Contract: Raytheon, $45.5M

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, McKinney, Texas, was awarded an estimated $45,500,000 modification for an existing indefinite–delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee line items, for low-rate initial production (LRIP) and full-Rate production of the Silent Knight Radar system in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This action is an order for LRIP II radars. This modification increases the contract ceiling to $200,000,000. The work will be performed in McKinney; and Forest, Miss., and is expected to be completed by June 2019. Fiscal 2016 and 2017 procurement funds in the amount of $39,155,826, are being obligated at the time of the award. The requirement was synopsized via FedBizOpps and one offer was solicited and received. This is a sole-source requirement. This is not a multi-year contract. Headquarters, USSOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (H92222-16-D-0033). (Source: DoD, 02/22/17) Gulf Coast note: The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, part of USSOCOM, is headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Fla.