Contract: Raytheon, $18.5M

Raytheon Co., Poulsbo, Wash., is awarded an $18,543,264 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity requirements contract for depot-level support, maintenance and modifications support of the AN/AQS-20 Sonar Mine Detecting Set, and the AN/MHP-20 Deploy and Retrieve system for the AN/AQS-20 System. The AN/AQS-20 is a towed, mine hunting and identification system for Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $91,706,089. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, R.I. (65%); Poulsbo,  (30%); and Panama City, Fla. (5%); and is expected to be completed by August 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through August 2027. No funding will be obligated at time of award. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii) and (iii) – circumstances permitting other than full and open competition when only one source and no supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, Panama City, is the contracting activity (N6133122D0004). (Source: DoD, 08/25/22)