A--AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA Missile Development

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to award a sole source contract to Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ. The contract will be negotiated pursuant to 10 USC 2304(a)(1). The contract will provide for the procurement of thirty-six Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA Missiles for both the United States and the Japan Defense Agency to meet FY07 requirements, along with associated engineering services. The procurement will also include options for additional missile procurements of up to thirty-three to meet FY08 requirements and up to an additional thirty-three to meet FY09 requirements, along with associated engineering services. Raytheon Missile Systems, as the prime contractor for the SM-3 development since the program's inception, is the only known source that currently possesses the in-depth technical knowledge of the system required to satisfactorily perform the work contemplated herein. No other source has the technical qualifications and necessary! resources to perform the work described herein, nor will any other supplies or services satisfy either the Navy's requirements or the requirements of the cooperative development between the United States and the Japan Defense Agency. Companies interested in subcontracting requirements should contact Raytheon Missile Systems directly. See Note 22. *****