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This federal solicitation requests design services for upgrades to the Helicopter Drive System Test Facility. The scope of work includes designing, fabricating, procuring, and installing new and upgraded components to safely and efficiently operate a helicopter drive system as a fully integrated test facility. This procurement specifically addresses the initial Phase 1 System Design activities. The goal of Phase 1 is to produce designs 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 Government site located at the Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility building. The issuing agency is the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center.