M109 FAMILY OF VEHICLES FLEET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM The US Army TACOM-ARDEC Acquisition Center and the PM for Paladin/FAASV, in an effort to facilitate an open exchange of ideas for the M109 FOV Fleet Management program, have incorporated a Discussion Forum module at the following website: http://sql3.pica.army.mil/paladin/fleet. Interested parties are encourage to review the topics for discussion and provide feedback to the forum participants. Any replies posted to the website will NOT be an official Government response. Participants to the discussion forum should be careful attention to the disclaimer notice posted at the website regarding any information found at this module. Interested parties may obtain additional information from the Draft RFP and the Issue Papers modules at this website. The executive summary, included in DAAE30-98-R-0203, provides a formal mechanism for submitting comments/questions to the Government. The Discussion Forum module is intended as an informal vehicle to encourage the exchange of ideas on a realtime basis regarding several issues which impact M109 FOV Fleet Management and contractor performance of sustainment activities in general. Interested parties are also reminded to indicate their interest in attending an Industry Day for the M109 FOV FM program which is projected to be held sometime after the closing of comments on the DRFP on Nov 30, 1998. WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SNotice/110319980/110319980.htm. E-MAIL: Brian Churchman, bchurch@pica.army.mil. Posted 11/03/98 (D-SN267557).

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