E66 Loads Aircraft Instrumented Vertical Tails

The Naval Air Systems Command intends to award a firm-fixed-price order to The Boeing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, for the procurement of production representative instrumented vertical tails and installation hardware for the F/A-18 E66 loads aircraft. This procurement is being conducted on a sole source basis under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-11-G-0001, as Boeing is the original equipment manufacturer and the only source with the necessary expertise, facilities, and personnel to integrate these components for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft. This action falls under a broader Class Justification and Approval authorizing sole-source orders for F/A-18 and EA-18G weapon systems from fiscal year 2011 through 2015, with an estimated total value of approximately 1.59 billion dollars. The requirement is categorized under NAICS code 336411 and is managed by the Department of Defense office located in Patuxent River, Maryland. Any interested parties seeking to challenge the sole source designation were required to submit a Statement of Qualifications demonstrating their ability to meet the government's technical and schedule requirements.