SAM #N0001926F0002

Award for V-22 Osprey Support and Flight Test Services to Bell Boeing Joint Project Office

This award supports the V-22 Osprey program through a series of sole-source orders to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, the only OEM with the required technical expertise and data for these efforts. - Government Buyer: - Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Department of the Navy - V-22 Joint Program Office (PMA-275) - Contracting office at Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters, Patuxent River, MD - OEMs and Vendors: - Bell Boeing Joint Project Office (OEM for V-22 Tiltrotor aircraft) - Products and Services Requested: - Flight test support services for the V-22 aircraft - Engineering change proposals (ECPs): development, manufacture, and installation of kits - Mission kit procurement for V-22 aircraft and systems - Spare and repair parts for aircraft, subsystems, and simulators - Logistics support packages for test and evaluation - Obsolescence management, including trade studies and component testing - Production line transition analysis for V-22 production shutdown - Software development for avionics and air vehicle management systems - Testing support, including qualification testing and data analysis - Engineering investigations for service life assessments - Prototyping for retrofit safety and equipment changes - Technical publications and updates to manuals and directives - Integrated logistics support for engineering investigations and analyses - Cost reduction initiatives for production - Training simulator updates and modernization - Condition Based Maintenance Plus initiatives for predictive maintenance - Implementation of engineering change proposals (kits/spares for retrofits) - Repair analysis for components and tooling - Tools and tooling support for production equipment - Spare parts for training systems - Mission critical modifications for fleet readiness - Data reduction and analysis of flight test data - Interactive electronic technical manual updates - Product drawings and models per MIL-STD-31000A - Life-of-type buys for component obsolescence - Special tooling and modifications for retrofitting - Safety testing for systems and subsystems - Unique or Notable Requirements: - Sole-source award due to Bell Boeing's status as the only designer, developer, and producer of the V-22 - Efforts cover both production and retrofit integration, reliability improvements, and logistics support - Estimated total contract value up to $1.273 billion over the period of performance - Place of performance is within the United States, with primary activities at Patuxent River, MD

Description

Related Notice: N00019-25-RFPREQ-APM275-0037

Naval Air Systems Command, V-22 Joint Program Office, PMA-275 issued Delivery Order N0001926F0002 under Basic Ordering Agreement N0001922G0002 to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office on a sole-source basis for the procurement of V-22 Flight Test Support. 

This action was awarded on a sole source basis to the Bell Boeing Joint Program Office in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition under Title 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements."  Bell Boeing is the sole designer, developer, and producer of the V-22 Tiltrotor aircraft and is the only known source that possesses the requisite knowledge and expertise required to perform this effort.  Also, Bell Boeing is the only source that possesses the totality of engineering and technical data required to perform this effort. 

This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order.  Cost Plus Fixed Fee was selected because there are uncertainties involved in contract performance that do not permit costs to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed price.

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