FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA - ADVANCE PLANNING BRIEFING FOR INDUSTRY POC APBI Registration Coordinator, (520) 458-4293. The U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca is sponsoring an Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry (APBI). Format will include presentations of planned acquisition by 11 major requiring activities. This event is held to foster advance contract planning and stimulate competition. Registration is limited. Call (520) 458-4293 for complete information. Announcing the Advance Planning Briefing for Industry (APBI) sponsored by the United States Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca and hosted by the Coronado Chapter of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). The theme of the APBI is ``What's New Under the Desert Sun?'' The APBI format will include presentations of planned acquisitions by major requiring activities and one-on-one counseling for small and small disadvantaged business firms. The APBI will be held February 7 & 8, 1996 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. An APBI golf tournament will be held on February 6. Presentations will be given by major activities located at Fort Huachuca and others doing business in the Southwest. Included among the presentations for contracting opportunities are: US Army Intelligence Center & Fort Huachuca (USAIC&FH), US Army Information Systems Command (USAISC), US Army Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC), Intelligence & Electronic Warfare Test Directorate of the Test and Experimental Command (TEXCOM), Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), US Army Electronic Proving Ground (USAEPG), US Army Yuma Proving Ground (USAYPG), White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Counter Drug Technology Assessment Center, Office of National Drug Control Policy, General Services Administration, Federal System Integration and Management Center (GSA-FED SIM), US Army Information Systems Contracting Office and Fort Huachuca Directorate of Contracting. There will also be a town hall discussion on acquisition reform led by the APBI luncheon keynote speaker, William Mounts, Director, International and Commercial Systems Acquisition, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform. Presentations will be held in the Information Systems Command auditorium, Room 1215, in Greely Hall, on Fort Huachuca. Early sign-in registration and a reception begins at 5:00 PM on February 6, 1996 at the Wyndemere Hotel in Sierra Vista, APBI headquarters. To receive a brochure and make reservations call (520) 458-4293. Registration fee is $200.00 if postmarked before January 1, 1996. Registrations postmarked after 31 December 1995 will be $225.00. The APBI Committee encourages early registration for both the APBI conference and at local hotels as space is limited. Only paid registrations are guaranteed due to limited space. Your return mail brochure will list local hotels. Official sign in will begin at 7:00 AM on February 7 at Greely Hall, the conference site on Fort Huachuca. Registration fee includes the cost of the February 7 luncheon and February 7 Icebreaker Reception, which is sufficient for a meal, as well as continental breakfasts on both February 7 and 8. Dress code for all conference sessions and social events will be Arizona casual attire.

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