70B04C24C20140612 – Notice of Intent - Raytheon Company

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States (U.S.) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to solicit and award a firm fixed price (FFP) sole source single contract award to the following vendor. The vendor is as follows:

Raytheon Company 22260 Pacific Boulevard Dulles, VA 20166 The contract is for Cellular Over-the-Horizon Enforcement Network (COTHEN) support services. The initial design for the COTHEN HF radio network was conceived in 1984, to help meet the demanding requirements of Customs’ drug interdiction aircraft and marine vessels in their fight against smuggling activities.

COTHEN is a multi-agency, voice communication network that encompasses remote command and control systems, airborne and marine mobile systems, and many special-purpose ancillary systems, controlled by software and network switching technology. The system is frequency adaptive and employs upgraded AES 256, type three (3) voice encryption.

Raytheon Company is uniquely qualified as the only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements source with the expertise to perform the software upgrades, equipment maintenance, and services required to support the proprietary software and equipment used on COTHEN. No other service or equipment will meet the Government's needs.

This contract will be awarded by no later than August 20, 2024. For questions, please contact the following team members via a group email: Contract Specialist Debbie Dean - debbie.d.dean@cbp.dhs.gov and Contracting Officer John Marschall - john.d.marschall@cbp.dhs.gov