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The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties that the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, Maryland intends to issue a sole source contract containing both Fixed Price and Cost Reimbursement items to Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD), 1151 East Hermans Road, Tucson, Arizona for the FY24-FY28 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Recertification Operations. Raytheon is the sole manufacturer of the Tomahawk Missile System.

The requirement is for Recertification and Modernization of the Tactical Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round (TACTOM AUR) Missiles; Composite Capsule Launching Systems (CCLS) Capsules remanufacture/refurbishment and repair; Procurement of modernization kits; TACTOM Spares and/or replacement components, including rotable pool assets; transition to production of new capabilities; incorporation of engineering change proposals; Repair, upgrade and procurement of Government Special Tooling, and Special Test Equipment; Upgrades, obsolescence and support of Government Furnished Property (GFP), and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) such as System Integration Lab (SIL), Special Tooling, and Special Test Equipment; Simulations and maintenance of simulation software and data; Missile Operational Embedded Software maintenance; Missile conversions to flight test configuration; Pre-test, test, and post-test support for Tomahawk Flight Tests and Functional Ground Tests; Procurement of Mid-body Range Safety Systems (MRSS) and Flight Test Kits; Flight abort/anomaly/failure investigations and analysis; Preparing and conducting training courses; Upgrades, support and/or procurement of Guidance Test Sets (GTS); Cost reduction and affordability improvements; Obsolescence management, resolution of subsystem/component obsolescence, and implementation of obsolescence solutions for: TACTOM Block IV AUR missile hardware, MRSS Kits, Flight Test Kits, CCLS, Guidance Test Sets and associated tooling and test equipment; Systems engineering, logistics support, emergent systems engineering studies and other related efforts and tests; Technical and administrative data and documentation; Over and above repair for rejected warranty missiles; Unscheduled maintenance or over and above work for all missile variants, and repair of components (not covered under the TACTOM Block IV production warranty); Magazine storage; Service Life Assessment Program; Related Engineering Support Services; Integrated logistics services and other related efforts; Block III AUR demilitarization preparation; Production Shutdown and all related demilitarization activities.

The Period of Performance (PoP) anticipated for this effort will be 12 months, with four (4) options at 12 months each, for a total anticipated PoP of 60 months.

Raytheon point of contact for Small Businesses interested in subcontracting – Patrick Marchant at (520) 392-0435 or Patrick.J.Marchant@rtx.com. RMD solely possesses the current configuration and manufacturing data for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile required to complete these efforts. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. The data associated with the Tomahawk Missile is export controlled and is not available to foreign sources or representatives.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Responses to this notice can be sent via email directly to Alicia Buckner at Alicia.s.buckner.civ@us.navy.mil.