March 25, 2020
VF Imagewear Uniform Ordering Site Is Now Open
With all the challenges that we face today, I'm pleased to share some good news by announcing that the VF Imagewear uniform ordering website is now active. Employees who are authorized to wear the USACE Natural Resources Management (NRM) Uniform, under ER/EP 1130-2-550, Chapter 8, "Uniforms for NRM Program Staff", can now place their FY20 uniform orders.

VF's ordering website is: www.vfsolutions.com/lma

Please remember that under the uniform allowance authorization system, you must add COE in front of your existing LOGIN account number to gain entry into VF's ordering website (for example "COE170892"). Your password does not need to be preceded by COE.

Although it's not a requirement and I understand the difficulty caused by this lengthy delay, we do encourage new employees without uniforms to place their orders first and, existing permanent and returning temporary employees to place their orders in about a week. Again this is not a requirement, but just a suggestion to help enable our new employees to receive their initial uniforms as quickly as possible.

Under the current DoD COVID-19 directive, be mindful of any issues related to deliveries made to your office if closed. Shipping address cannot be changed nor can shipments be made to private residences per contract requirements.

If you are having difficulty gaining entry, please contact VF Customer Service center at 800-334-9087 and if it's a uniform authorization issue (or account number/password issue), please send an e-mail to your District Uniform Coordinator and your MSC/Division Uniform Committee member (committee member addresses are below) and they will take action with your situation. Some new employees may not yet have an account number and password. Lost or forgotten passwords, may be obtained from your Division Uniform Committee member. Please remember these numbers are no longer being mailed to employees but are being provided to your Division Uniform Committee member.

The uniform contract is being modified to add and/or replace several existing items, however status of the items and delivery times are not confirmed at this time. We will notify everyone upon the availability of the new items once the modification is complete. Please note that we are working to increase uniform allowances - more to come on that later.

In speaking on behalf of National Park Service, who worked diligently to accept and process our funds through many internal administrative steps, as well as our District Uniform Coordinators and Division Uniform Committee members, who established employee accounts and fielded many questions and concerns, and VF Imagewear, who quickly loaded the FY20 account info into their website, I know the frustrations that this delay has caused - impacting our NRM employees and projects from doing their work and mission responsibilities in a productive and safe manner.

Thank you (again!) for your patience and understanding.

Stephen Austin, Natural Resources Manager

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