C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR S-3 AIRCRAFT

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to negotiate an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with provisions for the issuance of fixed price award fee and time and material task orders, with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (LMAC), 86 South Cobb Drive, Marietta, GA. The contemplated effort will be a follow-on (to Contract N00019-01-D-0119) contract in order to provide support in design engineering investigations, reliability, maintainability and human factors analysis; the development of engineering change proposal feasibility studies; support for failure, incident and accident investigations; and Integrated Logistics Support, to include engineering, logistics and maintenance support of the Integrated Maintenance Program (IMP) Periodic Maintenance Interval (PMI) inspections and associated repairs. NAVAIR intends to negotiate a four year contract (base and three one-year options) with LMAC. This action will be negotiated on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). LMAC is the developer of the engineering drawings, original/updated design, and stress, loads and structural analyses, necessary to provide the required engineering services in a timely and cost effective manner. The anticipated award date is August 2005. The North American Industry Classification System code for this requirement is 541330. See Note 22.