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The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to utilize other than full and open competition to award a sole-source Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Level of Effort (LOE) contract to Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Manassas, Virginia for the procurement of updated software builds in support of the AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Combat Systems (USWCS) program.

The proposed contract will procure development, qualification, certification, and integration initiatives required to maintain fielded AN/SQQ-89 baselines, and perform integration and certification of future baselines.

The AN/SQQ-89(V) systems provide the capability for the Aegis Destroyers and Cruisers to support battlespace dominance through effective conduct of USW operations in open ocean and littoral environments. It supports implementation of command doctrine for end- to-end execution of assigned USW missions. This support includes the ability to plan, conduct, and evaluate underwater searches; to detect, classify, localize, and track contacts; and to engage or evade submarines, small objects, and torpedo threats as part of multiple platform or individual ship operations.

The contemplated contract is anticipated to cover a period of five years (a one-year base period and four one-year options). Parties interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems directly. NAVSEA anticipates that award of the contract will occur in or around the third quarter of calendar year 2024.

This pre-solicitation synopsis notice covers requirements that NAVSEA intends to procure on a sole-source basis with Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems.

NOTICE: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A dermination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.