Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Code 27, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, Fl 32826-3224

J -- LIFE CYCLE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (LCLM) FOR SYNTHETIC FLIGHT TRAINING SYSTEMS (SFTS) POC Contract Specialist, Jim Comfort (407) 380-4015; Contracting Officer, Shirley Eaton (407) 380-4093 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, Jim_Comfort@stricom.army.mil. The Government intends to negotiate and award a 4-month FFP extension to the current Life Cycle Logistics Management (LCLM) contract for Synthetic Flight Training Systems (SFTS) and other non-flight training devices to Hughes Technical Services Company (HTSC), P.O. Box 9399, M/S 751, Long Beach, CA 90810-0391. The period of performance of the extension will be 1 Sep -- 31 Dec 98. The extension will provide a bridge between the current contract (N61339-93-D-0004) and a competitively awarded follow-on contract (N61339-97-R-0039) for SFTS and other training devices. The current contract is for LCLM services at 24 training sites world-wide in support of AH-1/UH-1/CH-47/OH-58/UH-60/AH-64 helicopter flight, maintenance and operations training devices, and U.S. Army Transportation School devices. The incumbent contractor provides complete LCLM services to include labor, maintenance, materials and supply support, engineering services, and facilities support services for the training devices and the trainingsites. The 4-month extension of the current contract will be awarded per the authority at 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." HTSC has provided the LCLM services under the current contract since 1 May 93. Award of the 4-month period of extension to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that could not be recovered through competition for the short period of performance cited. Additionally, HTSC personnel possess the requisite security clearances necessary for access at several of the training sites. Award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Government's requirements. See Note 22. Posted 06/24/98 (0175)

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