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Market Research for Repair of HH-60W Grip Assemblies (RH/LH) for the U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Sustainment Center is seeking qualified sources for the repair of Left and Right Hand Grip Assemblies for the HH-60W helicopter. - Government Buyer: - U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Sustainment Center, FA8524 AFSC PZAAA - OEM: - Mason Controls (CAGE 81579) is the Original Equipment Manufacturer for both grip assemblies - Products Requested: - Grip Assembly, Controller (RH), NSN 1680-01-691-2732GC, part number 799-8707-001 (estimated 20 units per year) - Grip Assembly, Controller (LH), NSN 1680-01-690-6389GC, part number 799-8706-001 (estimated 20 units per year) - Services Requested: - Repair services for both RH and LH Grip Assemblies (total estimated 40 repairs per year) - Unique Requirements: - Contractors must demonstrate repair expertise, facilities, and quality assurance capabilities - The government does not own repair data or rights; reverse engineering is not considered economical - Security clearance and foreign participation requirements are not yet determined - Grips control critical cockpit functions including MFD cursor and EO/IR sensor operations - Period of Performance: - Five-year contract: one-year base period plus four one-year option periods - Mason Controls is the only OEM mentioned; market research is to identify additional qualified sources

Description

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the repair data, expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet qualification requirements to repair the Left and Right Hand Grip Assemblys  which are applicable to the HH-60W Helicopter. The level of security clearance and amount of foreign participation in this requirement has not been determined. 

These items were screened and asigned a RMC/RMSC code of R3/R. RMC R3:  Repair, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the actual manufacturer. AMSC R.  The Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to contract repair of this part from additional sources. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. This code is used when the Government did not initially purchase the data and/or rights. If only one source has the rights or data to repair this item, RMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If two or more sources have the rights or data to repair this item, RMCs 1 or 2 are valid.

It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the HH-60W Grip Assemblys is Mason Controls. 

GRIP ASSEMBLY, CONTROLLER (RH) NSN 1680-01-691-2732GC PART NUMBER 799-8707-001

GRIP ASSEMBLY, CONTROLLER (LH) NSN 1680-01-690-6389GC PART NUMBER 799-8706-001

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