B -- Trade Study for Block 20/25 Products/Upgrades on the V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD intends to negotiate a Time and Materials order, under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-04-G-0007, with the Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Bldg. 2272 Suite 146, 47123 Buse Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670 on a sole-source basis for the following CV-22 Block 20/25 products/upgrades: Emergency, Fuel Dump Impingement, High Altitude Conversion, Brake Performance, Line-of-Sight Communication (Survivor), Digital Map Upgrade, Communications Switching Unit, Link 16, Terrain Following Below 50 Knots, and Day/Night Vision Goggles Heads Up Display. An overview of these products/upgrades will be available (not later than 06 January 2006) on the NAVAIR solicitation page at the following address: http://www.navair.navy.mil/doing_business/open_solicitations/. The Bell-Boeing team is the sole designer, developer, and producer of the V-22 Tilt-Rotor Aircraft. Bell-Boeing is the only source that possesses the engineering and technical data required to perform this effort. The Government anticipates significant competition at the subcontract level for individual Block 20/25 components and encourages companies to pursue these opportunities. Companies interested in possible subcontracting opportunities may email their company name, address, and point of contact information to the points of contact provided below. Points of contact for this announcement are Ms. Selinda Joyner, [email protected] or Mr. Ronald Guy, [email protected]. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 541330 (Engineering Services). See note 22!!