INTRODUCTION        

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to issue Orders under a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company (Sikorsky), under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, for the procurement of recurring and non-recurring engineering, logistics support, retrofit integration efforts, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and reliability/ sustainability improvements of aircraft, simulators and trainers.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  IT IS A MARKET RESEARCH TOOL BEING USED TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL AND ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN, PRIOR TO DETERMINING THE METHOD OF ACQUISITION AND ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.  THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.  IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.  RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT COMMITTED NOR OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, AND NO BASIS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SHALL ARISE AS A RESULT OF A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT.  ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

ANTICIPATED CONTRACT INFORMATION

1. Anticipated Contract Type:  Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) Orders with fixed price and cost-type Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs). 
2. Anticipated Award Date:  1st QTR FY26
3. Anticipated Period of Performance:  Five (5) years
4. DPAS Priority Rating:  DX

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

This effort is for the procurement of products and services required to provide technical and program management support, recurring and non-recurring engineering, development and implementation of ECPs, and logistics support including retrofit efforts, in support of the VH Presidential (VH-92A®, VH-60N and VH-3D) aircraft, simulators and training devices/aircraft. Delivery orders may include:

1. Development, manufacture of kits and installation of ECPs for upgrades. This includes, but is not limited to, associated non-recurring engineering, systems engineering, integrated logistics support, production support, prototyping, validation and verification of changes, development/validation/verification of technical publications/manuals/changes/directives, associated logistics impacts, testing of retrofit safety and test equipment changes to include instrumentation, spare and repair parts for aircraft, subsystems, training simulators/devices, support equipment and related software efforts.
2. Development, manufacture, installation, test and updates of training devices.
3. Airworthiness and requalification efforts, certification support including updates to the S-92A Type Certification (TC), FAA Organizational Delegated Authority coordination to obtain approval for the updated S-92A.
4. Software development and infrastructure support related to systems and subsystems
5. Testing, including but not limited to, bench testing, avionics system testing, training systems testing, qualification testing, characterization testing, airworthiness, ground and fatigue engineering, modeling and simulation, wind tunnel, ground and flight testing, data reduction and analysis of flight test data, technical publication source data, flight clearance recommendation and tactics development, and related test support for aircraft and subsystems.
6. Obsolescence management efforts.
7. Material management including spares procurement and component overhaul, repair and replacement; overhaul and rework.
8. Support to fielded in-service aircraft including, but not limited to, engineering investigations, service life assessment support, service life extension support,  development/update/expansion of technical publications/manuals and studies.
9. Trade Studies, including, but not limited to, requirements analysis, certification planning, cost-effectiveness analysis, integration studies, system level performance objectives analysis, joint strategic planning and roadmap development, cost reduction studies and logistics support planning.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company (Sikorsky), is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the VH-3D, VH-60N, and VH-92A. Given Sikorsky is the OEM of the VH platforms (VH-92A is a variant of the commercial S-92A), is the only source with the design expertise, technical data, equipment, and subject matter experts that can provide in-depth support for the efforts describ