U.S. Army Materiel Command, Natick Contracting Division, Attn: AMSSB-ACN, Natick, MA 01760-5011

A -- MICROCLIMATE COOLING UNIT DUE 061899 POC Jerry Jeffrey, 508-233-6257, Brad Laprise, 508-233-5440 WEB: click here for proposed contract, http://www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer, jjeffrey@natick-amed02.army.mil. The U.S. Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center -- Natick Contracting Division, and the U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, Natick, MA -- intend to negotiate a sole source contract with Foster Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA for the design and development of ten pound, 200-250 watt, vapor cycle Microclimate Cooling Units for the U.S. Army's Air Warrior Engineering, Manufacturing, Development (EMD) program. Foster Miller is the only known source to have successfully designed, developed, and fabricated active, liquid circulating, individual, 250 watt, microclimate cooling systems and to have integrated and installed them on military aircraft. Foster Miller has demonstrated the ability to design and develop lightweight, compact, portable, efficient, vapor cycle coolers in previous applications, such as the Self-Contained Toxic Environment Protective Ensemble (STEPO) program, Individual Microclimate Cooling System (IMCS) program, and the Advanced Lightweight Microclimate Cooling System (ALMCS). Foster Miller has also developed the Aircrew Personal Environmental Control System (APECS) for the U.S. Air Force, a fully integrated microclimate cooling system for F-15 and F-16 aircraft. The Air Warrior program intends to directly leverage the system design and development of these past Government funded programs. The knowledge, experience, and expertise gained by Foster Miller during the development of these systems, as well as their advanced compressor and heat exchanger design, will be critical for meeting the technical and schedule requirements of the Air Warrior EMD schedule. The Government intends to award a 2-3 year development contract, culminating in the fabrication of 20-100 Microclimate Cooling Units for the Air Warrior Operational Test in FY01. Point of contact for this action is Jerry Jeffrey, at (508) 233-6257. See Note 22. Posted 05/01/99 (W-SN326687). (0121)

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