Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment A-C Aft Sponson Interference Modifications

Description

Related Notice: N00019-25-RFPREQ-APM275-0597 Naval Air Systems Command, V-22 Joint Program Office, PMA-275 issued Delivery Order modification N0001924F0014-P00014 under Basic Ordering Agreement N0001922G0002 to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office on a sole-source basis for the procurement of Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (IASE) A-C Aft Sponson Interference modifications for the MV-22 aircraft that have had the Aft Sponson Fuel Cell installed prior to the installation of the IASE Configuration A to Configuration C A-Kit. This action was awarded on a sole source basis to the Bell Boeing Joint Program Office in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition under Title 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." Bell Boeing is the sole designer, developer, and producer of the V-22 Tiltrotor aircraft and is the only known source that possesses the requisite knowledge and expertise required to perform this effort. Also, Bell Boeing is the only source that possesses the totality of engineering and technical data required to perform this effort. This Delivery Order modification includes a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract Line Item Number. Cost Plus Fixed Fee was selected because there are uncertainties involved in contract performance that do not permit costs to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed price.