F414-GE-400 Engine ILS and Sustaining Engineering Support

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to award the first option year for Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), Component Improvement Program (CIP), and depot material support services awarded under N00019-06-C-0088 P00012, to General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE). The logistics support under this contract will include supply chain management, material management, field support for the peculiar components of the F414-GE-400 Afterburning Turbofan engine, sustaining engineering, and ILS to include maintenance planning and technical data, modification and retrofit planning, training, technical directive services and recurring ground support for carrier and shore-based squadrons in accordance with the F/A-18 E/F site activation requirements. The F414 CIP efforts include engineering support and testing to resolve readiness problems, improve reliability, maintain performance, and forecast hardware wear-out rates, life limits, and problems before they occur in the fleet. A second option year, for the same services, was also included in modification P00012. It is anticipated that this option period will be exercised inDecember of 2009. These awards are based on Title 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), whereby the supplies or services required are available from only one source, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. No additional written information, formal request for proposal, or solicitation is available at this time. Requests for the same will be disregarded. This is not a request for competitive proposals. GENERAL INFORMATION: GEAE is the sole designer, developer, and integrator of the F414-GE-400 engine and is uniquely qualified to provide the complete range of program support required by the Fleet. GEAE is the only known firm that possesses the technical data necessary to fulfill the Government’s requirements. Points of contact for this announcement are: Contract Specialist Karen Johnston at (301)757-4224, [email protected] and Contracting Officer Damon McGill at (301)757-7063, [email protected]. Numbered note 22 applies.