Purchase Order HSCG3815P202024

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a $627,079.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to Airbus Helicopters, Inc. on September 14, 2015, for spare parts supporting the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter fleet. The contract, with performance completion scheduled for July 31, 2016, represents a continuation of the company's role as the sole-source original equipment manufacturer supplier for critical rotorcraft components. The award to the Grand Prairie, Texas-based subsidiary of Airbus Group was issued without small business set-aside designation, consistent with the nonavailability determination reflected in Federal Acquisition Regulation exceptions that confirm alternative sources are unavailable for the specialized OEM components required to sustain Coast Guard search and rescue, law enforcement, and maritime security operations.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. maintains an established federal contracting position as the exclusive technical support provider and parts supplier for the MH-65 platform, having supplied an extensive inventory of specialized components including rotor blades, servo assemblies, structural parts, electronic components, and associated maintenance services across multiple delivery orders. This purchase order award reflects the agency's reliance on firm fixed-price arrangements to procure individual aircraft components necessary for fleet readiness, a contracting approach consistent with the company's subsequent award of larger indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts from the Coast Guard that extend through 2028.