BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT -FLEET AUTOMOTIVE SUPPORT, SP0900-97-BAA01 The Virtual Prime Vendor (VPV) Program is chartered to provide improved logistical support to Department of Defense military bases, depot maintenance facilities and/or weapon systems programs by seeking innovative, state of the art logistics support with private sector providers. The purpose of the Proposer Information Packet (PIP) and the addendum to BAA SP0900-97-BAA01 is to solicit concept papers that are most likely to result in improving regional logistics support to military bases for automotive/vehicle fleets. This VPV area of interest is identified as the Fleet Automotive Support Initiative (FASI) Concept. The goal of the FASI Concept is to improve support to the military customer by decreasing the response time needed to obtain automotive/vehicle parts, reducing both wholesale and retail stock, and reducing the total cost of providing logistics automotive fleet support. Automotive/vehicle parts are loosely defined as spare parts for land based vehicle systems. The administrative cut-off date for submission of concept papers is 23 January,1998. The DSCC BAA, Addendum, and PIP number should be used in all correspondence regarding concept papers. All concept papers will be reviewed by Government officials only and treated as proprietary data. Concept papers submitted by FAX, E-MAIL or other electronic media will not be accepted. One original and four (4) copies should be submitted directly to the POC at DSCC: Defense Supply Center Columbus, ATTN: DSCC-PLV Michael Turner, 3990 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43216-5000. Vendors are to submit full concept papers only. The BAA/Addendum/PIP/NSN Information can also be found under the heading "Broad Agency Announcements" on the DSCC Web Page at http://www.dscc.dla.mil/BAAnounce.html Requests for copies of the BAA, Addendum, or PIP information may be directed electronically to michael_turner@dscc.dla.mil or by commercial telephone (614) 692-7349. WEB: Broad Agency Anouncement, http://www.dscc.dla.mil/BAAnounce.html. E-MAIL: Michael Turner, DSCC-PLV, SP0900-97-BAA01, michael_turner@dscc.dla.mil.

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