VSS UH60 Installation for the USNTPS
Added: Dec 17, 2014 9:13 am THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) intends to solicit, negotiate, and award a sole source hardware contract for the Variable Stabilization System (VSS) UH-60 Installation at the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent River, Md. The purpose of this acquisition is to install a VSS into a USNTPS aircraft for the purpose of providing training to Navy Test Pilot Students in the various flight scenarios for different types of helicopters presently used by the fleet. The VSS is capable of providing feedback tough the flight controls of the host NTPS UH-60 to replicate those actions of other types of Navy helicopters in a safe, supervised flight environment. The Government anticipates awarding this requirement on a sole-source basis to Calspan Corporation under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The primary place of performance will be the Navy Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent River, MD. Responses to this notice may be made via e-mail or on company letterhead: include company's name, point of contact, address, phone number, DUNS number, Tax ID, business size, and this notice number. This synopsis is for informational purposes only to announce the intent to award a sole source contract to Calspan Corporation. PSC Code: 6615, Auto Pilot Mechanisms and Airborne Gyro ComponentsNAICS Code: 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing FBO/Ltr LogReference # 25112-15-0017 N00421-15-R-0027 Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center
12/17/14, 9:13 AM UH-60 Variable Stability System Installation
Added: Sep 01, 2015 2:55 pm The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, Maryland, has awarded Firm Fixed Price contract under N00421-15-C-0045 to Calspan Corporation of Niagara Falls, New York in support of the United States navy Test Pilot School for the installation of a Variable Stability System (VSS), in a UH-60 helicopter. The contract was awarded on 18 August 2015; with an award value of $1,565,688 for the base period and a total potential contract value of $3,362,956 should all options for tee additional VSS units be exercised. This requirement is for the installation of a VSS into an UH-60 aircraft in order to train qualified flight engineers and test pilots in the various types of rotary winged aircraft used by the Navy and Marine Corps. This requirement was issued under RFP N00421-15-R-0027 as a Sole Source acquisition. Sources Sought/Request for Information 25112-15-0009 was issued in FedBizOpps on 8 November 2014, to which two vendors replied and only Calspan was determined capable. The contract consists of a firm fixed price (FFP) CLIN for the base unit, tee additional option CLINS for the additional units, and Not Separately Priced CLINs for Contract Data Requirements Lists. N00421-15-R-0027 Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center
9/1/15, 2:55 PM