16 -- H-1 Upgrades Optimized Topowl Flight Test Support

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) intends to issue a modification to the existing Phase II Optimized Topowl effort to Thales Avionics for additional on-site technical representative support during the H-1 Upgrades Developmental Test/Operational Test period. In order to support flight testing, Thales Avionics will also be responsible for mapping up to six H-1 Upgrades aircraft for the new Optimized Topowl. This requirement will be procured in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2), in that Thales Avionics is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the Optimized Topowl. Thales Avionics is the only known company with the knowledge, data and capability to provide the appropriate technical support for this system . See note 22.