Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.3), Patuxent Naval Air Station, Bldg 2272, Lexington Park, MD 20670

16 -- COMMUNICATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) KITS FOR P-3C AIRCRAFT SOL N00019-99-P1-AP047 POC Ann Phan, Air-2.3.2.2.6, (301) 757-5250 WEB: none, none. E-MAIL: phanat@navair.navy.mil, phanat@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to negotiate a two year contract (base year FY 1999 with option year FY 2000) with Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems (LMAS), a Division of Lockheed Martin Corporation, in Marietta, Georgia for the following: P-3C Communications Improvement Program (CIP) aircraft modification kits and installations, ARC-187 kits and installations, ARC-182 kits and installations, one maintenance kit and installation, and related Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and Engineering services. The base year contract will consist of 46 CIP kits, 14 ARC-187 kits, 17 ARC-187 kits, one maintenance trainer kit, ILS and Engineering services. The option year will consist of one maintenance trainer installation, and options for 19 CIP kits, 4 ARC-187 kits, 4 ARC-182 kits, 33 CIP installations, 14 ARC-187 installations, 17 ARC-182 installations, ILS and Engineering services. As the designer and developer of the previous CIP phases of this program and the manufacturer of the initial lot of CIP kits and installations, LMAS is the only known source that possesses the necessary technical expertise, engineering drawings and data to produce CIP kits to support FY-99/00 kit production in the timeframe needed by the Government. The Government intends to procure the CIP kit and/or installation effort for FY00 and beyond under the Modification Installation Program (MIP). E-mail: phanat@navair.navy.mil Posted 11/25/98 (W-SN274858). (0329)

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