AIM-9X Lot 16 Production with Lot 17 Option

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)  awarded procurement of Lot 16 Production of AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Missiles with a priced option for Lot 17, as a FPIF modification to the N00019-15-C-0092 contract.

The AIM-9X Block II  production procurement is for Tactical Missiles, Captive Air Training Missiles with associated containers,  and training and test missiles, tooling and special test equipment,  and related supplies for the United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Army and FMS customers.

NAVAIR awarded this procurement sole source to Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS), 1151 East Hermans Road, Tucson, AZ 85756-9367, based on the authority provided in FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. In 1996, Hughes Missile Systems Company (HMSC) (subsequently acquired by Raytheon Missile Systems) was competitively selected to be the designer, developer, manufacturer, and integrator of the AIM-9X missile. As a cost-savings initiative, the Government did not procure a technical data package for re-procurement purposes and required Raytheon to retain configuration control of items not affecting the system specification. A substantial amount of the costs to procure the technical data package and qualify a second source would not be recovered through competition. Therefore, the efforts described herein cannot be performed by any source other than Raytheon.