Exercise FY2009 Option CLINS for V-22 Fuel System Changes (ECP 0741)

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD intends to exercise an option under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-07-G-0008-0012 with the Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office for procurement of ECP 741, Fuel Systems Changes, for the MV and CV-22 aircraft. These changes include redesigning the rupture disk and replacing the boost pump thermal relief valve. The FY 2009 options will provide (19) MV-22 Retrofit Kits, and (2) CV-22 Retrofit Kits. This requirement will be procured in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, only one responsible source, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office is the sole designer, developer, and producer of the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. As such, it is the only source that possesses the technical data and requisite knowledge required to meet the Government’s requirement. Parties interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact Mr. Ralph D’Iorio at [email protected] or (610) 591-9157. See Note 22.