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16 -- INCORPORATION OF RATIO CHANGE GEARS POC Lori Levine, Phone (301) 757-5228, Air-2.3.1.2.1 E-MAIL: levinelm.jfk@navair.navy.mil, levinelm.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) intends to award a cost plus award fee modification to Contract N00019-96-C-0128 for the incorporation of ratio change gears into the main gearbox test stand slave gearbox for the H-1 Upgrades 4BN/4BW program. NAVAIRSYSCOM plans to award the order to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) PO Box 482, Fort Worth, TX 76101, the manufacturer of the H-1 helicopter. This effort shall commence in April 1998. Interests in subcontracting opportunities should be directed to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. at the address mentioned above. This procurement is being contracted on a basis of "other than full and open competition," and this synopsis is for informational purposes only. See note No. 22. (0082)

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