SURTASS Towed Array Program Award Notice

On 28 February 2020, the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) awarded a sole source contract to Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (LM RMS), Liverpool, NY, in the amount of $286,797,228 for the production, integration, assembly, test and delivery of towed arrays, as well as engineering services and material for repairs and refurbishment of existing towed arrays under the Program Executive Office Submarines (PEO SUB), Maritime Surveillance Systems (MSS) Program Office (PMS 485). The contract type is firm-fixed-price for the procurement of towed arrays and provisioned item orders to support an indefinite quantity of spares; cost-plus-fixed-fee for engineering services for post-delivery support, including repairs and engineering upgrades, and the array refurbishment program; and cost-only for travel and material in support of engineering services and refurbishments. The contract has a one-year base period of performance, plus four one-year option periods. The first towed array production system is to be delivered by 27 January 2022. LM RMS is the only responsible source as evidenced by the Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (J&A) Number 18,416 (attached in accordance with FAR Subpart 6.305.)