3. justification_and_approval-BOSS Redacted.pdf

This document is a Department of the Air Force Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition, dated March 2026.

The contracting activity is AFTC/PZZF located at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The procurement seeks a non-recurring engineering (NRE) software upgrade for the proprietary BOSS® (Battlefield Operations Support System) software, a product of Curtiss-Wright's Tactical Communications Group. The proposed contractor is Curtiss-Wright DS, Inc, located in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, with a period of performance of 12 months. The requirement involves one unit of BOSS software upgrade for Appendix Z messages as defined in MIL-STD-6016G. The justification for sole-source procurement is based on 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), citing that only one responsible source exists and no alternative property or services will satisfy agency requirements. The rationale emphasizes that BOSS is a proprietary product with exclusive intellectual property rights held by Curtiss-Wright, making it the only source capable of executing the necessary software upgrade to support new classified message sets and maintain interoperability with current military standards for ongoing and future test operations. Market research confirmed the sole-source requirement, with vendor status verified via SAM.gov on April 16, 2026. The Contracting Officer, Christina Day, certified the justification's accuracy on April 16, 2026.