J -- MV-22 Maintenance Instructors/Technicians

The 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), MCAS Cherry Point, NC has a requirement to procure approximately twenty-four (24) maintenance technicians (CONUS and OCONUS) and approximately eighteen (18) maintenance training Instructor/Technician services to support the MV-22 program. It is the intent of the government to procure these services from Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, 401 Tiltrotor Dr, Amarillo, TX, on a sole source basis using a contract with a one (1) year base period and two (2) Option years beginning 1 September 2007. Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office maintains the proprietary technical data and engineering rights to provide Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) technical reach back capability for the MV-22 Program. Bell-Boeing Joint Office is the only company that has the capability and capacity to train both MV-22 Instructors and Technicians. Bell-Boeing can train instructors at its facilities using production assets while providing assistance in resolving unforeseen system/subsystem issued directly from the OEM Engineering and manufacturing personnel. As potential proprietary data rights issues arise, as ones associated with composite materials in the airframe, both CONUS and OCONUS, Bell-Boeing can give immediate assistance in resolving the issue expeditiously. An official RFP will not be released on the basis that it contains proprietary technical data from the MV-22. See numbered note 22.