[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-8757]


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[Federal Register: April 12, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army

 

AMCCOM Acquisition Information System (AAIS)

agency: U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, DOD.

action: Notice.

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summary: The AAIS is a locally designed system to provide acquisition 
information on a fair and equal basis and within the context of 
procurement integrity. Access to the system may be accomplished through 
a modem with speeds up to 9600 baud to phone number (309) 782-7648, 
which will establish a connection to 1 of 12 access lines. Depress the 
``enter'' key until the ``Login:'' prompt appears on the screen, enter 
``aais''. At the ``Password'' prompt, depress the ``enter'' key and the 
main menu will appear. Simply follow the menu instructions for access 
to the information desired. In addition, four direct terminals have 
been placed in the reception area located on the 2nd floor, southeast 
corner of building 350 at the Rock Island Arsenal.
    The system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 
Occasionally, there might be some down time for system maintenance.
    While the information in the system is the most accurate available 
at this time, updates will be performed without prior notice. Please 
note that the use of this system is at the customer's own risk and is 
for informational purposes only.

effective date: April 12, 1994.

addresses: Commander, HQ, AMCCOM, ATTN: AMSMC-ABS-P, Rock Island, IL 
61299-6000.

for further information contact: Ms. Darcie Dellitt, (309) 782-6194/
6198 or DSN 793-6194/6198.

supplementary information: Suggested software settings for modems are:

Parity: None
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Terminal emulation: VT100
Duplex: Full

    The seven menu options on the system are:
    The option to download the following information from the AAIS is 
available for all selections.
    1. Advanced Planning Briefings for Industry (APBI): APBI provides 
5-year projected requirements for AMCCOM ammunition, weapons, and 
chemical items, as well as 1-year projected requirements for AMCCOM 
spare parts. In addition, the system contains a listing of upcoming 
conferences which industry may attend, and various publications which 
are available for information purposes.
    2. Performance Incentive Contracting (PIC): PIC is designed to 
obtain the best purchase value for the Government after considering 
price and contractor performance history. The Government recognizes 
that even among responsible contractors there are different degrees of 
performance risk. The Government, under this program, is willing to pay 
higher prices to lower risk contractors to obtain on-time delivery of 
quality products. The PIC program works under the premise that award to 
a contractor with a good delivery and quality record for the Federal 
Stock Class (FSC) in question will improve the chances of the 
Government receiving a quality product on time. Under the PIC program, 
an award may be made to other than the low-price offeror. The on-line 
system provides the policy, definitions, applicability, procedures, and 
clauses/provisions.
    3. Procurement History: The history provided is pertinent to HQ, 
AMCCOM (R) procurement only. The contractor is prompted to enter the 
NIIN (last nine positions of the NSN). If record is found, the latest 
unit price, award date and contractor is provided. A former restriction 
on the number of history requests that the Central Processing Point 
allowed per day has been eliminated for those contractors who utilize 
this system.
    4. Solicitation Information: The program provides daily information 
on solicitations issued from HQ, AMCCOM. The data displayed is the same 
type of information currently provided in the lobby area of HQ, AMCCOM. 
Daily synopses that are published in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) 
are available to view or search on a particular keyboard. Cancelled and 
not issued status is provided by entering a solicitation number. A hard 
copy of the solicitation and the technical data package (TDP) can be 
requested electronically. Requests are accepted whether you have a 
Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers (FSCM) code or not. Viewing the 
contents of solicitations issued by HQ, AMCCOM can be performed on-line 
or downloaded to a personal computer (PC) for further review.
    5. Industrial Committee of Ammunition Procedures (ICAP): The 
program provides the minutes from recent ICAP meetings. These minutes 
are provided in order to make industry more aware of information being 
discussed by the committee. The program also contains a forecast of 
agenda topics and the current roster of the ICAP members identified by 
the segment of industry each member represents. The minutes are 
prepared by industry and are included in the system through the office 
of the AMCCOM Command Ombudsman.
    6. Excess Production Equipment: Provides information on Government-
owned excess production equipment. Three menu selections provide: (1) 
Location and amount of excess production equipment; (2) details on 
sales of production equipment; (3) listing of production equipment that 
is identified for excess/redistribution. This allows the user to search 
by manufacturer name or key word in the description.
    7. Contractor Performance Certification Program (CP) 2: Provides 
answers to commonly asked questions concerning the program and provides 
a list of who is certified.
    8. Demilitarization Inventory: Data concerning the Army's 
Demilitarization Inventory (also known as the B5A and the RRDA 
(Resource Recovery Disposition Account). This data is intended to 
provide up-to-date and accurate data for use in demil workload planning 
by AMCCOM contractors and installation workload personnel. The 
Benchmark Prices database is also available. The data base listing 
provides the average cost for a particular nomenclature at a specific 
location.
    9. SMCA Industrial Base Task Force Minutes: Provides the open 
public release of information from meetings between the Single Manager 
for Conventional Ammunition Industrial Base Task Force and the private 
Munitions Industrial Base Task Force.
    10. Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support (ARMS) Initiative: 
Information letters and Public/Private Task Force (PPTF) Meeting notes 
for the ARMS Act of 1992. Detailed information is also provided on the 
ARMS Act.
    11. Let us Know & General Information: Instructions for access to 
the AAIS, synopsis of the system, questionnaire, and points of contact.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-8757 Filed 4-11-94; 8:45 am]
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