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PM J-AIT Awards AIT-IV Contract to
Five Vendors By Darci Hunt
The Product Manager for Joint–
Automatic Identification Technology
(PM J-AIT) recently announced the
award of the Automatic Identification
Technology (AIT)-IV indefinite delivery/
indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts to
the following contractors: GTSI Corp.,
Intermec Technologies Corp., Northrop
Grumman Information Technology, CDO
Technologies Inc., and Lowry Holding
Company Inc.
“This is an important milestone in
that with the award of AIT-IV, all the
single award IDIQ contracts managed
under PM J-AIT have migrated to multivendor
IDIQ contracts,” stated Lieutenant
Colonel Cary Ferguson, PM J-AIT. “The
AIT-IV contract provides an opportunity
for more companies to provide DoD and
federal agencies best-value solutions at
competitive prices across the globe. We
look forward to working with the AIT-IV
contractors.”
The firm fixed price IDIQ contract
for Commercial AIT hardware, software
and services has a ceiling value of
$418.52 million. The term of the contract
is nine years consisting of a three-year
6 | MLF 3.7
base period; and one two-year option
for products, services and maintenance;
and one four-year option for maintenance
only. In addition, PM J-AIT will
offer site surveys, installation, integration,
implementation and training for
turnkey AIT solutions to DoD, U.S. Coast
Guard, NATO, federal agencies, coalition
partners, and other foreign military sales
(FMS). Individuals interested in additional
information on the AIT products
and services offered should contact the
contracting officer representative, Sally J.
Ewing, sally.j.ewing@us.army.mil.
PM J-AIT is the DoD AIT and radio
frequency identification leader providing
global asset tracking, Web-based radio
frequency in-transit visibility (RF-ITV)
services, and complete program life cycle
support. PM J-AIT products and services
are customer-driven, easily accessible,
and capable of being updated. PM J-AIT
serves as the executive agent for the
RF-ITV infrastructure to DoD and coalition
partners in support of expeditionary
logistics and the joint warfighter. For
more information about PM J-AIT, please
visit www.eis.army.mil/ait.
Lieutenant Colonel Cary V. Ferguson is the new product
manager for Joint–Automatic Identification Technology (PM
J-AIT), effective June 24, 2009. In this assignment, Ferguson is
responsible for the acquisition and integration of the Army’s
automatic identification technology and radio frequency
identification equipment and services.
“It is an exciting opportunity to lead the PM J-AIT team,”
said Ferguson. “PM J-AIT has an outstanding reputation as
the DoD’s leading provider of innovative AIT products and
services. I look forward to continuing Colonel Burden’s legacy
of providing state-of-the-art technologies to our soldiers and
their mission.”
Ferguson joins the PM J-AIT office with 19 years of military
experience. He previously served as the assistant project
manager and the military deputy for the Project Manager
Global Combat Support System–Army (GCSS-Army) at Fort
Lee, Va.
Change of Charter at PM Acquisition Business By Tricia May
In the photo (from left): PEO Gary Winkler, outgoing PM AcqBusiness Lt. Col. Matthew Riordan,
incoming PM Lt. Col. Anthony Sanchez and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition,
Logistics & Technology Dean Popps. [Photo by William Hitchcock, 2009]
PM J-AIT Welcomes a New
Product Manager
By Darci Hunt
(J-AIT PHOTO CREDIT AND CAPTION)
In the photo (from left): Outgoing PM J-AIT Col. Patrick Burden, program executive
officer (PEO) Gary Winkler and incoming Lt. Col. Cary Ferguson. [Photo by William
Hitchcock, 2009]
Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Stewart assumed the charter of product
manager Acquisition Business (AcqBusiness), July 10, 2009, from former PM,
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Riordan. Stewart comes to AcqBusiness from the
Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
in Washington, D.C., where he served as the executive officer to the acting assistant
secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) and Army
Acquisition Executive Dean Popps.
Chartered in August 2006, PM AcqBusiness (formerly known as Future
Business Systems) provides the Army acquisition community with tools and
capabilities through a suite of enterprise business services. PM AcqBusiness
recently delivered a new financial and decision support tool to assist with Army
Force Generation (ARFORGEN). AcqReadiness provides users with improved
visibility and access to soldier equipment issue and financial requirements. For
a complete list of services, please visit https://acqbiz.army.mil.
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