15 -- PROCUREMENT OF RELIABILITY AND SAFETY (R&S) RETROFIT KITS AND FORCED RETROFIT INTO THE APACHE FLEET

Notice Date

April 27, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition, Building 5678, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

ZIP Code

35898-5280

Solicitation Number

DAAH23-01-R-0589

Response Due

May 10, 2001

Point of Contact

Brenda Anderson, AMSAM-AC-AV-A, Contract Specialist, (256)313-3271. Yvonne Reynolds, Contracting Officer, (256)313-4614.

Description

AMCOM proposes to acquire reliability and safety retrofits for the Apache AH-64 A and D models from McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company (MDHC), an indirect subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The nature of this contractual action will be issued as a sole source, firm fixed price contract with MDHC. The total requirement for the basic contract and options includes the retrofit of 473 aircraft. The basic contract will include the retrofit of 101 aircraft in FY02 with options for the additional 372 aircraft in fiscal years FY03 through FY06. The R&S effort will include the development of the retrofit kits, the forced retrofit of the kits into the referenced A and D model aircraft and training devices, and the furnishing of updated documentation where applicable. Field installation of the retrofit kits is required to begin in April 2003. The contract will also include options for the procurement of technical data for components associated with the retrofit kits and associated work orders where feasible. The acquisition includes the following reliability and safety retrofits: Main Transmission Overhaul to include redesigned accessory gearbox clutch, Main Rotor Head Overhaul to include redesigned pitch housings, Gun Turret Overhaul, Engine Nose Gearbox Overhaul, Tail Rotor Gearbox Overhaul, Intermediate Gearbox Overhaul, Emergency Hydraulics System, Hydraulic Sampling, Auxiliary Power Unit Power Take-Off Clutches (APU PTC), Primary Nozzle Marman Clamp, Replacement of Cracked Wing Pylons and Installation of Load Sharing Ties, Redesign to eliminate Water Intrusion in Aft Avionics Bay, Gun Blast Suppressor, Secondary Exhaust Suppressor, Fuel Tank Drain Line, Searchlights Overhaul (D Model only), Primary Exhaust Suppressor Nozzles, Fuselage Station (FS) 176 Frame Inspection and Rivet Replacement and BUCS Actuators. MDHC is the only source capable manufacturing/assembling the retrofit kits and performing a block modification in the field in order to maintain the R&S retrofit schedule and minimize impact to mission readiness. See Note 22.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010501/15SOL001.HTM (W-115 SN50K392)