2009, and should include the following:

1. A statement of interest in services contained herein.
2. A synopsis of the contractor's capabilities.
3. Company size: small or large, HUBZone, 8(a), Service-disabled veteran-owned, SDB, Woman-owned
4. Contact information, to include name, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number.