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

A -- JOINT TRANSPORTABLE COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM (JTCOPS) DUE 031400 POC Laura L. MacLean and Nelda K. Casavant at e-mail addresses in Block 17. WEB: click here for more information, http://www3.natick.army.mil/. E-MAIL: to contract Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist, laura.maclean@natick.army.mil and nelda.casavant@natick.army.mil. The Department of Defense (DoD) as represented by 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. The requirement calls for a modular, collectively protected shelter that provides a transportable, free-standing system for billeting, medical, and operational facilities capable of being complexed to meet changing mission needs.. The JTCOPS must incorporate a toxic free area (TFA), a contamination control area (CCA), an environmental control unit, air filtration and generator/power capabilities. The JTCOPS must allow collectively protected vehicles/vans to be connected for safe personnel ingress/egress. The JTCOPS must be capable of being transported by ground, sea and air modes. This modular collective protection system must be capable of providing relief from psychological and physiological stresses during sustained operations in a contaminated environment due to wearing full Individual Protective Equipment (IPE). The JTCOPS must provide the ability to process contaminated personnel through a CCA into a TFA, as defined in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4192, consistent with service decontamination and contamination control procedures. The JTCOPS must be capable of operation by all U.S., NATO and other allied forces. In order to promote an environment of teaming/partnering for this acquisition, SBCCOM wants to continue to involve industry in the early development of this acquisition. Accordingly, five documents (1) a Draft Request for Proposal, Sections H, L, and M only; (2) a revised Draft Statement of Objectives (SOO); (3) a revised Draft Performance Specification; (4) a draft Integrated Master Schedule (IMS); and (5) a draft Integrated Master Plan (IMP) are available for review as of February 29, 2000 on the Natick Contracting Division web page at "www3.natick.army.mil/" under Business Opportunities, Upcoming Acquisitions, JTCOPS. In order to initiate an exchange of information on this acquisition, SBCCOM requests that interested parties submit separate reviews of any or all of the five documents providing suggestions regarding revisions or additions Responses should be e-mailed to the Contracting Officer, Laura.Maclean@natick.army.mil/ or the Contract Specialist, Nelda.Casavant@natick.army.mil/ by March 14, 2000. Posted 03/01/00 (W-SN430107). (0061)

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