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15 -- ACQUISITION OF ONE ADDITIONAL LARGE SIZE/LONG RANGE (LSR) FLIGHT INSPECTION AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (FIAS). DUE 050195 POC Mark C. Brady, Contracting Officer, Aircraft/Avionics IPT Contracts Branch, ASU-330C, Phone (202) 267-7802. Under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 40110(b)(2)(E), the procuring intends to negotiate a sole source contract modification adding an option to an existing contract with E-Systems Inc., Greenville Division. The procuring activity intends to add a firm fixed-price option to the Flight Inspection Aircraft System (FIAS) contract DTFA01-93-C-00015 for one additional large size/long range (LSR) flight inspection aircraft. This one additional LSR aircraft will be identical to the two LSR aircraft currently under contract with E-Systems Inc. The FIAS are necessary to meet critical Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements for in-flight review, examination and analysis of ground and space based navigation and landing aids to determine their accuracy and adequacy. The LSR aircraft designed by E-Systems Inc., is a commercial production Challenger 601-3R aircraft that is modified with the addition of numerous specialized antennas on the exterior, modified front-end avionics/aircraft systems, and a suite of highly specialized and unique flight inspection equipment in the interior. The supplies and services required to meet these critical requirements include: the manufacture, installation, test, training, and documentation for the LSR type aircraft. The one additional LSR type aircraft must meet all of the requirements identified in FAA specification FAA-A-2876 as amended. Current FAA approved LSR design and LSR test procedures must be used. The one additional LSR aircraft must be delivered to the FAA not-later-than 24 months after exercise of the option. Any organization believing they have the technical and administrative capability to fulfill all of the FAA requirements specified in this notice are requested to give written notice to the procuring office within 45 calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. The written notification must include: a point of contact and telephone number; must show the firm has in place the necessary technical skills, qualified personnel, experience and past performance in integrated flight inspection aircraft systems for the FAA; must address each of the LSR aircraft requirements described above; and must state the purpose of the interest, i.e., prime contractor, subcontractor or information only. This notice is not a request for proposal(s). This is the only official notice of this FAA requirement. The point of contact for this requirements is Mark C. Brady, Contracting Officer, ASU-330C, (202) 267-7802, Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft/Avionics IPT Contracts Branch, ASU-330, Room 406, 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20591. (0073)

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