U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

B -- SOLICITATION OF SOURCES: EMERGING AND CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES ON WATER AND FUEL QUALITY, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT DUE 061598 POC James Dusenbury (810) 574-4145 WEB: Click here to view questionnaire, http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/ssn/fuelwatr.doc. E-MAIL: Click here to contact POC via e-mail, dusenbuj@cc.tacom.army.mil. The Petroleum & Water Business Area of the US Army TACOM-TARDEC in Warren, MI is seeking to identify sources that are capable of providing emerging and current technologies that will advance the Army's present capabilities in the following areas: lubrication, fuel and water handling, distribution, storage, quality and analysis, and water and wastewater treatment. The Petroleum & Water Business Area is the Army's materiel developer for tactical petroleum and water equipment. We have convened an Integrated Concept Team (ICT) for petroleum and water with a mission to develop the Army's next generation of tactical petroleum and water equipment in accordance with the precepts of Force XXI and Army After Next (AAN). Force XXI is the Army's initiative to meet the exceptional challenges of our changing national security environment. This philosophy integrates and leverages information technology, redesigns the tactical forces, and serves as the bridge into the 21st century and the information age. AAN is the concept for the US Army after 2010 and continuing through 2025 that will lead to the development of the Army's future equipment. This force modernization will be for the field user and must be small, light weighted, mobile and rugged. Some of the hardware that the soldiers are using include: nozzles, hoses, pumps, aluminum pipes, collapsible fuel or water tanks, petroleum quality test kit, water test kit, mobile laboratories, wastewater treatment units (reverse osmoses water purification unit), and etc. For the modernization effort, there are no limitations to the technologies being considered to carry out the mission. Interested parties are invited to respond to this Sources Sought Announcement by filling out a questionnaire posted at http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/ssn/fuelwatr.doc. Please answer the questionnaire as thoroughly as possible. This will give us a better idea of your products and innovative ideas. In addition to completing the questionnaire, please provide any general drawings, diagrams, or brochures that would assist in describing your products or ideas. Materials shall be mailed to the POC: TACOM, ATTN: AMSTA-TR-D/210, Warren, MI 48397-5000. Currently there is no funding in this area, but our interest in investigating advanced technologies may eventually result in procurement action to replace the existing fuel and water equipment. If you specifically request, all the information and documentation will be treated as proprietary. The U.S. Army will retain all information and documentation provided. The effort you expend and information you submit in response to this request shall be provided at no cost to the Government. Any information submitted under this effort will become property of the U.S. Government. (0133)

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