ECP 6 Kits & Installs

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) delivery order modification for the procurement of the delivery and installation of retrofit kits for United States Navy (USN) P-8A aircraft and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A aircraft with increment 3 Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 6 capabilities and associated tooling as well as delivery and installation of RAAF P-8A Nose Radome kits.

The effort was procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The Boeing Company is the original designer, developer, and manufacturer of the P-8A and its sole integrator. Aside from the configuration and non-commercial and commercial technical data associated with each aircraft excluding the test instrumentation, the Government does not possess any technical data associated with the test instrumentation nor can the Government acquire the necessary data.

It was determined that a CPFF contract action was the appropriate contract type pursuant to DFARS 235.006(b)(ii) (A). This is a development program for which the use of a fixed-price type contract would not provide an equitable and sensible allocation of program risk between the Government and the Contractor due to the uncertainties related to the Increment 3 requirements.