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16 -- INCORPORATE F402-RR-408 ENGINE INTO MDA-AV-8B-0275 TAV-8B AIRCRAFT POC Sherry Bonaiuto, Contracting Officer; AIR-2.3.1.5, Phone (301)757-5273 E-MAIL: bonaiutosa@navair.navy.mil, bonaiutosa@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to issue an order under a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) No. N00019-00-G-0116 with McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, P.O. Box 516, St. Louis, MO 62166-0516. The order will procure 2 additional Airframe Change 434 Kits for the TAV-8B. This order will be issued on a sole source basis to MDC, the only source with the pre-requisite knowledge and experience in the design and development of the AV-8 Aircraft. Posted 04/28/00 (W-SN449648). (0119)

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