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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 14, 2004 FBO #0961
SOLICITATION NOTICE

84 -- Supply Chain Management Demonstration Project For the Army Combat Uniform (ACU)

Notice Date

7/12/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

315211 — Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors
 

Contracting Office

RDECOM Natick (R&D), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
 

ZIP Code

01760-5011
 

Solicitation Number

W911QY-04-R-0015
 

Response Due

7/27/2004
 

Archive Date

9/25/2004
 

Point of Contact

Kimberly Chamberlain, 508-233-5922
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to RDECOM Natick (R&D)
(Kimberly.Chamberlain@natick.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA is interested in demonstrating a novel acquisition concept for the supply chain integration/management of various compone nts of the new Army Combat Uniform (ACU) Ensemble. The ACU Ensemble components to be managed under this effort are the ACU coat, ACU trousers, ACU Patrol Cap and ACU Sun Hat. The traditional approach of procuring garments for the military is challenging to both the Government (Army) and Industry. The Army faces the challenge of having the right quantity of garments, by size, at the right time to meet Soldier demands. Demand requirements are not constant, and given the current world situation with troops deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), demand levels are even more unstable. Additional constraints in availability of funding and Governmental regulatory and statutory procedures exacerbate the Army?? ????s challenge. Industry is faced with the challenge of forecasting demand against this extremely dynamic environment. As the Army??????s demand requirements continuously change, industry is faced with rapid changes to production. The impact of demand changes increase as they travel down the supply chain. This bullwhip effect results in stops and starts in production, and these stops and starts affect quality. Given these challenges and constraints, this demonstration project intends to address the is sues on a small scale using selected components of the new ACU. This project will require successor offeror(s) to establish and maintain a continuous flow of product down at least one (up to three) supply chains for a delivery period specified by the cont ractor(s) while fielding the ACU to as many deploying troops as possible. Interested sources must have experience in manufacturing end items or materials used in the current Army Battle Dress Uniform (BDU). The Government HIGHLY ENCOURAGES sources to tea m with members of the supply chain for this demonstration project and will consider any member of the supply chain (garment manufacturer, dying & finishing manufacturer, greige good manufacturer or yarn manufacturer) to be the lead (prime) contractor. Mu ltiple contracts are anticipated as follows: up to 3 contracts (awarded on a full and open competitive basis) to contractor team(s) (1) to demonstrate a novel approach to supply chain management and (2) to produce and deliver selected components of the AC U. An additional contract will be awarded on a sole source basis to Clemson Apparel Research (CAR) [see Pre-solicitation Notice USA-SNOTE-040708-002]. CAR has developed advanced supply chain management concepts as part of the Defense Logistics Agency (DL A) Apparel Research Network (ARN) MANTECH project. CAR will coordinate the supply chain by maintaining total asset visibility and providing synchronized replenishment order, shipping and manufacturing recommendations based on the supply chain concepts and tools developed for the DLA ARN program. The Government??????s intent is for source(s) to partner with Clemson Apparel Research (CAR) in this demonstration project. This novel acquisition concept is intended to demonstrate total supply chain management from raw materials to finished garment delivery. The goal of this demonstration is to reduce both cost and schedule, while increasing quality through leveling the production flow throughout the supply chain. The Army has a set aside $12M for this demonst ration project, subject to any unforeseen funding constraints. The applicable North American Industry Classification System code is 315211, with a size standard of 500 employees. The anticipated release date of the solicitation is on or about 27 JULY 2004 . This acquisition is being conducted under the guidance of FAR Part 15. Once released, the full and open competition solicitation will be available on the Arm y Single Face to Industry site as well as the Natick Contracting Division's web site under 'business opportunities; ongoing acquisitions' at https://www 3.natick.army.mil. Questions may be addressed to Kimberly Chamberlain via email at kimberly.chamberlai n@us.army.mil.
 

Place of Performance

Address: RDECOM Natick (R&D) ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street Natick MA

Zip Code: 01760-5011

Country: US
 

Record

SN00619205-W 20040714/040712212303 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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