368 TRS Wi-Fi Supporting all 368 Ed Facilities- Sole Source Justification Letter (SSJL) CO (1).pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND

13 March 2025

MEMORANDUM FOR 82 CONS/PKA

FROM: 368 TRS/CC

6007 Cooley Ave, Bldg. 1703 Fort Leonard Wood MO 65473

SUBJECT: Justification and Approval for Limited Source – Boingo Wi-Fi

1. Description of the Supplies/Services: The 368 TRS, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, purchased 400 (for AiTs and instructors) Apple iPad Pro tablets and Apple ancillary support equipment to support all Apprentice and Supplemental courses in the 368 TRS. The tablets support over 4,000 joint students annually, allowing the 368 TRS to incorporate student interactive learning fully.

The Grounds Transportation, Pavements & Equipment, Engineering and Emergency Management Apprentice, and supplemental courses with over 2,000 students per year use the tablets to incorporate timely Career Field Managers changes and support student-centered learning environment with the industry's best interactive training tools. This requirement aims to provide a Commercial Internet Service Provider (C-ISP) for technical training use. These connections will maintain physical and logical separation from DISN/AFNET, deny access to prohibited sites, ban users from engaging in prohibited activity, and MUST configure wireless technologies to Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 (WPA2) encryption. 368TRS requires a service contract for internet access to dormitories 1723, 1724, 1725 & 1727.

2. Efforts to Obtain Competition: The 368 TRS/TRR Flight Chief has researched and spoken with IT professionals across Sheppard AFB, Fort Leonard Wood Army Post, and Boingo already has existing service on Fort Leonard Wood and in the USAF Dormitories. Initial market research yielded two large businesses as possible sources for this requirement. Cable America (Sparklight), the local ISP/cable company, and Boingo Wireless, Inc., a telecommunications company, provide Wi-Fi, digital antenna systems (DAS), and small cells of wireless networks throughout the country, including military installations. Boingo Wireless has existing infrastructure and networking devices installed in the dormitories on Fort Leonard Wood. Boingo has a contract/agreement with AAFES and is available at over 50 installations.

3. Market Research: The market research was solely conducted by the TRR Chief, Resource Advisor and the Training Manager, we’ve used majority of the information that was gathered.

Manufacturer/Cost: $100,980.00 Address: Boingo Wireless, S660 Midwest Road, Suite 100, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

4. Other Factors: IAW FAR 6.302, the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this acquisition, is 10 USC 234 (c). Boingo Wireless has existing infrastructure in barracks and dormitories at Fort Leonard Wood Army Post. Boingo Wireless is the only vendor that can supply wireless commercial internet service to Fort Leonard Wood with existing infrastructure and the ability to offer wireless networks with the appropriate encryption rating and content filtering. The 368 TRS has performed research and determined that Boingo is the only brand that can meet the requirements for 368 TRS faculty admin control, agile adaptability, and no reliance on outside manpower and resources. Current course training standards require the 368 TRS courses to prepare students to meet the mission demands of four different career fields. Therefore, for the 368 TRS to accomplish its training mission, the purchase of a full solution locally administered and managed is required to meet the performance standards for the myriad needs of the four ever-changing AFS technical training standards.

5. Actions to be taken to preclude the necessity for future brand name acquisition: The 368 TRS will be required to keep a C-ISP and will evaluate what options are available at the time of renewal to see if any other companies have pre-existing infrastructure.

6. Technical/Requirements Personnel Certification: As evidenced by the signature below, the technical/requirements personnel have certified that any supporting data contained herein, which is their responsibility, is both accurate and complete.

K. RYAN MCKINLEY, Lt Col, USAF Commander, 368th Training Squadron

1st Ind, 82 CONS/PKA The above justification is accurate and complete to the best of the my knowledge and belief.

Contracting Officer

2d Ind, 82 CONS/PKA The above justification is accurate and complete to the best of the my knowledge and belief.

Approved/Disapproved

Section Chief

1132787898C Cross-Out