Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.3), Patuxent Naval Air Station, Bldg 2272, Lexington Park, MD 20670

15 -- INSTALLATION OF 5 ECP 1648 NTS/CANOPY & COCKPIT MOD KITS AND 5 ECP 1686 COM/NAV UPGRADE MOD KITS INTO AH-1W HELICOPTERS SOL N00019-99-G-1554 POC Helen Fones Dawson, AIR-2.3.1.2..3, (301) 757-5237 WEB: none, none. E-MAIL: dawsonhf@navair.navy.mil, dawsonhf@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to award a firm-fixed-price order under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-99-G-1554 to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) for installation of Night Targeting System/Canopy and Cockpit modification kits and installation of Communication /Navigation System Upgrade modification kits into five AH-1W helicopters. BHTI is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the AH-1W helicopter. Performance is expected to commence in December 1999 and conclude nine months later. Any firms interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact BHTI directly, at the above mentioned address. This procurement is being contracted on a basis of "other than full and open competition," and this synopsis is for informational purposes only. See Note No. 22. CONTRACTOR NAME & ADDRESS: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. P.O. Box 482 Fort Worth, TX 76101-0482 Posted 11/16/99 (W-SN401113). (0320)

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