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

A -- JOINT TRANSPORTABLE COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM (JTCOPS) SOL W13G07-CBD-0000 POC Steve Beaudoin (508) 233-5136 and Xinia Llovet-Zurinaga (508) 233-4146 WEB: click here for more information, http://www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: Xinia Llovet-Zurinaga, xllovetz@natick-notes02.army.mil. The U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM), has a requirement to develop a Joint Transportable Collective Protection System (JTCOPS). This will be a new nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protective shelter system for use by all DoD services. In order to promote an environment of teaming/partnering for this acquisition, SBCCOM wants to involve industry in the very early development of this acquisition. An Industry Day for the JTCOPS will be held on 21 July 1999 at the Natick, MA installation. All parties interested in attending the Industry Day should furnish an e-mail address to the POC listed below. Details (i.e., location, time) will be furnished to all interested parties through their furnished e-mail addresses. It will be SBCCOM's intent to discuss the proposed concepts, revisions to the draft performance specification, and the acquisition strategies at this meeting. For more detailed information about this acquisition, a copy of the draft JTCOPS performance specification, acquisition strategies under consideration, and a summary of the CBD released May 27, 1999, are available for review on the Natick Contract Division web page at "www3.natick.army.mil/" under Business Opportunities, Ongoing Acquisitions and JTCOPS. POC: Ms. Xinia Llovet-Zurinaga, Contract Specialist, at xllovetz@natick-notes02.army.mil Posted 06/25/99 (W-SN347453). (0176)

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