U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DE), Warren, MI 48397-5000

L -- TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES DUE 071800 POC Cathy Ham (810) 574-4253 WEB: Click here for more of TACOM acquisitions and awards., hamc@tacom.army.mil. E-MAIL: raleighb@tacom.army.mil, hamc@tacom.army.mil. The purpose of this market survey is to seek sources interested in responding to a future solicitation for a Cooperative Tire Qualification Program Manager. The Cooperative Tire Qualification Program Manager will be responsible for the following: The contractor will revise the latest Cooperative Approved Tire Lists (CATL 1922, 1923) by adding any additional approved tire manufacturers that meet all test requirements and removing any tire manufacturers that are no longer valid or must be retested. The contractor is required to revise, and mail the Cooperative Approved Tire Lists (CATL 1922, CATL 1923) based on test results and quality audit reviews. At least one copy of each CATL and revision/updates will be provided by the contractor to any U.S. Federal, State and Local Government agency that procures tires and requests a copy. Contractor is also required to provide a Quarterly Progress/Status Report beginning Dec 00 and every three months thereafter for a total of four quarterly reports. The contractor is responsible for providing copies of thest status reports to any requiring government agencies, tire/retread industry of tire/retread industry association. These reports will include work accomplished, ongoing and planned. The contractor is responsible for coordinating with a TACOM approved test facility, oversight of third-part testing process, results and reporting. Unless otherwise approved by TACOM, testing will be an ongoing process contingent upon the availability of industry funding. Contractor Qualification Requirements: a. Must have a minimum of 5 years tire management experience. b. Must have participated in new or retread tire selection and qualification testing and demonstrate an ability to understand tire appliciations. c. Must have experience in retread tire facility quality audits. d. Must have technical experience and expertise ato handle and resolve new and retread tire technical issues, problems, and concerns with the tire industry and customers of tires. e. Must have experiencewith tire technical specifications, standards, and scopes of work. f. Must not be presently employed by a new tire manufacturer or supplier, retread service or commercial test facility. g. Must have and provide an endorsement from either the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) The International Tire and Retread's Association (ITRA), or the Tire Association of North America (TANA). The endorsement should be either in memorandum or letter format and submitted as part of the offer's proposal. Posted 07/03/00 (W-SN470961). (0185)

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