AANT_Legacy_J_and_A_-_22_Aug_2017_REDACTED_Redacted.pdf

Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other Than Full and Open Competition

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Contracting Activity: Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition

Purchase Request / Local ID Number:

Program / Project (and PE, if applicable): Aeronautical Advisories and Notices to Airmen Tool (AANT) Legacy v1.x Sustainment

Program Type (PEO or Other Contracting): PEO

Authority (include full title): 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1), as implemented by FAR 6.301-1

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): J&A Type: Class Individual

COORDINATION (AFFARS 5306.304(a) )

Date

22 Aug 2017

Contracting Officer

Signature

Date

Program Manager

Date

Local Legal Reviewer

APPROVAL (AFFARS 5306.304(a) )

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I. Contracting Activity.

Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition for Aeronautical Advisories and Notices to Airmen Tool (AANT) Legacy v1.x sustainment by the contracting agency which is the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Contracting Division for Mission Planning Branch, Battle Management Directorate (AFLCMC/HBMK). 11 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, 01731-2100.

II. Nature and/or description of the action being processed.

This is an individual Justification and Approval (J&A) that will result in a new contract FA8730-17-C-0046 with Jacob's Engineering to continue providing engineering and technical services in support of the Aeronautical Advisories and Notices to Airmen Tool (AANT) Legacy v1.x sustainment Program. The Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and Cost-Reimbursement (CR) line items will allow for continued product maintenance and sustainment support until all users can be transferred to the . The period of performance for this contract will be up to months with a value of .

III. Description of supplies/services required to meet agency needs.

To ensure the fielded AANT software versions are adequately maintained, this program will need to maintain fielded AANT AAS baseline capability. Sustaining the current AANT AAS capability in the fielded software, at minimum, includes:

* Providing software and configuration fixes.

* Updating existing documentation as required.

* Conducting all relevant contractor development and test activities.

* Delivering:

- Source code

- Executable code

- Build scripts and corresponding instructions

- Install and / or Uninstall procedures

- User and design documentation

- maintenance deliveries.

The contractor will provide on-call and steady-state sustainment support to ensure the fielded versions of AANT remain operational. The contractor will remotely and locally administer and sustain the AAS and provide Deficiency Report (DR) fixes to the AANT software baselines. The anticipated Period of Performance for this effort is 28 September 2017 to , with an option period of

In initial PoP, the contractor will provide AANT v1.4 which will include twelve (12) low complexity DR fixes to the AANT v1.3 software baseline. The twelve AANT v1.4 DR fixes to be delivered include:

1. Port DISA milCloud version of

2. Update migration path for new versions.

3. Clicking Shows in Popup - extend

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4. Tails problem

5. No File Associated with .rte could be found - establish

6. Fix in Help Glossary ME=AANT

7. Update code to include missing from DR 2013-37987

8. Make Data Download Timeout Value Configurable

9. AAS Server Ignores - correct

10. Correct Error Message When Starting AAS Admin

11. Rename AANT Server Registry Keys from TYBRIN to MPS

12. Rename AANT Client Registry Keys from TYBRIN to MPS

The optional period shall be required for AANT v1.x to run until Portable Flight Planning Software (PFPS) users are transitioned to . Transition to will occur once the fields. is tracking to field in and users should be able to transition from PFPS to . This optional period to sustain AANT v1.x reduces the risk for the current

PFPS and AANT v1.x user having a loss in capability until they can transition to and architecture.

For the optional PoP, the contractor will provide AANT v1.5 which will include eleven (11) medium to high complexity DR fixes to the AANT v1.5 software baseline. The eleven AANT v1.5 DR fixes to be delivered include:

1. Incorporate emergency patches of DRs from Operational v1.4

2. Update to

3. Update from to latest version.

4. Updated deprecated

5. Updates

6. Update to latest version

7. Updates

8. Update all 3rd party subcomponents to latest versions

9. Incorporate moderately larger circle

10. Create Report if

11. AANT Client Region Coordinates (TFS 27987) - stabilize

This effort will use 3400 appropriated funds with an estimated value of

IV. Statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition.

The statutory authority that permits other than full and open competition for this acquisition is 10 U.S.C.

2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), required by FAR 6.303-2(b)(4).

V. Demonstration that the contractor's unique qualifications or nature of the acquisition requires the use of the authority cited above (applicability of authority).

In accordance with (IAW) FAR 6.302-1, it has been determined that awarding this follow-on contract to any other source would result in substantial duplication of costs and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements to field critical sustainment support and system updates resulting in serious operational impacts to the war-fighter.

1. Aeronautical advisories are essential for fuel efficient flight planning and safe mission completion.

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Jacobs Technology has been providing development and sustainment for AANT under several call orders under the DITCO IV contract, HC1028-11-A-0107. The DITCO IV contract was initially awarded on a full and open basis. Continuous, albeit limited, competition was maintained as the BPA contract holder competed under Fair Opportunity selection procedures for award of the latest AANT call order, HC1028-11-A-0107. This order provides AANT functional capabilities to Air Force mission planners and warfighters giving them the ability to visualize Aeronautical Advisories in This includes the following critical capabilities:

* Flight Planners at the level utilize AANT for critical time-saving visualizations when planning missions daily.

* Visualizing Aeronautical Advisories in with AANT provides mission planners and pilots with heightened awareness of the advisories which affect their mission directly enhancing flight efficiency.

* AANT seamless integration with PFPS is sustained to ensure the inherent PFPS capabilities until the is complete.

This order provided the AANT Adaptation Layer for its integration with PFPS as well as services to sustain the fielded system. Since Jacobs Technology provided both the AANT development and the fielded system's on-going support they are the leading Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on legacy AANT system processes, interfaces and inter-dependencies with other critical mission planning systems.

This new contract is necessary to provide continued maintenance support and software releases. The option period is required for AANT v1.x to run until Portable Flight Planning Software (PFPS) will occur once the fields. is tracking to field in and users should be able to by . This option period to sustain AANT v1.x reduces the risk for the current PFPS and AANT v1.x user having a loss in capability until they can architecture. Therefore, this acquisition will be follow-on for the continued maintenance of highly specialized software.

2. Jacobs Technology is uniquely postured (given their expertise and specific experience sustaining AANT software systems under previous and current support contracts) to provide required support when needed without undue delay. Due to their domain knowledge of aeronautical advisories and the associated software and hardware components, which in , Jacobs Technology has been able to provide the highly specialized software updates necessary to maintain this system.

3. The Airspace Mission Planning Division believes that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling its requirements.

(a) Jacobs Technology is the AANT v1.x developer, and as such has highly specialized understanding of the software that provides domain knowledge required for the sustainment of AANT v1.x. While other sources may be capable of eventually sustaining AANT v1.x, it would take minimally months for a new developer to become acclimated to the AANT v1.x architecture, interfaces and legacy software in order to provide any minimal maintenance. This ramp-up would cost the government an estimated

Since the AF is transitioning all users from PFPS to and consequently at the end of this contract, the costs and time required to ramp-up a new contractor would not be recovered through competition.

(b) Specifically, competing the contract would necessitate the migration of a dynamic code base currently under development by Jacobs Technology to an undetermined, follow-on contractor. The code base migration would place the on-going sustainment of critical operational product at high risk, as a disruption

Page 5 of 620 Apr 2017 of sustainment and operations support would start in September 2017 and continue for months as the new contractor obtains the necessary capability to migrate the code base, which would have significant operational impact to the and flight planning mission. The operational impact from a gap in the sustainment and operational support of the AANT fielded software version would impede the current warfighter's requirements for accurate mission planning utilizing parsing capability. This delay would leave users with no maintenance support for a fielded system; it would risk rendering systems inoperable; and it would leave AMC/ACC/Army/ Marines/SOF/Navy/FMS PFPS users with insufficient Mission Planning Aeronautical Advisories systems sustainment.

4. Accordingly, Jacobs Technology is the only firm capable of providing the supplies and services described in Section III above without the U.S. Air Force experiencing substantial duplication of cost that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling its requirements.

VI. Description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable.

A sources sought Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) was published to assess the interest of all potential sources for this effort, on 7 August 2017. To date, no responses have been received.

VII. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

Jacobs Technology will be required to submit a proposal, which will undergo a thorough technical evaluation. The pricing will be evaluated and compared to DCMA recommended rates. The final price will be evaluated and negotiated by the PCO to ensure it is fair and reasonable.

VIII. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or a statement of the reasons market research was not conducted.

A NOCA has been published for this sole source contract. Extensive market research was not conducted because, while other sources could ultimately satisfy the requirements described above, no other sources could satisfy these requirements in a timely manner without undue and unacceptable delays to critical war-fighter software capabilities.

IX. Any other facts supporting the use of Other Than Full and Open Competition.

The requested sole source standalone contract is proposed solely to allow sustainment and operational support of a fielded system, to avoid substantial duplication of cost, associated with source selection and contract ramp up, and unacceptable delays to critical warfighter capabilities. The proposed contract award is essential to avert severe and unacceptable gaps in sustainment and operational support which would seriously impact the AMC/ACC/Army/Marines/SOF/Navy/FMS mission utilizing AANT fielded software.

Aeronautical advisories are essential for fuel efficient flight planning and safe mission completion, as described above.

X. List of sources, if any, that expressed interest in the acquisition.

See Section VI above.

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XI. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required.

As discussed in section II above, the RFP for the stand alone contract acquisition necessitates extending the current contract with Jacobs Technology to prevent a gap in services for sustaining the fielded AANT until transition to for all PFPS users. Following transition, sustainment of AANT / AAS v1.x will no longer be required.

XII. Certification by the Contracting Officer.

As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

XIII. Certification by the technical/requirements personnel.

As evidenced by my (our) signature(s) above, I (we) certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my (our) responsibility, is both accurate and complete.