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 Proposals(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 M109 FOV weapon system support and all 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 response time to the customer, improved reliability of spare and repair parts. Offerors are encouraged to incorporate innovative business practices as part of their response. 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 help subsequent to issuance of this requirement. Details will be provided via a special notice in the CBD and to requests provided via email to the POC included in the solicitation. A small business fair will be included in this activity. Any small business interested in participating in this fair should contact the point of contact in the solicitation 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 following address: http://procnet.pica.army.mil or through the Fleet Management website at http://sql3.pica.army.mil/paladin/fleet. Some solicitation material will be located at the Fleet Management website. In addition applicable technical data will be mailed directly to qualified bidders -- qualifications for receipt of this data will be included in the solicitation. The anticipated release date for the solicitation is on or about 26 February 1999. The applicable SIC code for this effort is 8741 ($ 5 Million). Posted 04/23/99 (D-SN323805). (0113)

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