Raytheon Supporting Naval Minehunting Program

Raytheon Co., Keyport, Washington, is being awarded $9,600,000 for cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitzed contract action under delivery order N0002418F6303 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N61331-17-D-0001) for design efforts and long lead material procurement for deploy and retrieve systems in support of the AN/AQS-20 Minehunting program. The highly specialized equipment will deploy, tow, and retrieve the AN/AQS-20 sonar in support of minehunting operations.  This system is in support of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasures Mission Package test schedule.  Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Rhode Island (81 percent); and Keyport, Washington (19 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2018.  Fiscal year 2017 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,800,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order was not competitively procured with only one responsible source. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.