20191010_TE_6_Cadet_Laundry_Dry_Cleaning_Process.pdf

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT #6

Cadet/Cadet Candidate Laundry/Dry Cleaning Process

1. Cadets/Cadet Candidates are provided unlimited laundry and dry cleaning services for their military and civilian garments on a weekly basis. The cadet/cadet candidate laundry averages approximately twenty

(20) pieces of which approximately five (5) pieces may require starching and pressing. The cadet/cadet candidate dry cleaning bundle averages approximately seven (7) pieces to be cleaned and finished. Services shall be provided for all types of under and outer garments.

a. Starch and Press Items:

Cadet White India Trousers Cadet White India Coat Cadet Collars, Cuffs, and Belts

b. Steam Finish: Cadet White India shirt.

c. Pickup and Delivery Services – see Technical Exhibit #3.

2. Laundry Mesh Bag. Mesh bags are provided to the individual cadet in different colors and sizes. Page 2 of this technical exhibit describes how each mesh bag is used. Mesh bags are used for items not normally pressed.

3. The contractor shall remove clothing from the mesh bag for marking or counting. Listing of items included in the mesh bag will be annotated by the cadet on the Cadet Laundry Form for protection of the individual in case of loss.

4. Bulky Items. Although there is no individual limitations on laundry or dry cleaning items turned in (except during Reorganization Week and Graduation Week), bulky items such as overcoats, blankets, or comforters will not be sent in-masse by companies, regiments, or USMAPS without prior coordination with S-4, USCC/USMAPS, and the laundry contractor.

5. Special Civilian Clothing Handling. A cadet civilian clothing call office (Cadet Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service/CLADS) in the cadet area shall be operated by the contractor for the processing of civilian clothing. Services shall include acceptance of civilian clothing for laundry and dry cleaning items including blazed uniforms and acceptance of cadet issued dry cleanable items. All dry cleaning items shall be returned on hangers. Pick up of clothing will be affected by presentation of retained copy of dry cleaning tag at the pickup point 72 hours after turn-in. Cadets may use the Call Office at the main laundry plant on a cash-and-carry basis.

All USMAPS Cadet Candidates are required to use the Call Office at the main laundry plant on a cash-and-carry basis for civilian clothing.

6. Pickup Points. USCC laundry shall be picked up and delivered by company. USCC dry cleaning shall be picked up by company and/or the Cadet Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service (Bldg. 745) and delivered to the Cadet Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service (Bldg. 745), for cadet pickup. A laundry pickup/delivery point is designated for each company. The S-4, USCC will provide changes in location, prior to the first pickup each academic year. Detailed schedules for the graduation week period and summer training period with pickup and delivery points are published and distributed annually during the second or third week of May; however, this date will vary. USMAPS laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery point will be Bldg. 950, Reynolds Road.

7. Claims. Cadets/Cadet Candidates must submit claims in accordance with USMA Reg. 32-1.

8. Unidentifiable or Misdirected Laundry/Dry Cleaning Items. The contractor shall check the Beat Air Force Tunnel, Sallyports, CLADS and Barrack Hallways on Fridays/Mondays (or as needed) to gather any misdirected laundry/dry cleaning items and reroute them to their proper destination. USCC cadet items whose destination is unable to be determined or items that are unidentifiable will be returned to the Cadet Laundry Office, Bldg. 745.

USMAPS cadet candidate items whose destination is unable to be determined or items that are unidentifiable will be returned to the Main Laundry Plant, Bldg. 845. The contractor shall do everything possible to return the uncollected, unidentified, or misdirected Laundry and Dry Cleaning Items to the rightful owner.

9. The contents of the mesh bags are as follows:

a. White Bag (White Items) Bra, White Gloves, Pair White Handkerchief, White Panties, White Socks, Athletic & Civilian, White Slip, White Supporter, Athletic, White Suspenders, White Towel, White Underdrawers, White Undershirt, White Washcloth White

b. Brown Mesh Bag (Colored Items)

Belt, ACU Bra, Color Cap. ACU/Gray Cap, Skull, Gray Panties, Color Shorts, Gym A/Nylon Black Slip/Color Socks, Black/Olive Drab/Sand/Color Stockings, Pair, Color Swim Trunks, Black Swimsuit, Color Thermal, Tops/Bottoms Towel, Brown/Olive Drab Underdrawers, ACU/Color Washcloth, Brown/Olive Drab

c. Olive Drab Barracks Bag (Bed Linens)

Bag, Barracks, Olive Drab Cover, Mattress, White Pillowcase, White Sheet, Bed, White

d. Olive Drab Barracks Bag (Miscellaneous Items).

Blue Bag Belt, Shoulder, White Belt, Sword, White Belt, Waist, White Collar, White Cuffs, Pair White

Jackets, Running, Black Pants, Running, Black Sweatpants, Gray Sweatshirt, Gray T-Shirt, Cadre, Color T-Shirt, GYM A, Gray Guidon Belts

10. The cadet/cadet candidate retains the option to have the civilian items referenced above dry-cleaned instead of laundered. To accomplish this, the cadet must take the items to the Cadet Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service, Bldg. 745, and submit them for dry cleaning. Likewise, USMAPS cadet candidates must take civilian items to the call office at the main laundry plant for dry cleaning services on a cash and carry basis.

11. It is the cadet’s responsibility to ascertain that any civilian item, before being submitted inside a mesh bag, is a launder able item. The care label will furnish this information. Once inside the mesh bag, damage resulting from failure to follow the instructions on the care label will not be the contractor’s responsibility.

12. The processor at the Laundry/Dry Cleaning Plant retains the option of processing any item IAW commercial practices should the manner in which the item was submitted request otherwise.