Assistant Commander For Contracts, Naval Air Systems Command, Air 2.5.3 Bldg 3189 Unit 8, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5449

R -- V-22 OSPREY TILT ROTOR AIRCRAFT SOL N00019-97-R-0019 POC Luke Patterson, Code 2.5.3.5, FAX (301)342-4974 AMENDED DESCRIPTION -- 21 MAY 1997: This is the second announcement for this acquisition, succeeding announcement W-073 SN042439. This requirement was also announced by the Small Business Administration identified as 7700-97-70288. The Naval Air Systems Command has a requirement for logistics analysis support services of a non-personal nature for the Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point, North Carolina. The contractor will be required to provide a team of experienced personnel, services, material and equipment to assist with assessment and recommendations for various logistics issues. Although the effort will primarily support the V-22 Tilt Rotator Aircraft, the effort will also involve several other marine aircraft, including the H-60, H-53 and H-1 helicopters, AV-8B Harrier Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft, and the Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft. Support will be across several different acquisition phases (Concept and Validation through Early Operations Stages). Support will include conducting investigations to resolve critical logistics issues, developing support programs and processes, providing procurement support procedures and program management support. During the Concept and Validation Phase, the contractor may be tasked to develop, review, update, and/or maintain requirements defined for tasks under the Designing for Support category, including support system improvement analyses and technological logistics impact assessments, Naval Aviation Plan (NAP) guidance and future maintenance/logistics concepts, logistics research, supportability plans, industry supportability response, and Logistics Support Analyses (LSA). During the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development Phase, the contractor may be tasked to develop, review, update, and/or maintain requirements defined under Supportability Planning categories, such as the LSA candidate list, maintenance plans, logistics support requirements data enabling implementation of maintenance plans, site activation milestones schedules, logistics support source identification, phased support plan requirements, Pre-Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) engineering changes, mock-up engineering test evaluations, and LSA program development. During the Production Prior to Operations Phase, the contractor may be tasked to develop, review, update, and/or maintain requirements defined under the Procuring for Support categories, such as phased support plans, Master Index of Repairables (MIR), MIR data resulting from changes, logistics data update and execution of the age exploration program in the Early Operations Phase of the life-cycle. During the Early Operations Phase, the contractor may be required to develop, review, update, and/or maintain requirements defined under Phasing-in Support categories, such as MIR updates, phased support plan, age exploration program execution, Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) progress, ECP implementation status, configuration status, and remedial action status. The contractor shall provide program management support. Specific tasks related to this effort may consist of investigating and evaluating alternative acquisition strategies for the procurement of new or replacement systems, equipment and components, participating in and providing support for program reviews, audits, and meetings (provided to Product Support Directorate as it pertains to program management planning documentation). This will be a competitive acquisition set aside under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this acquisition is 8711. Interested 8(a) firms are encouraged to review the solicitation. The Navy intends to release this solicitation on the Internet. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Look for solicitation N00019-97-R-0019 under Business Opportunities on the NAVAIR Home Page, URL: http://www.navair.navy.mil The schedule will be in MS WORD. Look under Business Opportunities, then check Open Solicitations. The solicitation should be available on the NAVAIR Homepage approximately 12 June 1997. (0142)

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