Award funding for FY23 Lot 27 aircraft production.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to issue a sole source

follow-on production contract to the Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office (BBJPO)

for the production years Fiscal Year (FY)18 through FY24 (Lots 22-28) V-22

aircraft. It is anticipated that this contract will be a seven-year, fixed price type

contract. This procurement will include the supplies and services necessary to

manufacture and deliver the required number of V-22 aircraft, and related

production support, to include: special tooling and test equipment; systems

engineering; production management; parts obsolescence; engineering

change proposals; and technical, administrative and financial data. The

Government estimates that it will procure approximately 66 V-22 aircraft

(and/or any variation in quantity up to 106 aircraft as may be authorized for

domestic and/or Foreign Military Sales). The Government plans to issue an

Advance Acquisition Contract (AAC) for long lead material and associated

efforts supporting this procurement. This requirement will be procured in

accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open

competition under Title 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1,

"Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy

agency requirements." As the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of

the V-22 Aircraft, the BBJPO is the only source that currently possesses

sufficient requisite knowledge, engineering expertise, aircraft integration

information, and technical data required to perform this follow-on production of

the V-22 aircraft in a timely and cost effective manner. No other source has

the technical qualification and necessary resources to perform the work

described herein, nor will any other supplies or services satisfy the

Government's requirements. Companies interested in subcontracting