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This federal contract opportunity solicitation seeks design services for upgrading a helicopter drive system test facility. The scope of work includes designing, fabricating, procuring, and installing new and upgraded components to safely and efficiently operate an integrated helicopter drive system and facility. This first phase focuses on designing a system that can be fabricated, installed, and commissioned. The test facility is located at Naval Air Station Patuxent River and evaluates integrated drive systems for multiple helicopter platforms using aircraft turbine engines to simulate operational loads. Offerors are required to perform 90% of the work at their contractor site and 10% at the Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility building on the government site. The solicitation was issued by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center.