Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.5.3), Building 441, UNIT 7, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1127

A -- X-31 VECTOR PROGRAM -- AIRCRAFT ACTIVATION INVENTORY SOL N00019-98-C-0073 POC Vicki Fuhrmann, Contracting Officer, (301) 757-2602, Gertrude Scriber, Contract Specialist, (301) 757-2608 The Naval Air Systems Command intends to place a Sole Source modification with Boeing North American to prepare, pack and ship the X-31 aircraft and associated parts and equipment to the aircraft reactivation site, conduct X-31 aircraft and component inspections, and service and repair parts as necessary. Additionally, Boeing North American will remove, inspect and repair X-31 flight control actuators, inspect and repair aircraft flight control computers, inspect, service and repair X-31 Emergency Power Units and Emergency Air Start Systems, and inspect, repair, and service X-31 F404 engines. Boeing North American will also update aircraft documentation and initiate power-down X-31 aircraft reactivation. NAVAIR Contract N00019-98-C-0073 is sole source, due to the unique experience, technical expertise, and historical data required to accomplish the X-31 VECTOR PROGRAM effort. The pending effort is being conducted as a sole source for the same rationale. These efforts will be accomplished under a modification to the existing contract. The estimated cost plus fixed fee of this effort is $950,000. Interested parties may contact the points of contact listed above by phone or e-mail at SCRIBERGV@NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL. See Numbered Notes 22 & 26. Posted 01/28/99 (W-SN292416). (0028)

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