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

16 -- ONE SPARE AIRCRAFT AV8B ENGINE SOL N00019-98-C-0103 POC Margo C. Deaton, Contract Specialist; AIR-2.3.1.7.3, Phone (301)757-5182 or Contracting Officer, Lois M. Cooksey; Phone 301-757-5183 E-MAIL: deatonmc@navair.navy.mil or cookseylm@navair.navy.mil, deatonmc@navair.navy.mil or cookseylm@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to procure on spare AV8B aircraft engine from Rolls Royce, plc of Bristol, England. Rolls Royce is the sole manufacturer of the 402 series engines and the only firm with the requisite knowledge and expertise to perform the effort. The engine will be procured under contract N00019-98-C-0103 as a sole procurement. See Note No. 22.**** Posted 06/19/00 (W-SN466185). (0171)

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