Personal Protective Equipment Weight Reduction and Sizing Focus Meeting

Product Manager Soldier Protective Equipment (PM SPE) Personal Protective Equipment Weight Reduction and Sizing Focus Meeting: Date: 29-30 June 2016 Location: National Guard Reserve Center 9000 Gunston Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) The purpose of this meeting is a follow on to the Weight Reduction RFI W91CRB-16-R-0003 from October 2015 but to include all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) components (head protection/helmets, sensor/eye protection, hard armor plates, and soft armor ballistic). In addition to the effort to reduce the overall weight of the Soldier Protection System (SPS) PM SPE will cover our continuing efforts to improve PPE for female warfighters and the opportunity this presents to focus on the "warfighter as a system". The Government's intent is to brief industry on PM SPE's continuous efforts concerning reducing overall weight of SPS and female warfighters PPE. After these briefings the remainder of the time is available for individual 45 minute vendor meetings (pre-scheduled) to allow vendors to discuss specific questions concerning our SPS weight reduction effort and female PPE. Vendors will also be allowed to show the Government weight reduction effort or female PPE they have or are developing. Vendors will be given time to set-up/lay-out their weight reduction and/or female PPE samples prior to the vendor meeting. Each vendor is limited to one (1) 45-minute breakout meeting; meetings will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis. This meeting is optional and attendance is not mandatory for any future contract actions. To register for this event and/or to schedule a 45-minute break-out meeting, RSVP no later than 1:00 p.m. EDT on 22 June 2016 to: Mr. Francis Hayden at [email protected], and Ms. Clorinda Fisher at [email protected] AGENDA 29 June 2016: 9:00 a.m. - 09:30 a.m.: Arrive and Sign in 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Government Brief to Industry (Yorktown Room) • Introduction and Background • Soft Armor Weight Reduction and Female PPE Effort • Hard Armor Weight Reduction and Female PPE Effort • Head Protection Weight Reduction and Female PPE Effort • Sensor/Eye Protection Weight Reduction and Female PPE Effort • Statement from Contracting 11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: 45-minute Breakout Sessions 30 June 2016: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: 45-minute Breakout Sessions The point of contact (POC) for this announcement is Kelly Doolittle, U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Contract Specialist, [email protected].