V-22 Software Sustainment Defect Package (SSDP)

Naval Air Systems Command, V-22 Joint Program Office, PMA-275 issued Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order N0001925F0062 under Basic Ordering Agreement N0001922G0002 to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office on a sole-source basis for engineering, management, technical, and acquisition efforts for sustaining the V-22 Tactical Software Suite.

This action was awarded on a sole source basis to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition under Title 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." Bell Boeing Joint Project Office is the sole designer, developer, and producer of the V-22 Tiltrotor aircraft and is the only known source that possesses the requisite knowledge and expertise required to perform this effort. Also, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office is the only source that possesses the totality of engineering and technical data required to perform this effort.

This Delivery Order includes Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract Line Item Numbers. Cost Plus Fixed Fee was selected because there are uncertainties involved in contract performance that do not permit costs to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed price.