Attachment III-Justification For Sole Source.pdf

This document is a Justification for Sole Source for the USFF N3 Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) procurement of Windward's Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) intelligence platform. The solicitation is for a one (1) concurrent license with access to the Windward Intelligence System, including its Advanced Intelligence service, to be activated no later than August 8, 2025, at a total cost that is redacted.

Windward's platform provides comprehensive maritime intelligence capabilities, including behavioral analysis of over 500,000 vessels worldwide, tracking vessel activities, detecting anomalies, and offering geospatial layers and risk identification. The system uniquely fuses over 10 billion data points from global maritime sources, providing a 360-degree maritime domain view with features like vessel tracking, port interactions, navigation behaviors, and sanctions mapping. The platform is web-based, compatible with both US government and personal devices, and holds multiple U.S. patents for its maritime intelligence technologies.