LOAD, ASSEMBLE & PACK
(LAP) COMPETITION
- MILAN- IOWA- LONE STAR - KANSAS
Information Briefing
14 February 2002
Presented During:
The Advanced Briefing
to Industry, St. Louis, MO
Bobbie Russell
Team Chief
LAP Competition
russellr@osc.army.mil
309-782-3006
OSC – On the Line
BACKGROUND
 Oversized, aging infrastructure with a high
cost to maintain
 Production lines require modernization to
reduce costs and accept next generation
technology
 Multiple LAP facilities exist with some
duplication of capabilities
 Efficiencies could be realized by scaling the
base to current requirements for both
production and replenishment
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Description of a LAP Plant:
Loads, assembles, and packs High
Explosive munitions in both peacetime
and replenishment volumes.
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The GOCO LAP Plants
Artillery HE
81mm HE
Tank
Demo
Whds
Iowa
Lone Star
LOADED COMPONENTS
ICM ARTILLERY
MINES
M67 HAND GREN.
SFW, JSOW
Kansas
Milan
71K Acres
- 41 Production Lines
- 22 Active
- 3 Laidaway
- 16 Excess
-1,695 Storage Igloos
ATACMS
40mm
C-4
60mm HE
Applique ARMOR
Fuze LAP
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Acquisition Objectives
 Obtain a Solution from Industry that:
 Provides Cost Effective Rightsizing
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Ensures Timely & Quality Product
Provides for Facility Management
Provides innovative plans for commercial marketing
Maintains Critical Skills/Core Competencies
Maintains Production & Replenishment Capabilities
Improves/Modernizes Facilities and incorporates new
technology for Current and New Items to support Army
Transformation
 Establishes Manufacturing Engineering Capability for both
Current and New Items
 Substantially reduces or eliminates the need for direct
Government Funding.
BOTTOM LINE: Position and shape the LAP Base to be flexible
and responsive to future technological trends.
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Acquisition Strategy
 Compete the problem not the solution
 Innovative solutions
 Strategy being developed
 Industry input will be sought
 Future exchanges with industry will be
announced at www.FedBizOpps.gov
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Points of Contact
 Bobbie Russell, Team Chief,
309-782-3006
 Sue Hatler, Contracting Officer, 309-782-5825
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HQ, OSC
1 Rock Island Arsenal
Attn: AMSOS-PR (LAP Competition)
Rock Island, IL 61299-6000
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