DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

THE NATION’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

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DLA Troop Support

Clothing & Textiles

[IST]

Extended Cold Weather 

Clothing Systems (ECWCS)
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Field Clothing Division

Lisa Marie Vivino

Division Chief - FQA

Rachel Ganaway 

FQAB – Battle Dress Uniforms

Vacant

FQAC - Accessories 

Scott Kromis

FQBA – ECWCS

Evan Eisenberg

Donna Streibich

Roxane Owen

$369M in Sales FY19 (thru Sept) Contracting Officers

Evan Eisenberg (KO-Unlimited)

Joseph Parker

Mark McClernan

Michael Baron 

Philip Ward (PACER)

$131M in Sales FY19 (thru Sept)

Donna Streibich (KO-$100M)

Dirk Smart (KO – SAT)

Mimi Pham (KO – SAT)

Marcia Henson 

Rachel Piecyk (PACER)

Vincent Davis (PACER)

$266M in Sales FY19 (thru Sept)

Roxane Owen (KO-$10M)

Antoinette Ouattara (KO-$500K)

Susan DeMarco

Miosotis Gonzalez-Figueroa

Stefanie Caruso

Patricia Lyles

Tiffany Taylor (PACER) 

Blaine Jackson (PACER)
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Division Points of Contact 

Name Team Title E-mail

Lisa Marie Vivino Field Clothing Division Chief LisaMarie.Vivino@dla.mil

Rachel Ganaway Battle Dress Uniforms Supervisor Rachel.Ganaway@dla.mil

Vacant Accessories Supervisor

Scott Kromis ECWCS Supervisor Scott.Kromis@dla.mil

Evan Eisenberg Battle Dress Uniforms Contracting Officer Evan.Eisenberg@dla.mil

Donna Streibich Accessories Contracting Officer Donna.Streibich@dla.mil

Roxane Owen ECWCS Contracting Officer Roxane.Owen@dla.mil
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Field Clothing – Sales

FY2017-FY2019 

384 431 369 

168 143

131

210 

252 

266 

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$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

$800

$900

FY2017 FY2018 FY2019

Millions

ECWCS

Accessories

Combat Uniforms

$762 $826 $766
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ProgramOverview

• C&T ECWCS Team sales exceeded $200 M per year since FY 

17 

• ECWCS Team manages over 40 cold weather items

• Past Sales

FY 17 Sales: $210M

FY 18 Sales: $252M

FY 19 Sales: $266M

• Backorder Dollars are down by 29%
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Obligations

• Obligations - FY19 $352 M vs. $338 M Planned

FY20 forecast $239 M 

Prior Year Obligations

FY 17 – $179 M

FY 18 – $262 M
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Open Procurements

• PGC: 00016 – Cold Weather Parka

SPE1C1-19-R-0142 (Competitive), 

Min/ 3,500 pkg. Max: 52,500 pkg.

Target Award Date: February 2020

Small Business Set-Aside

• PGC: 00016 – Cold Weather Parka

SPE1C1-19-R-0143 (UNICOR), 

Min/ 3,500 pkg. Max: 52,500 pkg.

Target Award Date: February 2020
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Open Procurements

• PGC: 00103 – Marine Corps Parka

SPE1C1-19-R-0128, 

Base Term and Two Option Terms:

Min/ 3,000. Max: 15,000.

Target Award Date: January 2019

Small Business Set-Aside
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Upcoming Opportunities

• MC MW shirts (likely mandatory) 

AEQ – 40,000

Issue November 2019

TAD February 2020

• MC MW drawers (likely mandatory) 

AEQ – 40,000

Issue November2020

TAD February 2020

Fleece Caps (likely mandatory)

Issue April 2020

AEQ – 400,000

TAD October 2020
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Upcoming Opportunities

Lightweight exposure Suit Parkas (MC level 5 - similar to layer 6 

for Army/AF) To be issued by end of November – Annual 

Estimated Quantity – 3,180 TAD April 2020

MC/Navy Trousers – TAD June 2020 Expected Issue Date: 

December 2019 Annual Estimated Quantity – 16,000

TAD: July 2020
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Upcoming Opportunities

Combined Acquisition To be issued by end of November TAD –

APR 2020

Layer 7 (Army/AF Parkas) – 30k – 60k

LWES Trousers Annual Estimated Quantity: 3180

MC Extreme Cold Weather Parka (similar to layer 7 Army/ AF) 

Annual Estimated Quantity: 4600

MC Extreme Cold/Wet Weather Trousers Annual Estimated 

Quantity: 4500
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Upcoming Opportunities

Flame Resistant Environmental Ensemble (FREE)

Ability One – RFAs targeted to be issued December or Sooner –

Expected to be mandatory TAD APR 2020

• Extreme Weather Outer Layer (EWOL) Parkas AEQ 46,200

• EWOL Pants AEQ 48,120

• Base Layer (2) Undershirts AEQ 65,850
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Upcoming Opportunities

• MW Undershirts Mandatory TAD November 2020 

Solicitation expected May 2020 To be split among Various 

mandatory sources Total AEQ 450,000

• Mid – Weight Drawers Mandatory TAD November 2020

Solicitation expected May 2020 To be split among Various 

mandatory sources Total AEQ 4500,000
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Other Topics

• Other topics relevant to industry...

• FREE Items have had erratic demands.

• High Visibility – Geo Political Events/OCP Transition

• Seam Sealing 

• Berry Amendment 

• Layer 7 has had significant increase in demand
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Team POCs

• Antoinette (Toni) Ouattara Contracting Officer/Acquisition 

Specialist – 215-737-5660

• Stefanie Caruso – Acquisition Specialist – 215-737-7231

• Susan De Marco – Acquisition Specialist – 215-737-5247

• Miosotis Gonzalez – Acquisition Specialist – 215-737-5086

• Patricia Lyles – Acquisition Specialist – 215-737-3294

• Tiffany Taylor – Acquisition Specialist – 215-737-3582

• Blaine Jackson – Acquisition Specialist – 215-737-2832

Technical Team

• Dan Carman, Le Nita Mccoy, Stephen Swartz, 

Robert Fitzgerald 
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Every Ounce Matters, Every Bullet Counts

Project Manager 

Soldier Survivability

Project Manager 

Soldier Survivability

Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual 

Equipment (PM SCIE)

Environmental Clothing Update 

for the

Joint Advanced Planning Brief to Industry

Lester Smith

Program Officer

Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment 

lester.j.smith.civ@mail.mil

7 November 2019
Where We Are: 

• Legacy system meeting Army requirement

 Areas for Improvement:

 Reduce bulk and weight

 Reduce number of layers where possible

Where We Are Going: 

• Fit (reduced bulk/weight) – Working with Industry to develop 

novel material solutions that provide the same cold weather 

protection with less bulky/lighter materials.

• Working to combine/reduce layers

• Estimated transition to a new cold weather clothing system 

FY25

Extended Cold Weather 

Clothing System (ECWCS)
Extreme Cold Weather Flyer

Boot- SBIR PH I

AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’sEdge

Program Description: Flyer boots (Berry 

Compliant) lack capability to meet protection 

requirements for extreme cold temperatures in low 

bulk for flight use; exploring heating solutions

Requirement:

• Berrycompliant

• Improved cold protection (-20F) -(-49F)

• Maximum insulation withoutexcessive 

bulk

• Leak resistant, slip resistant,waterproof

• Anklesupport

• Impacts approximately AF 24,000 aviators that 

“dress to egress”

JOINTLY Funded by: SBIR (AF/AFRL),and (NAVAIR)

Contractor:

 TBD Financials

Contractors: Kennon, Mantel, Cornerstone Research, Propel

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FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21

3600 N/A $150Kea N/A N/A

3400 N/A TBD TBD TBD

5 Aug19

6 May19

30 Aug19

Recent Highlights (Last 30-60Days):

 4 Companies awarded Ph 1SBIRs

 Technical Evaluations completed

 Post Award/Kick offmeetings

Coming IntoView (Next 30-60Days):

 Progress Reports 16 Dec19

Next Major Milestone/SignificantEvent:

 InterimReport

 FullReports

3 Feb20

4 May20

TopIssues/Risks:

 Heating/ Safety (new power and heating 

technologies)
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U.S. ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES 

DEVELOPMENT COMMAND

7 November 2019

Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection System

Kate Young

Textile Technologist

CCDC Soldier Center
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Effort Acronym Objective Scope

RACE-A Regionally Aligned Combat 

Ensemble - Arctic

• Lab-based research

• Will develop analytical tools to assist in defining Soldier 

protection needs based on regional / climatic operational 

environments

• Material and design support to CTAPS

Clothing

CTAPS Cold Temperature and 

Arctic Protection System

• Field-based application

• Will assess current cold weather clothing to identify 

capability needs, inform acquisition requirements, and 

develop innovative cold weather ensembles

Footwear 

Handwear

Headwear

Clothing

COLD / EXTREME COLD WEATHER CLOTHING 

PROGRAM – OVERVIEW 
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COLD / EXTREME COLD WEATHER CLOTHING 

PROGRAM

TECHNICAL/EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:

Transitions
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COLD TEMPERATURE & ARCTIC PROTECTION

• Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection System is research effort of 

Combat Capabilities Development Command-Soldier Center in Natick, 

Massachusetts in collaboration with Product Manager-Soldier Clothing, 

Individual Equipment and Maneuver Center of Excellence.

• Areas identified for improvement were: material durability of Soft ShellLevel 5 of ECWCS, moisture management throughout, reduction of 

weight/bulk where possible, integration with body armor.

• Prototype designs based on Regionally Aligned Combat Ensemble-Arctic 

(RACE-A) data output and Subject Matter Experts Design Review

– Material selection from RACE-A data analysis from materials received from but not limited to 

Request for Information (RFI) for CTAPS in 2017.

– Design features based on feedback from Subject Matter Experts of various cold weather 

operations from meeting held consecutively for 3 years in May at Combat Capability 

Development Command-Soldier Center(CCDC-CS) in Natick, MA.
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FIELDING LOCATIONS

Cold/Wet-Upstate New York, Washington, & Vermont

Cold/Dry-Alaska

From 2017-2019: Locations included Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson(JBER), Northern Warfare 

Training Center (NWTC), Ft. Wainwright, Ft. Greely in Alaska, Army Mountain Warfare 

School(AMWS) in Vermont, and Ft. Drum in upstate New York.
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CLOTHING ITEMS EVALUATED TO DATE

FY2017 Base Layer –

Incorporated No Melt, No Drip 

(NMND) for Next-to-Skin. 

CTAPS Prototype Evaluation 

Base Layer

BL1 Current Army Extended Cold 

Weather Clothing System (ECWCS)

100% Polyester

BL2 Army Flame Resistant 

Environmental Ensemble (FREE)

97% Nomex/3% Spandex

BL3 Marine Corps Flame Resistant

Organization Gear (FROG)

78%Modacrylic/22%FR Rayon

BL4 Small Business Innovation 

Research(SBIR) Wool 

88% Wool/12% Nylon
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CLOTHING ITEMS EVALUATED TO DATE

FY2018 Soft Shell, Commercial-Off-The-Shelf(COTS) Light Insulation, 

Armor Interfacing Garments
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CLOTHING ITEMS EVALUATED TO DATE

FY2019 Small Subset of SBIR Cold/Wet Weather Jacket and Extreme 

Cold Weather Parka & Trouser
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UPCOMING CLOTHING ITEMS TO BE EVALUATED

FY2020 Ensemble Evaluation of Base Layer, Lightweight Insulation, 

Soft Shell, Cold Wet Weather, and Extreme Cold Weather layers
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WAY AHEAD

• Evaluation of items will provide data that will determine material increased 

performance, utility, and compatibility with Personal Protection Equipment 

and Other Clothing Individual Equipment compared to current system.

• Novel material development will be pursued for appropriate cold weather 

layers as determined from needs described from Soldier evaluations.

• Inform requirements with material and design inputs for transition to 

Product Manager for a cold weather ensemble.
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CTAPS SCHEDULE

Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection System 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q

Collect Soldier feedback; Environmental 

Protection roadmap

Environmental and Injury data collection for 

model development; Technology Assessment; 

Industry feedback

Initial Comparison of laboratory data with 

operational data

Work with Industry to integrate Lessons Learned; 

Refine multi-functional balance; model iteration

Generate Laboratory Performance data on fabrics 

and multi-layer ensemble; Data decomposition

Analysis of ensemble/materials on Soldier 

maneuverability 

Correlation of predicted material performance 

and Soldier feedback; Work with Industry to 

integrate Lessons Learned 

Transition to PEO Soldier

Advanced Concept Evaluation

Final Report and Data Transition to MCoE for 

Clothing Performance Requirements

Drafting of future requirements documents

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

CCDC-SC Efforts/Resources Transition Partner Efforts/Resources
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QUESTIONS
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COLD TEMPERATURE AND ARCTIC 

PROTECTION SYSTEM (CTAPS)

Contact Info:

CTAPS: Kate Young, 508-206-3796, kate.c.young.civ@mail.mil

RACE-A: Kristine Isherwood, 508-206-, kristine.d.isherwood.civ@mail.mil

HANDWEAR: Rob Drown, 508-206- robert.e.drown.civ@mail.mil

HEADWEAR: James Murdock, 508-206-3152, james.a.murdock28.civ@mail.mil

FOOTWEAR: Mary Armacost, 703-805-8551, mary.b.armacost.civ@mail.mil
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COLD WEATHER ITEMS EVALUATED BY YEAR

Beginning 2016

Solider feedback gathered on current Extended Cold Weather Clothing System 

(ECWCS) & Fire Resistant Environmental Ensemble (FREE). 

Examples of areas identified for improvement were: Handwear and Footwear address 

temperature range gaps, material durability of Soft Shell-Level 5 of ECWCS, reduction 

of weight/bulk in other layers.

Winter 2016-2017

Evaluation of Commercial Off-The-Shelf/Government Off-The-Shelf (COTS/GOTS) 

handwear with Cadre (Vermont and Alaska), GOTS Base Layer with Cadre(VT & AK) 

and Infantry (Ft. Drum). Also included was a Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP) for 

Mukluks.

Winter 2017-2018

Evaluation of COTS and GOTS for active-to-static movement, softshell uniform 

configuration, headwear(cap & neck gaiter), and cold weather combat boot.

Winter 2018-2019

Evaluation of wet-weather and extreme cold weather uniform configurations, headwear 

(balaclava), socks, and overboot.