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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The men and women of the United States Armed | ||||||
| 3 | Forces, whose safety is threatened daily by the dangers of | ||||||
| 4 | conflict and aggression, are in need of the equipment and | ||||||
| 5 | materials that protect them; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of our nation to provide | ||||||
| 7 | them with the means to protect and defend themselves from harm; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Infrastructure Defense Technologies (IDT) of | ||||||
| 10 | Belvidere manufactures critical force protection equipment | ||||||
| 11 | designed to protect deployed troops against the most likely and | ||||||
| 12 | deadliest threats from enemy forces, such as bullets, | ||||||
| 13 | rocket-propelled grenades, improvised explosive devices, and | ||||||
| 14 | truck bombs; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) recently | ||||||
| 16 | concluded a competitive solicitation for protective barriers; | ||||||
| 17 | after spending many years and billions of dollars on the | ||||||
| 18 | solicitation, the DLA purchased a single product manufactured | ||||||
| 19 | by a foreign entity on a sole source contract; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The purpose of the competitive solicitation was to | ||||||
| 21 | develop alternatives to the sole-sourced product, find | ||||||
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| 1 | products which are more effective, and meet weapons threats | ||||||
| 2 | specifically seen in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The solicitation stated that technical factors | ||||||
| 4 | were "significantly more important than cost of price"; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, IDT's product received the best technical rating, | ||||||
| 6 | both overall and in terms of protection requirements, and its | ||||||
| 7 | price was determined by DLA to be "fair and reasonable"; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, A successful award of this contract to IDT would | ||||||
| 9 | create hundreds of new jobs in a region where the unemployment | ||||||
| 10 | rate exceeds 15%; the contract would also create or save | ||||||
| 11 | hundreds of jobs throughout the nation; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 14 | support the efforts of Infrastructure Defense Technologies to | ||||||
| 15 | obtain a $100 million contract with the United States | ||||||
| 16 | Department of Defense to provide protective barrier materials | ||||||
| 17 | which will defend and protect the men and women of the United | ||||||
| 18 | States Armed Forces; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Infrastructure Defense Technologies.
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