Manufacturing Services

Overview

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, LLC (ACT I) provides manufacturing services principally for defense sector ground vehicles and support equipment. ACT I has designed and manufactured critical components to meet client safety, reliability and cost enhancement objectives. (for details of ACT I’s Acquisition Management success stories s click here).

Utilizing our expertise and experience in reverse engineering military system components, ACT I now produces selected components and field implementation kits for military systems. ACT I also provides installation services for customers worldwide. ACT I only solicits and performs engineering services in support to federal agencies.

Recently, ACT I has formed various partnerships with manufacturing firms to design and manufacture components and kits for military systems. ACT I provides program management and control, engineering, logistics, technical documentation and other services to these partnerships. Additionally, our staff’s expertise in production plant modeling and optimization helps ensure maximum benefits and returns to our clients’ manufacturing requirements.

These ACT I partnerships provide modern manufacturing capacities for the most stringent production schedules and requirements.

Over the past five years, ACT I has provided a broad spectrum of analysis of alternatives, systems engineering, technology insertion, scientific analyses, logistics, prototyping, test and evaluation, cost analysis, manufacturing, and modeling and simulation services to Department of Defense clients. Over 95 different work directives have been accomplished on ACT I’s System Technical Support Services contract with the U.S. Army covering the following types of efforts:

  • Cost Estimating and Cost Engineering
  • Design Engineering and Re-Engineering
  • Market Surveys
  • Technology Insertions
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Analytical & Physical Simulations
  • CAD/CAM Modeling
  • Virtual Prototyping
  • Physical Prototyping
  • Testing and Evaluations
  • Integrated Logistics Planning
  • Provisioning Documentation
  • Electronic Technical Manuals
  • Acquisition Milestone Documentation
  • Configuration Management
  • Data Management
  • Environmental Assessments

For additional details of ACT I’s acquisition management related services, see Enterprise Modeling, Logistics Services and Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance.

Success Stories

ACT I Contact

Harold E. Rafuse, Ph.D.
Managing Director and Co-founder
254-776-9511, ext 213
Fax: 254-776-3813
email: hrafuse@act-i.com

Frank Beavers
Senior Engineer
254-776-9511, ext 211
Fax: 254-776-3813
email: fbeavers@act-i.com

Clients

U. S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command
System support services including engineering, reverse engineering, technology insertion, prototyping, test and evaluation, physical and virtual simulation, CAD/CAM modeling, logistics planning, provisioning, electronic technical manuals, cost and economic analysis services.

Contract Vehicles

Contract Vehicles
Scope of Work
GSA Professional Engineering Services (PES) Acquisition Management
Aviation Services
Enterprise Modeling
Facility Management
Information Systems
Logistic Services
Manufacturing Services
Scientific Research
Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance 
Number: GS-23F-0213M
Complete Price List: Click here
Sponsoring Agency:
General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service
Service Fee:
.75 %, included in rates. ACT I pays quarterly to GSA.
User Community:
All Federal, state and local agencies.
Point of Contact:
Harold E. Rafuse, Ph.D.
Managing Director
254-776-9511, ext 213
Christine M. Sawyer
Sr. Office Administrator
254-776-9511, ext 202
GSA Professional Information Technology (IT) Services Schedule 70 Acquisition Management
Aviation Services
Enterprise Modeling
Facility Management
Information Systems
Logistic Services
Manufacturing Services
Scientific Research
Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance 
Number: GS-35F-0516J
Complete Price List: Click here
Sponsoring Agency:
General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service
Service Fee:
.75 %, included in rates. ACT I pays quarterly to GSA.
User Community:
All federal, state and local agencies.
Point of Contact:
Harold E. Rafuse, Ph.D.
Managing Director
254-776-9511, ext 213
Christine M. Sawyer
Sr. Office Administrator
254-776-9511, ext 202