15--V-22 AIRCRAFT TOOL REFURBISHMENT AND REPLACEMENT

Naval Air Systems Command intends to issue a modification under contract N00019-00-C-0183 for the refurbishment or replacement of V-22 aircraft manufacturing tools. Bell-Boeing is the sole designer and producer of the V-22 aircraft. The Contractor is the only firm capable of providing the requisite technical data and the in-depth knowledge of the aircraft design and manufacture characteristics, needs and processes to manage the refurbishment of tools for quality improvements or the replacement of deteriorated V-22 aircraft manufacturing tools. Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, RADM Moffett Building, 47123 Buse Rd. Patuxent River, MD 20670 is the program office responsible for this effort. The majority of this tooling effort, approximately 90%, will be through Bell Helicopter Ft. Worth with the remainder under the control of Boeing Helicopter Philadelphia.See Note 22