A -- GBU-57 B-2 INTEGRATION

GBU-57 B-2 INTEGRATION The Air Armament Center (AAC), Technology Transition and Concept Division, AAC/XRS, Eglin AFB, FL is contemplating a sole source cost reimbursable contract to The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO. The requirement is to provide follow-on support for integrating the GBU-57 onto the B-2 aircraft, including design and prototyping of any modifications to the weapon or carriage and release equipment required for weapon integration to the aircraft. The effort will require the ability to identify and plan for the resolution of all issues on the weapon side of the weapon-to-aircraft interface related to carriage and release of the GBU-57 on B-2 aircraft. The contractor must be able to provide engineers with a SECRET level clearance in accordance with Industrial Security Manual (DoD 5220.22M) by contract award. In addition, the contractor must have been engaged in this type of weapon integration for at least 2 years, have successfully managed and maintained professional support to customers for at least 2 years, possess the necessary equipment, personnel, and financial resources to fulfill the requirements of this contract, and possess the experience and capability to accomplish the integration and planning efforts required in the contract. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and it is not the Government?s intention to pay for information solicited at this time. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The Boeing Company is the only known company currently meeting the qualifications spelled out in the paragraph above. Matters of a routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should be addressed to the Contracting Officer, Capt Lance Hannan, lance.hannan@eglin.af.mil, telephone (850) 882-0185, FAX (850) 882-4561. Technical questions should be addressed to Ms Marya Bard, 850-883-3216. Numbered Notes 22 and 26 apply.