P-8A Wideband Satellite Communications Airworthiness

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) delivery order for the supplies and services required to support fleet airworthiness certifications of the Wideband Satellite Communications (WBSC) Radome and supporting infrastructure on the P8-A aircraft to include WBSC infrastructure (A-kit) Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE), the manufacturing of nine (9) kits, and installation on multiple aircraft.
The effort was procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The Boeing P-8A team, consisting of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) and Integrated Development Systems (IDS) Divisions, is the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of the Boeing 737-800ERX P-8A airframe, as well as the sole integrator of systems, and therefore is the only contractor with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical data that can meet the Government's requirements on a timely basis.
It was determined that a CPFF contract action was the appropriate contract type pursuant to DFARS 235.006(b)(ii)(A). This is a development program for which the use of a fixed-price type contract would not provide an equitable and sensible allocation of program risk between the Government and the Contractor due to the uncertainties related to the Increment 3 requirements.
. Awarded Vendors: The Boeing Company. Contract Award Dollar Amount: 93,632,264. Contract Award Date: 2019-04-11.