N0002418C5417

May 2018: Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $77,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the engineering, test equipment, material and management necessary to transition Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 engineering, manufacturing and development into low-rate manufacturing, fabricating and production of ESSM Block 2 missiles.  The ESSM program is an international cooperative effort to design, develop, test and procure ESSM missiles. The ESSM provides enhanced ship self-defense.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (61 percent); Hengelo OV, Netherlands (9 percent); Ottobrunn, Germany (6 percent); Richmond, Australia (5 percent); Loveland, Colorado (3 percent); North Reading, Massachusetts (3 percent); San Jose, California (2 percent); Raufoss, Norway (1 percent); Tomago, Australia (1 percent); and various locations below one percent (9 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2020.  Fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy); and fiscal 2018 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $61,546,391 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-4 (in accordance with terms of an international agreement).  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity. (N00024-18-C-5417).