SOLICITATION NOTICE
15 -- H-1 Upgrades Lot 12 and Lot 13 Production
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272, 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- AIR23134Lot12Lot13
- Archive Date
- 7/20/2013
- Point of Contact
- Amy C Beckman, Phone: (301)757-2160, Andrew H Warner, Phone: (301) 757-5250
- E-Mail Address
-
amy.beckman@navy.mil, andrew.warner@navy.mil
(amy.beckman@navy.mil, andrew.warner@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Systems Command intends to negotiate with Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc (BHTI), 600 Hurst Blvd, Hurst TX 76053 on a sole source basis for a follow-on production buy (Lot 12) of UH-1Y and AH-1Z Build New helicopters. The intended contract will be initially issued as an Advance Acquisition Contract (AAC) in FY14 for long lead items in support of the subsequent production buy, which will be fully funded using FY15 funding. It is also intended for the Lot 13 production buy of UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters be procured as an option under this negotiation, which will be fully funded using FY15 funding. This production contract includes but is not limited to Build New UH-1Ys and Build New AH-1Zs, to be contracted for on a fixed price basis. The effort consists of procuring and fabricating components, integrating and installing Contractor furnished and Government furnished equipment, to include reused and remanufactured parts from USMC inducted H-1 Program aircraft, assembly, testing and delivery of UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft. Requirements also include but are not limited to Systems Engineering/Program Management (SE/PM), Support Equipment and Tooling, publications, logistics support, quality assurance, reliability and maintainability programs, technical, administrative, and financial data requirements, spares, provisional supplies and services for training, logistics, engineering and administrative support. Aircraft requirements for the basic Lot 12 procurement consist of an estimated 15 Build New UH-1Ys and 11 Build New AH-1Zs. Aircraft requirements for the option Lot 13 procurement consist of an estimated 11 Build New UH-1Ys and 16 Build New AH-1Zs. Actual aircraft quantities procured will be in accordance with quantities approved by Congress. This requirement will be procured in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2), in that BHTI is the only responsible source and no other type of equipment will satisfy Marine Corps requirements. BHTI is the designer, developer and sole producer of the aircraft and the only known source that possesses the data, technical skills and requisite knowledge of the design, fabrication, performance, operation, maintenance and support characteristics of the UH-1Y and AH-1Z to fulfill this need in a timely manner. This notice is for information purposes only. For subcontracting opportunities please visit the following website: http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en_US/Suppliers/Suppliers.html Click on "How to Become a Supplier" Click on Register with Textron OR Send an email to strategicsourcing@bellhelicopter.textron.com. Note: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVAIR/N00019/AIR23134Lot12Lot13/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 600 Hurst Blvd, Hurst, Texas, 76053, United States
- Zip Code: 76053
- Zip Code: 76053
- Record
- SN03089363-W 20130615/130614000119-0973f9d44a53526c6ddb45815c9d0393 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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