Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 210000E, 521 N. 9th Street, Point Mugu, CA 93042-5001

R -- EA-6B ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES SOL N68936-99-R-0042 POC Sherri Trask, Contract Specialist, (805) 989-8514 The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA plans to negotiate with Northrop Grumman Corporation on a sole source basis for the procurement of engineering and technical services in support of the EA-6B Weapon System Support Laboratory (WSSL). Contractor provided services will include design, development, integration, test, and distribution of the Operational Flight Programs (OFPs) to the Fleet; EA-6B 89A and ICAP III block upgrade support; and flight test and aircraft integration support. Engineering and Technical services in support of the EA-6B WSSL includes operation and maintenance; design, development, integration of modification/upgrades; configuration management; and documentation. Flight test engineering and technical services in support of test and evaluation aircraft including design, fabrication, installation and check-out of required aircraft modifications. Engineering and technical services in support of software development including the investigation and analysis of Software Trouble Reports; design, implementation and documentation of Software Change Requests and Software Change Proposals; code, debug, and test of software changes; and generation of OFP source files and object tapes. Engineering and technical services in support of quality assurance, documentation and testing requirements including the preparation of documentation related to software development and testing. Northrop Grumman Corporation is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the EA-6B aircraft. Northrop Grumman Corporation possesses proprietary data, technical expertise, equipment and laboratories developed for the EA-6B Advanced Capabilities program; these resources will be required extensively in the Block 89A and ICAP III programs. The Government anticipates awarding a three (3) year cost-plus- fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. See Note(s): 22. Posted 12/14/98 (I-SN280110). (0348)

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