10- Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) FY15-16 Production

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $12,547,749 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-15-C-5406) for hardware kits in support of the Phalanx Close-In-Weapon-System (CIWS) program. The Phalanx CIWS hardware kits are intended to upgrade the Phalanx weapons system to the latest approved configuration. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California (80 percent); and Louisville, Kentucky (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2019. Fiscal 2017 weapons procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $12,547,749 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

The original J&A providing coverage for this action can be found on FBO.gov under the notice entitled "Redacted J&A: N00024-14-R-5415."

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to issue a solicitation to Raytheon Company/Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) of Tucson, AZ, P.O. Box 11338, Tucson, AZ 85734-1337 for procurement, on a sole source basis, of production requirements for FY15/16 for the following supplies:  MK 15 CIWS Phalanx Block 1B Baseline 2 upgrade kits and conversions, including Radar Upgrade Kits; MK 15 Mod 29 CIWS Land-Based Phalanx Weapon Systems (LPWS) overhauls; MK 15 Mod 29 CIWS LPWS hardware product improvement, ancillary equipment, spares, and provisioned item orders (PIO); MK 15 Mod 31 CIWS SeaRAM upgrade kits and conversions; MK 15 CIWS hardware product improvements; MK 15 CIWS ancillary equipment, spares, and PIO; and, MK 15 CIWS Class A Overhauls.

RMS is the only qualified domestic producer of MK 15 Phalanx and SeaRAM Close-in Weapon Systems and is the only source known to possess the requisite knowledge and expertise to meet DoD requirements.  MK 15 CIWS is highly complex and would require substantial investment in time and money to qualify additional sources.

Please address questions concerning subcontracting opportunities to RMS. 

This synopsis is issued for informational purposes only and is being posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) page located at http://www.fbo.gov.

The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302.  Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals.  This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.  However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government.  A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.  Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.