DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

AMERICA’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

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CLOTHING AND 

TEXTILES

DRESS CLOTHING 

DIVISION

November 16, 2017
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Dress Clothing Division

SHARON PIECYK

Division Chief

Racheal Ganway

Supervisor

Outerwear/Shirts &

Headwear/Ecclesiastical

JOHN FRICKER

Supervisor

Heraldics/Flag Room

ASHLEY LIDDLE

Supervisor

Dress Uniforms

Tanya Lockley (KO)

Jillian Randazzo (KO)

Charles Brown (KO)

Jennifer Trusedale (KO)

Earl Joyner (KO)

Michael O’Conner

Monique Porter

Eugenia Bodnar

Megan Wherrity

Scott Hilsee (PACER)

Arlett Hartie (KO)

Uchenna Nwachuku

Stanley Thomas

William Dent

Rebecca Mills 

Daniel Engelberg

Robin Cooper (PACER)

Jonny Nguyen (PACER)

Robert Fagan (PACER)

Anthony D’Avella (KO)

Alyson Wright

Matthew McKeever

Kyle Maccia (PACER)

Adam Lam (PACER)

Angela Anderson
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Name Title E-mail

Sharon Piecyk Division Chief Sharon.Piecyk@dla.mil

John Fricker IST Heraldic Supervisor John.Fricker@dla.mil

Arlett Hartie Contracting Officer Arlett.Hartie@dla.mil

Points of Contact Dress Clothing Division
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• Provide the Army, Navy, and Air Force with 

blankets

• Provide the Navy with innerspring and foam 

mattresses, sheets, pillows, and pillow 

cases

• Provide support to homeless shelters 

through the Congressional Homeless 

Blanket Program

• Provide foreign military support to the 

Afghan Army 

Bedding Item Programs
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• Shrinking Industrial base capable of 

manufacturing items in accordance 

with the military’s specifications.

• Berry Compliance.

• Difficulty in meeting shade 

requirements.

Challenges
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• A vendors past performance will be 

evaluated utilizing a past performance 

confidence assessment.

• Service Blanket solicitations will now require 

vendors to submit Product Demonstration 

Models (PDM).

• All other solicitations will require either 

Product Demonstration Models to be 

submitted or post award first articles.

• Lot Testing requirements. 

Solicitation Requirements
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Item Status Award 

Afghan Blanket Solicitation Closed Target Award: 

December 2017

Pillow Solicitation Closed Target Award:

February 2018

Upcoming Awards

Heraldics Team
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Item Est Issue 

Date Strategy Buyer

Innerspring Mattress FY 18 Mandatory Stan Thomas

Pillow Case FY 18 Mandatory Jonny Nguyen

Homeless Blanket FY 18 TBD Jonny Nguyen

Army Blanket FY 18 Small Business 

Set-Aside Robert Fagan

Heraldics Team

Upcoming Procurement Opportunities
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Name Title E-mail

John Fricker Supervisor John.Fricker@dla.mil

Arlett Hartie Contracting Officer Arlett.hartie@dla.mil

Uchenna Nwachuku Acquisition Specialist Uchenn.nwachuku@dla.mil

William Dent Acquisition Specialist William.dent@dla.mil

Stanley Thomas Acquisition Specialist Stanley.Thomas@dla.mil

Rebecca Mills Acquisition Specialist Rebecca.mills@dla.mil

Robin Cooper Acquisition Specialist Robin.Cooper@dla.mil

Robert Fagan Acquisition Specialist Robert.Fagan@dla.mil

Jonny Nguyen Acquisition Specialist Jonny.nguyen@dla.mil

Points of Contact Heraldics IST