Monday, December 20, 2021

Forest, MS 1% of weapons pact

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $59,145,208 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for design agent engineering and technical support services for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System, SeaRAM, and Land-based Phalanx Weapon System. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $302,339,573. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (57%); Army (33%); and the governments of Australia (1%); Canada (1%); Greece (1%); Japan (1%); South Korea (1%); New Zealand (1%); Saudi Arabia (1%); Taiwan (1%); Turkey (1%); and the United Kingdom (1%) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (46%); Yuma Arizona (15%); At Sea / Shipboard (7%); El Segundo, California (5%); Louisville, Kentucky (3%); Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Ft. Lee, Virginia, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky (2% total); China Lake, California (2%); outside the continental U.S. at various FMS locations (1% total - Australia, Canada, Greece, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom); Forest, Mississippi (1%); Dallas, Texas (1%); Picatinny, New Jersey (1%); and various locations (each under 1%; 16% total), and is expected to be completed by January 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through January 2027. FMS funds in the amount of $1,560,000 (63%); and fiscal 2022 Navy weapons procurement funds in the amount of $927,539 (37%) will be obligated at time of award. It will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) - one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 12/19/21)

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