AIM-9X Missile Sustainment

Added: May 16, 2017 3:26 pm The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) negotiated and awarded an 18-month Firm Fixed Price/Cost Plus Fixed Fee IDIQ contract to Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS), 1151 East Hermans Road, Tucson, AZ 85734-1337 for AIM-9X Missile Sustainment support requirements, to include post production services and depot level repairs for missile system hardware and software, as well as Government furnished equipment test assets, for FY 15-16.
The Sustainment of the AIM-9X missile will provide depot maintenance and repair, lifecycle management support, engineering investigations, and induction and inspection of non-warrantied assets.
NAVAIR awarded this procurement sole source 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 reprocurement purposes and required Raytheon to retain configuration control of items not affecting the system specification. It is estimated that it would cost between $275M and $350M to procure the technical data package and qualify a second source. A substantial amount of these costs would not be recovered through competition. Therefore, the efforts described herein cannot be performed by any source other than Raytheon. All responsible sources may submit capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the Agency.