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28 -- COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) FOR THE F110, F101, F118, J79, AND F100 SERIES SOL F33657-97-R-0016/0017 DUE 070197 POC Contact Contracting Officers, Cynthia Booker-Neilson/Michael Grove (937) 255-2619 Component Improvement Program (CIP) for the F110/F101, F118, J79 and F100 series of engines. Development System Manager for Propulsion(ASC/LP) is contemplating a contract for award in December 1997 for engineering and testing support for the General Electric F101-GE-102, F110-GE-100, F110-GE-129, F110-GE-400, F118-GE-100, and J79 aircraft engines. Development System Manager for Propulsion (ASC/LP) is also contemplating a contract for award in December 1997 for engineering and testing support for the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100, F100-PW-200, F100-PW-220, F100-PW-220E, and F100-PW-229 aircraft engines. These contracts will cover calendar years 1998 and 1999. These new CIP contracts are follow-on actions for continued component improvement. General Electric is the incumbent contractor on the F110/F101 program and has performed F110/101 CIP for the past fourteen years. Pratt & Whitney is the incumbent contractor on the F100 program and has performed F100 CIP for the past twenty four years. Program objectives are to resolve service-related operational problems and reduce operating costs for the engines. These programs are divided into tasks that improve engine safety, durability, reliability, and maintainability while preserving current specification performance. Formal RFPs are anticipated for release in May, 1997. A sole source RFP will be issued to General Electric for CIP for the F110/F101, F118, and J79 series of engines. A sole source RFP will be issued to Pratt & Whitney for CIP for the F100 series of engines. Authority to issue sole source RFPs comes from 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his concerns. Potential offerors should use established channels to requestinformation, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman (Mr. Michael S. Coalson, ASC/SYI, Bldg 52, 2475 K Street, Suite 1, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7642, at (937) 255-9279 ext 232, or coalsoms@sy.wpafb.af.mil. The Ombudsman should only be contracted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to the appropriate point of contact listed in paragraph 11 above. See Note 22. (0139)

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