The Nation’s Combat Logistics Support Agency

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Established 1961

2020 Virtual 

Joint Advanced 

Planning Brief 

for Industry

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shortly; please stand by...
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Combat Utility Uniforms

Breakout

• DLA Troop Support

–Rachel Ganaway

• Product Manager, Soldier Clothing & Individual 

Equipment

–Rob Drown, Donna Cox, Cindy Vindman

• Infantry Combat Equipment (PM ICE)

–John Bauer

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The Nation’s Combat Logistics Support Agency

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Established 1961

DLA TROOP SUPPORT

Clothing & Textiles

Combat Uniforms

Rachel Ganaway, Branch Chief

November 18, 2020
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Field Clothing Division

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Lisa Marie Vivino

Division Chief - FQA

Rachel Ganaway 

FQAB – Combat Uniforms

Arlett Hartie

FQAC - Accessories 

Roxane Owen

FQBA – ECWCS

Evan Eisenberg

Donna Streibich

Contracting Officers

$344M in Sales FY20 

Evan Eisenberg (KO-Unlimited)

Joseph Parker

Mark McClernan

Michael Baron 

Philip Ward

Hien-My Nguyen

Derek Jones (PACER)

$116M in Sales FY20

Donna Streibich (KO-$100M)

Dirk Smart (KO – SAT)

Mimi Pham (KO – SAT)

Marcia Henson 

Rachel Piecyk (PACER)

Vincent Davis (PACER)

$325M in Sales FY20

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

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Name Team Title E-mail

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

Rachel Ganaway Combat Uniforms Supervisor Rachel.Ganaway@dla.mil

Arlett Hartie Accessories Supervisor Arlett.Hartie@dla.mil

Roxane Owen ECWCS Supervisor Roxane.Owen@dla.mil

Evan Eisenberg Combat Uniforms Contracting Officer Evan.Eisenberg@dla.mil

Donna Streibich Accessories Contracting Officer Donna.Streibich@dla.mil
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Field Clothing Sales

FY2018 – FY2020

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431 369 344 

252 

266 325 

143

131 116

$0

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

$800

$900

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020

Millions

Accessories

ECWCS

Combat Uniforms

$826M $766M $785M
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Combat Uniforms

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Product Line Overview

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• Product Line

– Combat Uniforms for Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, 

Coast Guard

• Army Combat Uniform (ACU)

• Flame Resistant Army Combat Uniform (FR-ACU)

• Improved Hot Weather Combat Uniform (IHWCU)

• Navy Working Uniform (NWU)

• Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU)

• Operational Dress Uniform (ODU)

• Afghan Combat Uniforms (ANA/AUP)

• Army Patrol Cap & Sun Hat, Navy Boonies and Caps, MC Caps

• Manage 46 items

• Manage 40 long term contracts
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Combat Uniform Sales 

FY2018 – FY2020

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$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

$350

$400

$450

$500

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020

Millions

Combat

Uniforms

$431M $369M $344M
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Obligations

FY2018 – FY2020

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$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

$350

$400

$450

$500

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020

Millions

Combat

Uniforms

$289M $404M $239M
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FY2020 Obligations

Planned vs. Actual

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$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

$350

$400

$450

FY2020 Planned FY2020 Actual

Millions

Combat

Uniforms

$411M $239M
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Open Procurements

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ITEM STATUS TARGET 

AWARD DATE

FR-ACU/IHWCU Coats – 19-R-0081 Lot 2 Solicitation Closed December 2020

FR-ACU/IHWCU Trousers – 19-R-0083 Lot 2 Solicitation Closed December 2020

ACU Coats and Trousers Allocation Closed December 2020

ACU Coats and Trousers Allocation Closed December 2020

IHWCU Coats and Trousers – 20-R-0001 Lot 1 Solicitation Closed February 2021

IHWCU Coats and Trousers – 20-R-0001 Lot 2 Solicitation Closed March 2021

IHWCU Coats and Trousers – 20-R-0001 Lot 3 Solicitation Closed March 2021

IHWCU Coats and Trousers – 20-R-0001 Lot 4 Solicitation Closed December 2020

IHWCU Coats and Trousers – 20-R-0001 Lot 5 Solicitation Closed March 2021
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Upcoming Opportunities

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ITEM STRATEGY

EST. 

CONTRACT 

LENGTH

ANNUAL

EST. QTY.

EST. 

ISSUE 

DATE

BUYER

ACU Coats

Two Lots, 

Various 

strategies

24 Month 

Base + 1 

24M option

Not yet 

determined Dec 2020 Hien-My 

Nguyen

ACU Trousers

Two Lots, 

Various 

strategies

24 Month 

Base + 1 

24M option

Not yet 

determined Dec 2020 Hien-My

Nguyen

Female IHWCU 

Coats 

Not yet 

determined

Not yet 

determined

Not yet 

determined Jan 2021 Not yet 

determined

Female IHWCU 

Trousers

Not yet 

determined

Not yet 

determined

Not yet 

determined Jan 2021 Not yet 

determined
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Updates and Reminders

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• Improved Hot Weather Combat Uniform

– Successfully ramped up production to support 

accelerated roll out

– IHWCU produced by 8 prime contractors and multiple 

subcontractors on 10 contracts

• Female Improved Hot Weather Combat Uniform 

– Opportunities will be coming up in the next year

• Delivery Schedules

– Make every effort to adhere to schedules. 

– Report delays in advance so we can plan accordingly
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Team Points of Contact

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NAME TITLE EMAIL

Rachel Ganaway Supervisor/Contracting Officer Rachel.Ganaway@dla.mil

Evan Eisenberg Contracting Officer Evan.Eisenberg@dla.mil

Joe Parker Contract Specialist Joseph.Parker@dla.mil

Mark McClernan Contract Specialist Mark.McClernan@dla.mil

Michael Baron Contract Specialist Michael.Baron@dla.mil

Philip Ward Contract Specialist Philip.J.Ward@dla.mil

Hien-My Nguyen Contract Specialist Hien-My.Nguyen@dla.mil

Derek Jones Contract Specialist Derek.1.Jones@dla.mil
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Every Ounce Matters, Ever

Project Manager S

Project Manager S

Product Manager

Soldier Clothing and Individual Equ

Joint Advanced Planning Brief to In

Combat Uniforms Session

18 November 2020

Produ

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Donna Cox

Senior Systems Engineer, PM SCIE

donna.d.cox.civ@mail.mil 
Army Combat Pant (ACP) & 

Advanced Integrated Kneepad 

Where We Are: 

 The Army uses a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) integrate

kneepad with the Army Combat Pants (ACP)

• Current COTS kneepad was fielded as a readily available solution • Current COTS kneepad does not allow the government to make 

design changes to address various use cases, or make improvem

to address various operational threat scenarios 

Where We Are Going: 

 The Army has developed a Government-owned integrated 

kneepad design and is finalizing the Purchase Description (PD

 Modifications to the ACP have been made to accept the new 

kneepad

 The Technical Data Package (TDP) for the Supply Request 

Package (SRP) is expected to be submitted to DLA 2QFY21

 The Advanced Integrated Kneepad (AIKP) will allow the 

Government to implement various threat level protections as necessary and integrate across operational ensembles such athe new Chemical Biological Protective Suit and National Fire Service Smoke Jumper Garment
Vector Control

Where We Were: 

 Permethrin and Etofenprox are both FDA approved chemistries Tested Permethrin vs Etofenprox in the IHWCU and the Flame 

Advanced Combat Uniform (FR ACU)

• Significant Bite Protection (BP) performance improvement with Eto

IHWCU

• No significant improvement with Etofenprox in the FR ACU

 Posted Request for Information (RFI) in June 2020 conveying i

raise the BP requirement for the Improved Hot Weather Comba(IHWCU)

 Created Vector Control Performance Specification, MIL-PRF-32

30 July 2020

Where We Are Going: 

 Increase the BP requirement for the IHWCU once USDA testin

 After one laundering (Initial) – 90% minimum BP After 20 Launderings – 85% minimum BP After 50 Launderings – 75% minimum BP
MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

Equipping our MARINES

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Program Manager 

for

Infantry Combat Equipment (PM ICE)

NexGen MCCUU

JAPBI 18 Nov 20
MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

Equipping our MARINES

o Current issue Marine Corps Combat 

Utility Uniform (MCCUU) does not 

have Flame Resistant (FR) capability

o No sustainment in place for existing 

stock of USMC FR combat uniforms

o Growing need/training requirements 

require improved FR capabilities of 

existing uniform

o Current issue MCCUU requires 

mitigation of Short Wave Infrared 

(SWIR) signature

Intent is to merge SWIR Mitigation and FR into the NexGen MCCUU

Situation
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Equipping our MARINES

FR SWIR

• USMC and Army R&D effort

• Conducted through CCDC Soldier Center 

& NSWC Dahlgren

• Objective: Reduce/eliminate shortwave IR 

reflections from uniforms and equipment 

• Solution: Passive Modifications 

(paint/pigment)

• Efforts applied to SWIR signature mitigation of 

deployed warfighter combat kit (uniforms and 

500D nylon load carriage)

• Apparent Reflectivity Signature measurement 

reduction resulted in new target values –

available to industry

• Growing need/training requirements lead to need of FR 

capabilities of existing uniform: Low-Cost and Durable 

FR Treatment to the MCCUU

• USMC & Army effort for FR paste 

• Conducted through CCDC Soldier Center

• Treatment applied to material before cut & sew

• Maintain current MCCUU attributes, including 50 

wash cycles

• USMC SIBR topic – FR application to MCCU (FY19) 

FR Paste and/or treatment of NYCO

• Phase II contract awarded FY20

• Treat existing uniforms

• Cost increase: < 5% (objective) < 10% 

(threshold)

• FR durability: 100 (objective) 50 

(threshold) laundering cycles

• Minimal impact on non-FR performance

• Treatment applied to material before cut & 

sew

R&D Efforts

Baseline MARPAT vs. Proof Of Concept SWIR Materials.

Next Step: Merge SWIR Mitigation and FR into the NexGen MCCUU
MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

Equipping our MARINES NexGen MCCUU Next Steps

 Merge FR and SWIR into one low cost uniform

 Completing updates to MCCUU specification and 

patterns – conduct User Evaluation to verify

• 1QFY21 RFI release

• 3QFY21 RFP release

• 2QFY22 User evaluation

• FY23 Transition to DLA
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Equipping our MARINES

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