16--This is the third Ammendment to Request for Information (RFI) for Release of Advance Affordable Turbine Engine (AATEP)/Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP)

This presolicitation notice serves as the third amendment to the Request for Information for the Advance Affordable Turbine Engine Program and the Improved Turbine Engine Program. This specific opportunity is restricted exclusively to contractors already operating under solicitation number W58RGZ-09-R-0589. The Department of Defense, through the W6QK Acc-Rsa agency, issued this notice on September 1, 2009, with a response deadline of September 22, 2009. The primary purpose of this amendment is to clarify cost estimation requirements regarding flight test support. The government specifies that flight test support must be included in all cost estimates, noting that the final line item in the AATE schedule cost is intended to cover both flight test support and integration into airframe vehicles. Interested parties may direct inquiries to the designated point of contact at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.