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28 -- COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) FOR THE GENERAL ELECTRIC F110, F101, F118, J79, F108, J85, TF34, TF39, ALTERNATE JSF AND THE PRATT & WHITNEY F100, F117, TF33, JSF AND F119 SERIES OF ENGINES SOL F33657-99-R-0019 (GE) /F33657-99-R-0020 (P&W) DUE 050699 POC Contracting Officers, Michael Grove (for GE Engines) at (937) 255-2619 ext 3020 or Robert Wonderly (for P&W Engines) at (937) 255-2619 ext 3021 Component Improvement Program (CIP) for the GE F110/F101, F108, F118, J79, J85, TF34, TF39, Alternate JSF and P&W F100, F117, TF33, JSF F119 series of engines. Development System Manager for Propulsion (ASC/LP) is contemplating a contract for award in December 1999 for engineering and testing support for the General Electric F101-GE-102, F110-GE-100, F110-GE-129, F110-GE-400, F118-GE-100, F118-GE-101, J79, J85, TF34, TF39, Alternate JSF and F108 series aircraft engines. Development System Manager for Propulsion (ASC/LP) is also contemplating a contract for award in December 1999 for engineering and testing support for the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100, F100-PW-200, F100-PW-220, F100-PW-220E, F100-PW-229, F117-PW-100, F119-PW-100 TF33, JSF aircraft engines. These contracts will cover calendar years 2000 through 2014. These new CIP contracts are follow-on actions for continued component improvement. General Electric is the incumbent contractor on the F110/F101 program and has performed F110/101 CIP for the past fifteen years. Pratt & Whitney is the incumbent contractor on the F100 program and has performed F100 CIP for the past twenty five years. Program objectives are to resolve service-related operational problems and reduce operating costs for the engines. These programs are divided into tasks that improve engine safety, durability reliability, and maintainability while preserving current specification performance. Formal RFPs are anticipated for release in May 1999. A sole source RFP will be issued to General Electric for CIP for the F110/F101, F118, J79, J85, TF34, TF39, Alternate JSF and F108 series of engines. A sole source RFP will be issued to Pratt & Whitney for CIP for the F100, F117 TF33, JSF and F119 series of engines. Authority to issue sole source RFPs comes from 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his concerns. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to the use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman (Mr. Stephen Plaisted), ASC/SY, Bldg 572, 1790 10th Street, Room 102.01, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7630 at (937) 255-9095, or stephen.plaisted@ascsy.wpafb.af.mil. The Ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have been previously brought to the attention of the contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. Routine communication concerning this acquisition should be directed to the appropriate point of contact listed in paragraph 11 above. Posted 03/16/99 (W-SN308830). (0075)

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