16 -- VH-3D Lift Improvement Program

The Naval Air Systems Command intends to negotiate and award a sole source Cost type contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (SAC) for a VH-3D Lift Improvement Program. This program will replace the existing VH-3D Metal Main Rotor Blades (MRB) with a newly designed composite MRB. This Cost type requirement will be placed under BOA N00019-03-G-0003 and will include engineering, flight test, dynamic component fatigue re-substantiation efforts, comparative assessment of airframe load levels, and the purchase of blades. SAC is the only know source with the necessary technical data, knowledge, expertise and experience to perform this effort. Numbered Notes 22 and 26 apply.