US ARMY ABERDEEN ACQUISITION CENTER, ATTN: STEAA-CD, BLDG 4118 SUSQUEHANNA BLVD, APG MD 21005-5001

42 -- FULLY ENCAPSULATED CHEMICAL SUITS SOL DAAD05-98-R-0525 DUE 041598 POC Contract Specialist Kevin Clark 410-278-0890 (Site Code DAAD05) The U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland has a one-year requirement with two option years to procure chemical encapsulation suits. The Government is seeking a requirements contract that will allow utilization of various Chemical Depot's throughout all of the Department of Defense to place order against the resulting award of this solicitation. Specific delivery and quantity requirements will be determined from independent delivery orders that will be issued to the contractor from various DOD locations. The requested suits are required to support the Hazard Assessment Program along with future toxic environmental emergency responses for CBDCOM and other sites that store chemical warfare agents (CWA). These suits are necessary for personnel to perform isolation procedures in immediate chemically dangerous atmospheres, for entrance to inspect the chemically unknowns, and to respond to a variety of emergency operations should an accident/incident involving CWA's occur. Specific requirements for these suits are that they be reuseable and be currently approved by the Department of the Army Safety Office. The suits must be totally encapsulated and compatible with air respirators that are manufactured by Trellborg. Government market research has found that the Trellchem High Performance Suits from Trellborg are the only suits adapted to fit the current assets of government-owned self- contained breathing apparatus and exceeds the National Fire Protection Association 1991 standards. To ensure compliance of DA Safety regulations and suit reusability requirements the suits requested are Trellchem High Performance Suits from Trellborg. For a copy of the solicitation, interested sources may send written facsimilie requests to (410)278-0851; Email requests to: steappr@apg-emh1.apg.army.mil or write to the Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: Bid Clerk, 4118 Susquehanna Blvd., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5001. Telephone requests will not be accepted. (0054)

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