Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, 6703 W. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

R -- ENGINEERING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIC AMCM SYSTEMS AND CH-60S HELICOPTER INTEGRATION SOL N61331-00-R-0001 DUE 111599 POC Contracting Officer, Mark Ross, (850) 235-5624; Contracting Officer, Carol Dreger (850) 234-4863 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Ross Mark@ncsc.navy.mil, Ross Mark@ncsc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a sole source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (SAC), Stratford, CT., for engineering services in support of the modification of the CH-60S Helicopter to incorporate Organic Airborne Mine Countermeasures (OAMCM) capabilities. The estimated effort will be a total of approximately 20 man-years per year over a five year period of performance. The overall purpose of this effort is to: (1) Modify a YCH-60 Aircraft to support Phase III Tow Testing which will require electrical, mechanical and hydraulic interfaces; (2) Develop an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to incorporate a Tow Coupler into the CH-60 Automatic Flight Control System (AFCC); (3) Develop, Test and Evaluate the Tow Coupler AFCC Mod; (4) Develop an ECP to retrofit Production Aircraft to incorporate OAMCM provisions; (5) Develop, Test, Evaluate and Deliver OAMCM Production retrofits, and; (6) Provide Aircraft Test Pilots, Ground Maintenance Crew, Aircraft Maintenance and Test Flight Hours to conduct Testing and Evaluations. This acquisition is not suitable for full and open competition for the following reasons: SAC is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army H-60 helicopters and is the only source of these helicopters. As such, only SAC has the expertise, technical data, equipment and experienced personnel to successfully and safely modify and flight test the aircraft in a new configuration as well as develop the production level design changes to retrofit the CH-60 aircraft with the OAMCM capability. Note 22 applies. Posted 09/30/99 (W-SN387086). (0273)

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