Award of Production Line Transition

The Production Line Transition Phase I non-recurring engineering was awarded on 22 November 2024 to Bell Textron Inc. for a base plus one option totaling $6,188,351.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to negotiate with Bell Textron Inc.
(Bell) 3255 Bell Flight Blvd, Fort Worth TX 76118 on a sole source basis under a Basic
Ordering Agreement (BOA) Delivery Order to provide the procurement of Production
Line Transition (PLT) analysis in support of the H-1 aircraft’s requirement to plan for
production line cessation and sustainment. Specifically, the analysis results procured
under this effort shall include a list of Government Furnished Information (GFI),
Government Furnished Property (GFP) and Contractor Acquired Property (CAP)
disposition recommendations and Rough Orders of Magnitude (ROMs) for requested data
deliverables to support the Phase II and Phase III efforts that will be contracted
separately. The follow-on Phase II and III efforts shall ensure requirements to sustain H-1
aircraft are not inadvertently lost in transition, reduce future sustainment cost of the H-1
platform through maximization of organic support by transitioning away from reliance on
OEM, and preserve the ability to build new aircraft in the future.
This requirement will be procured in accordance with the statutory authority permitting
other than full and open competition under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, in that Bell is the only responsible source
and no other supplies or services will satisfy Marine Corps requirements. Bell is the sole
designer, developer, manufacturer and system integrator of the aircraft and the only
known source that possesses the data, technical skills and requisite knowledge of the
design, fabrication, performance, operation, maintenance and support characteristics of
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the AH-1W, UH-1Y and AH-1Z to fulfill this need in a timely manner. This notice is for
information purposes only.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties,
however, may identify their interest and capability by responding to this requirement. The
Government will consider all capability information received prior to the closing date of
this synopsis. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of
determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the
Government not to compete this proposed contract modification based upon responses to
this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
For subcontracting opportunities please visit the following website:
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en_US/Suppliers/Suppliers.html
Click on "How to Become a Supplier"
Click on Register with Textron
OR
Send an email to strategicsourcing@bellhelicopter.textron.com
Questions regarding this notice should be addressed to Farhan Qazi via e-mail at
farhan.a.qazi.civ@us.navy.mil.
Contracting Office Address:
Naval Air Systems Command
Patuxent River, Maryland 20670
Primary Point of Contact:
Farhan Qazi
Contract Specialist
farhan.a.qazi.civ@us.navy.mil
Secondary Point of Contact