10 -- HARPOON Ship Command and Launch Control System (HSCLCS)

The Naval Air Systems Command intends to negotiate a sole-source contract with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, P.O. Box 516, St. Louis, MO 63166-0516, for the procurement of Design agent engineering, installation, training, and customer support functions for the HARPOON Ship Command and Launch Control System (HSCLCS), Encapsulated HARPOON Command and Launch System (EHCLS), HARPOON Operator and Team Training Systems (HOTTS), Advanced HARPOON Weapon Control System (AHWCS), HARPOON Weapon System (Block I, II, & HARPOON 21), and existing and advanced ship and submarine weapons system suites to support the U.S. and various FMS customers. MDC is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, and integrator of the HSCLCS, EHCLS, HOTTS, AHWCS, and Block II HWS. As such,MDC is the only firm that possesses the unique experience, proprietary data, special skills, facilities and manufacturing techniques required to perform this effort in the required timeframe. Notes 22 and 26 apply.