US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

10 -- M109 FOV FLEET MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM SOL DAAE30-99-R-0207 DUE 052899 POC Brian Churchman -- Contracting Officer WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99R0207/99R0207.htm. E-MAIL: Brian Churchman, bchurch@pica.army.mil. The US Army TACOM-ARDEC Acquisition Center and the Product Manager for Paladin /FAASV intend to issue a Request for Proposal(RFP) for the M109 Family of Vehicles Fleet Management Pilot Program. The pilot program will be a test bed to evaluate the benefits of reengineering the sustainment process through the full spectrum of operations from peace time through Major Theater Warfare. The Fleet Manager will be the single point of contact for the M109 FOV weapon system support and Class IX orders for the US Army, US Army Reserve, Army National Guard and Foreign Military. Objectives of the program include reduction of operation and sustainment costs, improved customer response time, and improved reliability of spare and repair parts. Offerors are encouraged to incorporate innovative business practices in their responses. The Fleet Manager will be the single point of contact for all spare and repair parts for the M109 FOV, ONLY. The Government anticipates that an Industry Day will be held subsequent to release of the RFP. Details regarding the time and place will be provided in a CBD special notice announcement. A Small Business fair will be included as part of the activities. Offerors interested in attending/ participating in the SB fair should contact the POC included in the solicita- tion via email. THERE WILL BE NO HARD COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION PROVIDED; NO REQUESTS FOR SAME WILL BE HONORED. The solicitation will be available at the web address http://procnet.pica.army.mil or http://sql3.pica.army.mil/paladin/ fleet. Some solicitation material will be located at the Fleet Management web- site. In addition, applicable technical data will be mailed to qualified bid- ders -- qualifications for receipt will be included in the solicitation. The anticipated release date is on or about 26 February 1999. The applicable SIC code for this effort is 8741 ($ 5 Million). Posted 02/12/99 (D-SN298108). (0043)

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