W911QYINDUSTRYDAYECWGISLEEPINGMAT INDUSTRY DAY ANNOUNCEMENT Cold Weather and Extreme Cold Weather Ground Insulator/Sleeping Mat Industry Day Program Manager Soldier Clothing & Individual Equipment (PdM SCIE), Tactical Soldier Mobility Team, will host an Industry Day for manufacturers interested in and capable of manufacturing Ground Insulating sleeping mat materials and end items for use in Cold Weather and Extreme Cold Weather environments. The event will take place on Fort Belvoir on 4 May 2023 and will discuss the technical requirements. Due to meeting space and time constraints, attendance is limited solely to interested Berry Compliant material and end item suppliers/contractors. Suppliers/contractors are limited to no more than two (2) individuals per company. To coordinate appropriate space, please contact Robert Drown, robert.e.drown.civ@army.mil or Austin Myhre, austin.j.myhre.ctr@army.mil, to indicate your attendance. If you would like to reserve a time slot for one-on-one time with the Assistant Product Manager or the engineer, please include this with your response. Please submit responses via email no later than COB 27 April 2023. Information requested for responses: company name & address, names & titles of company representatives to attend. Time slot availability will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Who: Program Manager Soldier Clothing & Individual Equipment, Tactical Soldier Mobility Team What: Industry Day to explore material and end item capabilities for a cold weather ground insulator/sleeping mat Where: Defense Acquisition University, 9820 Flagler Road, Bldg. # 226, HIRSCH Conference Room, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5932 When: 4 May 2023 Why: The Army requires an improved cold weather and extreme cold weather ground insulator/sleeping mat to protect Soldiers conducting operations in cold austere environments away from heated and fixed structures during rest/sleep cycles. For access to Fort Belvoir, please visit the following link: https://home.army.mil/belvoir/index.php/about/Garrison/DES/physical-security/installation-accessgates DOD/INDUSTRY Cold Weather and Extreme Cold Weather Ground Insulator/Sleeping Mat Industry Day THURSDAY, 04 MAY 2023 Fort Belvoir, VA 0900 - 0945 Registration and Networking 1000 1015 Welcome and Orientation (LTC Naim Lee and Blaise Liess) 1015 - 1045 Overview of Requirement (Engineer: Rob Drown, MC DID Representative) 1045 - 1115 Questions and Answers (APM, Blaise Liess and Engineer, Rob Drown) 1115 - 1145 Review and discussion of future events (APM, Blaise Liess) 1145 - 1200 Closing Remarks (LTC Lee) 1200 - 1300 Lunch 1300 - 1500 One-on-one meetings Preliminary Attributes for the Extreme Cold Weather Ground Insulator/Sleeping Mat: Durability; Flexibility in extreme cold weather conditions (-65'F) Fast drying; Waterproof or highly water resistant Breathable; Launderable Sized for the 5-95% of Soldiers Current mat is a 3 R-Value, make the replacement mat threshold a 6 R-Value Packable for static-line Airborne and Free fall Operations When used with sleep systems, will not compress or deflate after a minimum of 4-hour use and will provide equal or greater comfort than the current ground Insulator/sleeping mat. Weighs less than the current SGI,2 lbs. Is made of a materiel that permits the SGI to be easily prepared for (or removed from) a storage configuration in Climatic Zones VI and VII. Is flame resistant