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

15 -- AH-1W PRODUCTION LINE SHUTDOWN AT BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC. SOL N00019-99-G-1554 POC Helen Fones Dawson, Contract Specialist, AIR-2.3.1.2.3, Phone (301)757-5237 E-MAIL: dawsonhf@navair.navy.mil, dawsonhf@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to award a firm-fixed-price delivery order to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., P.O. Box 482, Fort Worth, TX 76101-0482 under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-99-G-1554 for AH-1W technical services for a Tooling Information Management System (TIMS) special tooling and special test equipment database. BHTI is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the AH-1W helicopter. The period of performance of this order will be 10 months. This procurement is being contracted on a basis of "other than full and open competition," and this synopsis is for informational purposes only. Any firms interested in subcontracting opportunities should contract BHTI directly. See Note No. 22. Posted 03/06/00 (W-SN431562). (0066)

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