Horizontal Launcher Test Facility (Phase 3)
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- N66604
- Agency
-
Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Awarded
- to Huntington Ingalls Inc.
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- N6660420DD002-N6660425FD315 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 332510 Hardware Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Newport News, Virginia 23607, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport awarded a Cost Plus Fixed Fee task order valued at $12,221,009 to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated - Newport News Shipbuilding on July 22, 2025, for continuation of engineering services to design the Horizontal Launcher Test Facility (HLTF). This award represents Phase 3 of the project and was made under an Exception to Fair Opportunity as a logical follow-on to previous work, allowing HII to conduct Preliminary Design Review and Critical Design Review for a new prototyping and concept demonstration test bed. The facility will serve as a horizontal launcher system to evaluate launch characteristics of various payloads and shapes, supporting the Navy's research and development efforts for underwater warfare systems. The contract was awarded under the SUBSAFE Multiple Award Contract framework and is funded through Research Development Test & Evaluation appropriations.
Notice text
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) awarded a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) task order to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated - Newport News Shipbuilding under the NUWCDIVNPT SUBSAFE Multipe Award Contract (MAC) for the continuation of engineering services to design the Horizontal Launcher Test Facility (HLTF).
Award was made to HII on an Exception to Fair Opportunity basis under FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C), which states "the order must be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an order already issued under the contract, provided that all awardees were given a fair opportunity to be considered for the origianl order."
See attached redacted Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity.
Awarded contract N6660420DD002 to HUNTINGTON INGALLS INC for 12221009.00 on 2025-07-22.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| EtFO_Redacted.pdf |
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