--US Marine Corps Mountain Cold Weather System Industry Day

SPECIAL NOTICE Classification Code: 84 CLOTHING, INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT AND INSIGNIA Contracting Office Address: US Army RDECOM Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA Description: The Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is seeking design, product performance/capability, availability, sourcing and supply management information for Mountain /Cold Weather (M/CW) Clothing system for individual Marines. Product util ity, quality, durability, supply consistency, and cost are important. The desired M/CW clothing capability includes multiple layers, from head to toe and next to body through exterior protective outer garments. Garments are worn in various combinations d epending on broad environmental conditions and mountain operation mission requirements. Clothing layers must: physically integrate together and with other combat gear, be durable to the rigors of military use and multiple home and commercial laundering. While fabrics and construction must be durable and protective, they must also enable excess body heat to escape to avoid overheating, be lightweight, highly packable, and fast drying. Finally, products must also be 100% Berry Amendment compliant. Marke t Research: MARCORSYSCOMs prior market research and field-testing has identified products that meet the MCW Clothing system requirements. Using the performance characteristics of these products as minimum requirements, the Government plans to award a min imum number of multi-year contracts to buy the multiple items of the M/CW Clothing system to accomplish fielding initiatives. The Government expects the contract vehicles to be a combination of a GSA Prime Vendor Blanket Purchase Agreement for commercial items, purchase orders for established mandatory source items, and IDIQ contract on any military unique item. All contract awards will be subject to availability of funding. To articulate program plans, and obtain industry input to this requirement, MARCO RSYSCOM will host a MCW Clothing Industry Conference on 29 Nov 2006 from 0830 to 1600 at the Wingate Inn located in Stafford,Virginia at 15 Salisbury Drive (I-95 Exit 143B, corner of Garrisonville Rd/Rte. 610 and Salisbury. Hotel telephone is (540)-659-3 600, fax: +1 (555) 000-0000. During the conference, MARCORSYSCOM will provide (a) an overview of current MCW items; (b) MCW goals, issues, uses, capability needs, and constraints; product capability salient characteristics; acquisition/contract vehicle info rmation; planning schedules; other information, and answers to any/all written questions or concerns received to the registration contact specified below. A limited number of individual sessions can be arranged with the MARCORSYSCOM acquisition team by ap pointment to discuss any company-specific ideas, concern, prototypes, etc. These one-on-one sessions cannot exceed thirty (30) minutes each, and include the company information specified below. Companies wishing to attend the conference or make a session appointment need to register by email not later than 22 Nov 2006, 1200 EST to Betsy Moore at contact@example.gov, and provide company qualifications/background, company size, whether the company has GSA schedule and number, best practice ideas, and similar-relevant past performance information. Participation is limited to two persons per company. THE SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PR OCURE ANY ITEMS/SERVICES, NOR FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR THE INFORMATION RECEIVED. NO ENTITLEMENT TO PAYMENT OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT CHARGES BY THE GOVERNMENT WILL ARISE AS A RESULT OF SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES TO THIS RFI AND GOVERNMENT USE OF SUCH INFORM ATION. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS AT THIS TIME. Point of contact is Betsy Moore via email: betsy.a contact@example.gov.