Contract awarded for Army outer tactical vests
Tuesday, August 30
Federal Prison Industries, Washington, D.C., was awarded a $20,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to increase the ceiling for outer tactical vests for foreign military sales in support of various countries. Work will be performed in Yazoo City, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 25, 2013.More

CITA removes compact cotton yarn from DR-CAFTA short supply list
Monday, August 29
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has determined that an acceptable substitute for certain compacted, plied, ring spun cotton yarns is available in the United States-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement countries in commercial quantities in a timely manner. The product, which is currently on the list in Annex 3.25 of the DR-CAFTA Agreement ("Short Supply List") Agreement in unrestricted quantities, will be removed, effective 180 days after publication of this notice.More

Army contract awarded for cold/wet weather jackets
Monday, August 29
Valley Apparel, L.L.C., Knoxville, Tenn., has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for a maximum $44,448,892 for extreme cold/wet weather jackets. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is Feb. 23, 2012.More

International Market Solutions/NC Department of Commerce 2011 Textiles/Apparel Conference
Monday, August 29
International Market Solutions, in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Commerce, will hold their third one-day conference focusing on military and other government agency markets. The conference will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the Grandover Conference Center, off of Business I-85 in Greensboro, N.C.More