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The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Material Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Mobility Directorate (AFLCMC/WL), C-130 Hercules Division (AFLCMC/WLN), C-130J Branch (AFLCMC/WLNN), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (WPAFB) intends to extend the ordering period and increase the ceiling for the existing C-130J Combined Aircraft Delivery, Development, Integration and Engineering (CADDIE) Contract FA8625-20-D-3000.  CADDIE was awarded 17 Jul 2020 on a sole-source basis with a five-year ordering period and a $15B ceiling.  This action will extend the ordering period five years (for a total of ten years) and increase the ceiling from $15B to $25B.  CADDIE acquires C-130J and C-130J derivative aircraft and related support equipment, spare parts, technical and engineering data, interim contractor support, technical manuals, training, and world-wide logistics and deployment support, as well as analysis, study, planning, design, development, prototype, qualification, test (Including flight test), draft modification instructions and supporting operational/maintenance publication updates, Trial Kit Installation (TKI) and programmatic documentation for C130-J system development upgrades from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics - Marietta.

The proposed contract modification will also include the installation of future capability hardware and software block upgrades to all fielded aircraft. Additionally, this contract action will provide the ability to support international interest through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of C-130J aircraft and related sustainment. The contract includes the capability to purchase additional aircraft using yearly options to cover the requirements of various users. The CADDIE contract also procures capability enhancements of the C-130J and allows continual aircraft improvement in the following areas:

--Hardware Component/Subsystem Development & Test

--Software Development, Test, & Investigations

--Identification of Impacts & Updating the Support Structure for Organization, Intermediate, & Depot, as applicable, including efforts to:

---Design, Develop, Document, & Test Support Equipment

---Develop and Perform Combined Certification & Verification of Technical Orders

---Define & Document Spares Requirements

---Design, Develop, & Document Training System Changes

---Update Other Integrated Logistics Support Elements as Necessary

---Support of Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs)

--Request for Proposal Support

--Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Elimination/Reduction

--Systems Engineering

--Kit Prototyping

--Flight Testing of Changes

--Development of Solutions to OMS

-- Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Program

--Quick Engine Change Assembly (QECA) and Mobile Engine Test Stand (METS)

--Engineering and Logistics Services

--Technical Manual Page Development/Flight Manual Replacement Pages

--Pre-LOA FMS Studies/Surveys

It is contemplated that the modification to extend the ordering period five years (for a total of ten years) and increase the ceiling from $15B to $25B will be awarded by July 2025. Individual delivery orders will not exceed 5 years of performance.

Lockheed Martin is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the C-130J, and is the only firm that possesses the necessary knowledge, experience and technical data required to perform these efforts. Because only one responsible source is available and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, the Government intends to award the effort pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304 (c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

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