DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

THE NATION’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

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DLA Troop Support

Clothing & Textiles

Heraldics

John Fricker

IST Chief Heraldics
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Heraldics Team
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Dress Clothing Division

SHARON PIECYK

Division Chief

RACHEL GANAWAY

Supervisor

Outerwear/Shirts &

Headwear/Ecclesiastical

JOHN FRICKER

Supervisor

Heraldics/Flag Room

ASHLEY LIDDLE

Supervisor

Dress Uniforms

MONIQUE PORTER

Divisional Contracting 

Officer

Arlett Hartie (KO)

Earl Joyner (KO)

Megan Wherrity (KO)

Michael O’Conner

Eugenia Bodnar

Debra Seibert (PACER)

Charles Brown (KO)

Robert Fagan (KO) 

Uchenna Nwachuku

Stanley Thomas

William Dent

Jonny Nguyen 

Robin Cooper (PACER)

Colin Smith (PACER)

Karen Bradley (Team Lead/KO)

Anthony D’Avella (KO)

Kyle Maccia (KO)

Daniel Engelberg

Matthew McKeever

Adam Lam

Angela Anderson

Coraliz Feliciano (PACER)

Ruth Miller
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Team POCs

Points of Contact Dress Clothing Division

Name Title E-mail

Sharon Piecyk Division Chief Sharon.Piecyk@dla.mil

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

Charles Brown Contracting Officer Charles.Brown@dla.mil

Robert Fagan Contracting Officer Robert.Fagan@dla.mil
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Team POCs

Points of Contact Heraldics IST

Name Title E-mail

John Fricker Supervisor John.Fricker@dla.mil

Charles Brown Contracting Officer Charles.Brown@dla.mil

Robert Fagan Contracting Officer Robert.Fagan@dla.mil

William Dent Acquisition Specialist William.dent@dla.mil

Stanley Thomas Acquisition Specialist Stanley.Thomas@dla.mil

Uchenna Nwachuku Acquisition Specialist Uchenna.Nwachuku@dla.mil

Robin Cooper Acquisition Specialist Robin.Cooper@dla.mil

Colin Smith Acquisition Specialist Colin.Smith@dla.mil

Jonny Nguyen Acquisition Specialist Jonny.nguyen@dla.mil
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Product Line Overview

• Major Programs

- DLA Troop Support Flag Room

- Direct support to the US Army Heraldry and Veterans 

Medals Unit

- Direct support to US Air Force and Marine Corps 

Heraldry 

- Burial Flags for Dover AFB
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Obligations

$26

$27

$27

$28

$28

$29

$29

$30

$30

$31

$31

FY2016 FY2017 FY2018

Millions

$27.9

$28.5

$30.6

Heraldics Team
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Closed Procurements

Item Status Award 

Tactical Flag Awarded September 2018

Sword and Scabbard Awarded October 2018
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Upcoming Opportunities

Item Status Award 

Innerspring Mattress Open Allocation 

Request

Target Award: 

February 2019

USMC Name Tapes Open Allocation 

Request

Target Award:

May 2019

Army Blanket Solicitation Closed Target Award:

December 2018

Navy Blanket Market Research Target Award:

May 2019
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Challenges

- Shrinking industrial base capable of providing Berry 

compliant material

- Large workload of over 8K unique NSNs

- First article issues
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Solicitation Requirements

• Certification by The Institute of Heraldry will be required 

for a vendor submitting an offer on either a medal or 

insignia solicitation.

• A vendors past performance score (SPRS score) will be 

taken into consideration when evaluating their offer. 
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Past Performance

• A vendors past performance score (SPRS) will be utilized 

in the evaluation of an offer.

• A past performance score of 60 or better is considered 

acceptable

• A score below 60 could result in your offer being 

bypassed.

• A vendor can obtain their score as well as information on 

how to improve their score by contacting Tim Atwell at 

215-737-7844
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Moving Forward

• Open Solicitation for 160 flag items that will result in a 

requirements type contract

• A Blanket Purchase Agreement is in place with several 

insignia manufactures for the Army rank.

• Expect to see more of the above types of agreements 

being issued in the future.
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Thomas L. Casciaro

Chief, Technical and Production 

Division

The Institute of Heraldry

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Joint Advanced Planning 

Brief for Industry

Information Brief

28 November 2018
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 Organization Structure

 DoD Standardization

 Certification

 Heraldic Design

 Archive/Tool Loan-Cartoons

 TIOH Website UPDATE

 Customers

 FY18 Close Out

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 Office of the President

 Department of Defense

 Armed Forces

 Federal Agencies
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1. Coats of Arms

2. Official Seals

3. Organizational & Positional 

Flags

4. Decorations & Medals

5. Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

6. Distinctive Unit Insignia

7. Insignia & Badges

8. Medallions

9. International Support
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21 10 15

Total: 46

TIOH provides support to the following organizations: • White House Communications Agency

• White House Military Office

• 89th Airlift Wing, Presidential Airlift Group (Air Force One)

• Marine Helicopter Squadron One (Marine One)
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ARMY

SSI 15

DUI 28

CSIB 1

LAPEL 4

TOTAL 48

MARINE

BADGE 2

TOTAL 2

FEDERAL

MEDAL 5

RIBBON 5

MEDALL 7

TOTAL 17

NAVY

MEDAL 3

RIBBON 3

TOTAL 6

AIR FORCE

BADGE 1

PATCH 48

INSIGNIA 25

TOTAL 74

147 Developments
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$0.00

$50,000.00

$100,000.00

$150,000.00

$200,000.00

$250,000.00

FY18 FY17 FY16 FY15 FY14 FY13

Dollars

$128,810

$118,545

$208,545

$107,750

$43,782

$125,380
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Meeting Objective

0%

Actual:

Directive:

• TIOH/AF MOA

Goal: Develop 1,440 AF Unit 

Patches

Objective: 100% compliance NLT 

– 30 September 2019

Measurement: Develop 120 Unit 

Patches each month

Target:

1st QTR/18 - 0%

2nd QTR/18 -

3rd QTR/19 –

4th QTR/19 -

Take Away Comments

• In Development: 47

• In Queue: 445

• Total Completed: 31

• Manufacture Capability is 120 per month

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Total FY19 Monthly Goal Completed

AS OF: 31 Oct 2018
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 TIOH has 2,845 (41%) AF units digitized, 

leaving approximately 4,155 that must come 

from AFRHA

 1,738 unit patches developed per year to meet 

objective

• 145 per month

• 36 per manufacturer

 Development 

• 5 embroidered samples

• Cartoon

• 10 Days or less
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 Closing Comments

 Questions?

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DIRECTOR

Charles V. Mugno: (703) 806-4949

charles.v.mugno.civ@mail.mil

CHIEF, HERALDIC SERVICES & SUPPORT DIVISION

Jacqueline Hack: (703) 806-4970 

jacqueline.hack.civ@mail.mil

CHIEF, HERALDIC DESIGN DIVISION

Costella Alford: (703) 806-4981 

costella.alford.civ@mail.mil

CHIEF, TECHNICAL & PRODUCTION DIVISION

Thomas Casciaro: (703) 806-4984 

thomas.l.casciaro.civ@mail.mil

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