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FORT BELVOIR, Va.ndash; Editor 39 note: This is part of a series of 11 stories highlighting individual and team contributions to DLArsquo pandemic support.Steve Merch can count on one hand the number of offers his team gets in response to a typical solicitation for clothing and textiles items, two hands for a robust solicitation. Over 100 bids was unheard of ndash; until the request went out for vendors to produce millions of protective gowns for the nationrsquo pandemic response.Pouring through and processing proposals from over 100 firms was quite a challenge, especially considering the urgency we needed to get these gowns under contract and delivered, said the director of supplier operations for the clothing and textiles supply chain at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support.M stanley tumbler erch and his team of contracting specialists and tec stanley cup hnical staff have worked overtime since March to procure textiles-based i stanley termoska tems ranging from nitrile gloves to face masks for the Defense Department, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They provided millions of reusable face masks, several versions of disposable coveralls and non-surgical gloves to DOD customers, as well as disposable protective gowns and protective coveralls for FEMA and surgical face masks and isolation gowns to replenish the HHS-managed Strategic National Stockpile.The pressing need for supplies throughout the nation and tight delivery Jjre Google apos latest Pixel feature drop is here. Check out what apos new
The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket launched by SpaceX on a cargo resupply service mission to the International Space Station lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Jan. 10, 2015.Mike Brown鈥擱eutersBy Maya RhodanJanuary 27, 2015 8:25 AM ESTBoeing and SpaceX expect to be in a position to launch astronauts into space by 2017, NASA announced Monday.At a press conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA said the two companies were on track to fly U.S. astronauts to the ISS within two years. Boeing and SpaceX have already completed some of the preliminary testing necessary to get vess stanley cup els in orbit.Itrsquo an incredible testament to American ingenuity and know-how, and an extraordinary validation of the vision we laid out just a few stanley cups years ago as we prepared for the long-planned retirement of the space shuttle, said Charlie Bolden, NASA administrator, according to a press release.The two companies were selected to build vessels under NASArsquo Commercial Crew Program, which will help the U.S. launch astronauts into low-earth orbit and get them to the International Space Station.NASA retired its space shuttle program in 2011 and has been relying on Roscosmos, Russia space agency, to get astronauts into space ever sincemdash;at a cost of $71 million per seat stanley termos .I don ;t ever want to write another check to Roscosmos after 2017, Bolden said Monday, according to NBC News. If we can make that date, |
