This is notification of the U. S. Government's intent to award a full and open competitive contract to provide maintenance support services (MSS) to assist the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command (RSLFAC)in Saudi Arabia.

Attention: Cynthia Hargrove, Contracting Officer, no telephone requests will be accepted.

This will involve providing manpower, material support activity and commercial R&R Program. This contract will be firm fixed price with cost reimbursable contract line items (CLINs). The effort is not performance based, but a directed manning effort. These directed manning positions range in spectrum from helicopter aircraft mechanics and instructors to logistics specialists to test pilots and will be referred to as directed manning augmentees (DMAs). There will be an initial 90 day probationary period for these positions. The exact numbers and associated positions will be identified in the solicitation to follow, with efforts being performed at, but not limited to, Riyadh, King Khalid Military City (KKMC), Khamis Mushayt, Al-Qassim, Al-Kharj, and Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The aircraft systems supported by this award will be 14 Bell 406 Combat Scouts, 43 UH-60 Blackhawks, 48 AH-64 Apaches (combination of D and E models) and 30 Schweizer 333s. The period of performance for this requirement will be five years consisting of two base years and three one-year options, if exercised. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release for solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the date stated above.