Commander, U.S. Army Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

A -- COMPETITIVE ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING & DEVELOPMENT (EMD) OF FOLLOW-ON-TO-TOW (FOTT) MISSILE SYSTEM. POC Felicia Jones, Contract Specialist, AMSMI-AC-CBT, 205-842-7140, James D. Parker, Contracting Officer, AMSMI-AC-CBT, 205-876-4201, (PCB)065-96. The Government's Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) for the Follow-on-To-TOW Program (FOTT) program will consist of a series of quarterly meetings to provide a Pre-EMD forum for the Government and Interested U.S. system qualified prime contractors. Meeting topics will be limited to Pre-EMD test range support coordination, and interpretation/clarification of RFP requirements. The IPT meetings will begin after the release of the draft RFP and continue until the submission of the final proposal update as outlined in the updated ''FOTT Planned Path to Contract Award'', located at the Redstone Scientific Information Center (RSIC), Reading Room. All meetings will be held at MICOM with a two hour maximum per quarter with each contractor. Contractors must schedule meetings within the timeframes outlined in the ''FOTT Planned Path To Contract Award'', through the Acquisition Center, POC Ms. Felicia Jones, FAX 205-842-7146. The written request including agenda and list of attendees, must be submitted 15 days in advance of the requested date for Government review/approval. The Government will notify the contractor upon the approval of their request. The Government will keep minutes of each meeting which will be provided to each contractor on his particular meeting. A sanitized quarterly roll-up of all issues from all contractors will be put in the reading room at RSIC by the third week of the last month in each quarter. Upon receipt of requests, the Government will correspond directly. Synopsis Number 065-96 (0051)

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