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Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other Than Full and Open Competition l NOTE: If a Justification and Approval was approved for the preceding acquisition, a copy of the approved J&A for the predecessor action I I must be included in the staff package for approval of the instant J&A. This applies to J&A staff packages that are submitted for review I i and approval at a level above the contracting officer. The predecessor J&A will be used as a reference document by the approving official. l I IL----------------------------------------------------------------------------------ls this a new or amended J&A Document? IX] New D Amended ( Prior to Award Only!)

Funding level for this acquisition: D � $700K D > $700K and � $13.SM IZ] > $13.SM and � $93M 0 > $93M

Contracting Activity: AFTC/PZIE

Purchase Request/ Local ID Number: FA2487-18-R-0001

Program/ Project (and PE, if applicable): Digital Video Laboratory (DVL) IV

Program Type (PEO or Other Contracting): Other Contracting

Authority: 6.302-1 - 10 USC 2304(c)(l ), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): $91,131,325.00

COORDINATION (AFFARS 5306.304(aJ)

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APPROVAL (AFFARS 5306.30.1..(ju)

Date Commander, 96th Test Wing

EVAN C. DERTIEN

NOV 2 7 2017 BRIGADIER GENERAL, USAF

AFMC 96 TW/CC (850) 882-9600

J&A Type: � Class D Individual

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I . Contract ing Activity.

Ai r Force Mate ria l Command (AFMC) AFTC/PZ I E, Air Force Test Center, 205 West D Avenue, B l dg . 350, Ste 414, Eg l in AFB, FL

32542-6864 is the contracting act ivity respons ib le for th i s j ust ification for other than fu l l and open competition .

I I . Nature and/o r des cription of the act ion being processed.

AFTC/PZ I E i ntends to awa rd a new, so le sou rce I n d efi n i te De l i very I n defi n i te Quantity ( I D IQ) fo l l ow-on co n t ract

( FA2487- 18- 0-0001 ) to S R I I nternat iona l , l ocated at 333 Raven swood Ave . , Men l o P a rk, CA 94025-3453, for softwa re, ha rdwa re, d es ign , techn ica l s u pport, a n d d ata de l ive ri es in s u p port of the 9 6th Test Wing ' s D ig i ta l V ideo La b o ratory system under th i s C lass J&A. A C lass J&A is req u i red s i n ce a l l rates, hou rs and materi a l wi l l n ot be negoti a ted as part of the bas i c con tract . Th e ra nge of co ntract types w i l l be Cost and F ixed -Pr ice . The co ntract types s e l ecte d for each d e l ivery ord er by t he Co ntra ct i ng Offi ce r wi l l be based on speci f i c r i sk categor i es fo r execut ion and t i ed to sp ec ifi c cost, sch edu le, and performan ce . The contract wi l l h ave a five yea r orderi ng per iod , a n d Progress Payments w i l l be ava i l a b le fo r F ixed P rice req u i rements. Contract award i s p l a n ned not l ater than 3QFY18 w i th a max im u m do l l a r va l ue of a p p roximate ly $91M . The estimated va l ue and d u rat i o n of each de l i very order wi l l be determ i ned pri o r to so l ic i tat ion of the de l ivery o rd e r effort.

F u n d i ng a p p ro p riat i on s wi l l be comp rised of , b u t n ot l im ited to , 3600 Air Force Resea rch , Devel opment, Test and Eva luat ion ( R DT&E) , 2040 Army RDT&E, 0400 DoD Wide RDT&E a n d 2033 Army Procu remen t funds . The re q u i rements cu stome rs a re expected to be the U n i ted States Air Force ( U SAF ) , U n ited States N avy (USN ), U n i ted States Army ( USA), Depa rtment of Home l a nd Secu rity ( OHS) , and th e Nat iona l Geospat ia l - l nte l l ige nce Agency ( N GA) . Th is effort w i l l p rov ide the DVL p rogram office w i th the software and fi rmwa re expert ise a n d faci l i t ies to fa c i l i ta te des ign , d eve lopment, and test of DVL ca pab i l i t i es for use by Jo i n t U rge n t Operati o n a l Need (J UON ) and J o i nt Emergent Operationa l Need (J EO N ) custome rs a n d the test commun ity.

I l l . Descr ipt ion of suppl ies/services req u i red to meet agency needs.

The D ig it a l V i d eo La bo rato ry ( DVL) system is a framewo rk of d i g i ta l motion i magery t oo l s a n d techn i q ues that have adva n ced the e ntire c h a i n of image ut i l i ty for operat i o na l and test users . I t i s made u p of softwa re, spec i a l i z ed f irmwa re

, a n d h a rdware . Th is too l i s dependen t on the ve ndor's ab i l ity to a pp ly a n d i ntegrate many i mage ry a n a lys i s processes (

User pe rformance th resho l d requ i rements i nc l ude

Th is i s accomp l i s hed by the a pp l i cat ion of video software too l s o n System outputs must provi de

O n ce p rocessed the resu l t s a re used to s ha re data between command centers and warf ighte rs .

DVL req u i rements a re estab l i s hed by the warfig hte r t h rough pa rt i c ipat ion i n the DVL U se rs ' Wo rk i ng G roup . Ofte n , DVL i s used to sat i s fy m u l t i p l e J UON/J EON s and test comm u n i ty need s . The work i ng grou p co n so l idates u rgen t ope rat io n a l pe rformance goa l s a n d th en i n corpo rates test user f u nct iona l ity when the requ i remen t s a re a l i gned . Th i s a l l ows the deve loper to sat i sfy operat ion a l user req u i remen ts fo r ta rget locat ion and d etect ion wh i l e s imu lta neous ly s u ppo rt i ng end- game scoring, a ng l e of i n ci dence a n a lys i s, a n d weapons-effect ana lysis t o meet test user needs . I n a d d it ion, the use of th i s data for i n te l l ige n ce p l a nn i ng, batt le staff mon itor i ng, and test command center system contro l req u i res that a l l data be d ist r i b ut ive and encrypted .

Cr i t i ca l vendor capa b i l i t i e s necessary to s u pport cont i n ued DVL deve l opment a n d im plementat ion i nc l ude the ab i l i ty to :

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·Access or rep l a ce the ex ist i ng system ' s Te rraS ight™ ( p revious ly known a s JAM™ ) V ideo P rocess i ng Env i ro nment .

· U n dersta n d and prov i de im provements to th i s complex techno l ogy .

· Create m icro-e l ectro n i c A S I C a n d sensors fi rmware t o e n a b l e fus ion tec h no l og ies .

· Mee t criti c a l sch e d u l e needs to de l ive r capab i l i t ies that s uppo rt Jo i n t U rge n t Ope rat io n a l N e eds .

· Prov ide enhancements to DVL d e l ivered D igita l Mu lt imed ia Management System ( DM MS) a nd Video Ana lys i s too ls .

· Demonstrate and ut i l i ze organ i c knowledge of the fu l l s pect rum of techno log ies assoc i ated w i th d eve lopment and app l i cat ions of d ig i t a l v ideo systems, i n c l ud i ng sensors, com press i on , t ra nsmiss i on , process ing, exp l o i tat ion , e n cryption , storage, retr ieva l , a n d p resentat ion .

Under DVL I l l , the Government a n d SR I I nte rnat i ona l worked togethe r to esta b l i s h a n open i nte rface to th e TerraS ight™

Video Process i ng Env i ronmen t wh i ch e n a b l es non - i n cumbent contra ctors to deve l o p modu l e s tha t can work with the DVL framework . The work ing group su ccessfu l ly cre ated open a rch i tectura l goa l s that a l l owed i ntegra t ion of oth e r p roducts i n to the TerraS ight framework . Based on these d evel opment efforts , t he o p e n a rch itectu re p l atform is now strong e n ough to support off ram ps fo r compet i t i on . Based on th is, the Gove rnment wi l l be able to compete certa i n req u i rements that p revi ous l y wou l d h ave h a d to be so l e s ou rce u nder t h e DV L program . A s a resu l t, the DVL IV fo l l ow-on contract w i l l have a reducti o n i n t he est ima ted contract cost o r ce i l i n g compared to the p r io r DVL I l l con tract . Add i t i ona l l y, the DVL I V contract has been stru ctu red t o cont i nue to b roa den the DVL a rch i tecture t o a l low as much compet i t ion as poss i b l e g iven the p rop rietary n atu re of TerraS ight™ .

Th e contract w i l l h ave a five yea r bas ic orde r i ng pe r i od . A l l req u i rements w i l l be orde red us i n g Cost a nd F ixed- Pr ice contract types, depe nd i ng on the acqu is i t i on ' s ri s k p rofi le , u nder t he CL I N s H a rdware/S oftwa re/Des ign , Tech n ica l

S uppo rt, a n d Trave l . The ord e ri ng per iod l ength of five years is a p pro pri a te s i nce Resea rch a nd Deve l opmen t ( R&D) efforts a re n o n -seve ra b l e a n d typ i ca l ly req u i re severa l yea rs a t m i n i m u m to deve l op a mature product . Con tract awa rd is exp ected 3QFY18 w i th a max i m u m do l l a r va l ue of . The ta b l e be low b reaks out the est imated con tract amount over t he five ( 5 ) year orde r i ng pe r i od , wh i ch b ri dges c a l e nda r yea rs and commences i n J u ly 2018:

CY18 CY19 CY20 CY21 CY22 CY23 Tota l

DVL IV

As stated i n Secti o n I I , fu n d i ng a pp ropriat ions wi l l b e pr i m a ri l y c omp ri sed of, bu t not l i m i ted to, Resea rch, Deve lopment, Test a n d Eva l uat ion ( RDT&E ) a n d Procurement from the Ai r Fo rce a n d oth e r agenc i e s . S p ec ifi c ta s ki ngs w i l l be prov ided o n a n as req u i red ba s i s by de l ive ry order . Th e m i n i m u m gua ra ntee i s a n d w i l l be met w i th the va lue of the fi rst de l ivery orde r .

I V . Statutory a uthority permitt i n g other than full and o pen competit io n .

T i t l e 10 U .S . C 2304 (c) ( l ) , as imp l emen ted by FAR 6 .302-l( a ) ( 2 ) ( i i ) ( B ) , req u i red by FAR 6 . 303-2( b ) (4 ) , O n ly One Res pons i b l e Source and No Other Supp l ies o r Se rv i ces Wi l l S at i sfy Agency Requ i rements is the a uthority fo r pe rm itti ng Oth e r Than F u l l a nd Open Compet i t i on .

V. Demonstrat ion that the contracto r's un ique qual ificat ions or nature of the acquis it ion req u i res the use of the authority c ited above (a ppl icab i l ity of author ity) .

The DVL Program user/customer req u i res advanced ha rdware a n d softwa re systems to meet ever evolv i ng m iss ion needs .

The user/customer m iss io n s a re be ing d rive n by spec ia l i zed weapon systems, su rve i l l a n ce systems, ta rgeti ng systems, a n d cybe r wa rfa re capab i l i t i e s to s u p po rt the wa rfighter. These doma ins are l ead i ng tech no l ogy dr i vers fo r o pt i ca l l y ba sed new ca pab i l it i es suppo rted u n der th i s DVL Prog ra m . Some example s of n ew capab i l i t i es i n cl ude

These new tech no l og ies s u ppo rt o u r m i s s i on by be ing app l i ed to . Each specif ic a pp l icati on for

DVL operates from the proprieta ry TerraS ight™ video exp l o itat ion framework.

Th is techno logy is re l i an t on the use of ASICs and m i cro-e lectron ic sensors that a re typ ical ly outsou rced to

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Th e DVL Program has s u pported th e

These p rograms and others l i k e th em a re expected to support the n ewest advances in and exp l o itat ion effo rts a cross the DoD, , A i r Fo rce Research Laboratory (AFRL) a n d other agen c i es that requ i re rea l t ime . The DVL IV P rogram wi l l cont i n ue to suppo rt Research a n d

Deve l opmen t and fa c i l i tate s i m i l a r programs t o expand a n d fu rthe r t he d eve lopment of so l u ti o n s re l evant to test, inte l l ig ence a n d o pe rat i o n a l commun itie s .

S R I I nternati o na l i s cu rre nt l y execut i n g requ i rements for t he DVL I l l contra ct ( FA2487- 13-D-0009 ) that was awarded on 10 Ju l 13 and whose o rde r i ng per iod ends o n 9 J u l 18 . Th i s contra ct was awarded so le sou rce and has max i m u m va l u e of

. P revi o u s ly, Sa rnoff ( n ow SR I I nte rnat iona l ) performed th e DVL I I contract ( FA9200-07-D-0045 ) that was awarded o n 13 Mar 07 and ex p i red o n 12 Mar 2012 . Th i s con tract was awarded so le sou rce and had a n o r ig i n a l max imum va l ue of and later i n creased to P ri o r to the DV L I I contra ct, Sa rnoff was awarded the DVL I contract ( FA9200-04- D-0118 ) on 15 Dec 03 a n d exp i red on 30 Sep 04. Th is was a so l e sou rce co ntra ct with a va l ue of . E ach of these so l e sou rce contracts a d d ed e n h a n cements to the Te rraS i gh t™ framework and fa c i l i tated d es ign , deve l opmen t and tes t o f DVL ca pab i l i t i es .

Th erefore, th i s acqu is i t i on wi l l b e a fo l l ow-on co n tract fo r con t i n ued deve l o pmen t of h igh ly spec ia l i z e d equ i pment .

Su bsect ion 1 .

SR I I n te rna t iona l s pec i a l i z e s i n v i d e o process i ng, man i pu l at ion, storage, a nd v is u a l i z a t i o n tech no l og ies . They h a v e i n depth knowledge of a n d experi e nce i n a fu l l spectrum o f tech no l og ies a ssocia ted with d eve l opment and app l i cat ions of d ig i ta l vi deo systems, S R I developed the Te rraS ight™ v i deo exp l o i ta t i on su ite wh i ch is the bas is of the ex i s t ing DVL system. Th i s p roprietary software uses d i s t i nctive rea l -time opt ica l correct ion tech n i q u es that h ave n ever been p ub l i shed . TerraS ight™ deve l opmen ts, made by S R I , i n th e

. Te rraS ight™ p roducts su p port v i deo v i s ua l i zat ions and a n a lysis , c aptu re , p rocess i n g, acce l e rati on and customizat ion a n d a re used to monitor and record range weapons d rop tests and ove r water weapons scor ing .

SR I has the on ly Trusted Found ry ava i l a b le for d i g i ta l compone n t deve l o pmen t, AS ICs and m i cro-e lectron ic sen sor prod u ct i on wh ich has been matu red th rough DVL 1 - 1 1 1 .

S R I h a s exte ns ive knowledge a n d h igh ly spec i a l ized ca p ab i l i t ies i n t h e fol l owi n g a reas that a re cri t i ca l e l ements i n the DVL req u i rements :

· D ig i ta l Mu ltimed i a Management System ( D M MS) : SR l ' s spec i a l i z ed expert ise has res u l ted i n DM MS in teg rati o n of Government F u rn i s hed I n fo rmat ion (GF I ) softwa re, sensors , mu l t i -ope ra t i ng systems, and s u pporti ng 3 rd pa rty deve lopment. Curre n t D M MS deskto p a pp l i cati o n s a n d r e l a ted TerraS ight™ tools p rov ide m i s s i on-essent i a l capab i l it i es tha t prov ide a fou nd at ion for m igrat ion in to a web s e rv ices based a rch i tectu re .

· Cyber secu rity p rotecti o n : SR I has d es igned and imp l emented a lgori thms re l ated to

SRI has d eve l oped a u n i que a pp roach to mechan i sms tha t extend beyond tra d i t i ona l s i g n ature based v i rus d etect ions systems.

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· D igita l v ideo stab i l i zati on : S R l ' s image a n a lyt ics and state-of-the-a rt rea l - t ime d ig ita l vi d eo sta b i l i za t ion ca pab i l i ty in ha rdware and software has been key i n produc ing robust output of th e rea l ti me imagery and

· Rea l-t ime image mosa i ck i ng : S R I h a s deve loped a n d dep l oyed

They have d eve loped advanced techn i ques and h ave a stro ng portfo l i o of

. S R I h a s deve loped process . SR I h as a l so i n co rporated severa l patents for v ideo p rocess i ng into the Te rraS ight™ core software .

SR I ha s deve lo ped and demonstra ted related ca pab i l it i es under the fo l l ow ing co ntra cts:

Subsection 2 .

The A i r Force ' s 9 6 TSSQ and other age n cy customers b e l ieve t h a t awa rd t o any othe r source wou l d resu l t i n u naccepta b l e de l ays o f a t l east 7 years ( S yea rs for contracto r d eve lopment and 2 ye a rs for Government cert i f ica t ion ) i n fu l fi l l i n g t h e

Ai r F orce ' s r e qu i rements . A t t h i s t ime , n o compan ies other t han SR I h ave a fu l ly deve l oped and va l i d ated system th at can meet the DVL requ i r ement . SR I d eve loped the Te rraS ight™ framework and owns a l l of t he software, techn ica l and data rights . Th is framework is the bas i s of the exist i ng DVL system, as we l l as , a l l DVL app l icat i ons deve loped s i n ce 2001 . Th e

DVL I, I I , & I l l contracts ( FA9200-04-D-0118, FA9200-07-D-0045, FA2487-13-D-0009 ) co ns ist of a tota l of 6 6 de l ive ry orders which p rovi ded e n h a n cements to the Te rraS ight™ framework. Based o n th e fu l l scope of the framework that has bee n d eve l oped by SR I i n the p rev ious 16 yea rs, i t wou l d requ ire a m i n i m u m of 5 yea rs fo r a vendor to deve l o p a fu l ly c apab l e system . I n th i s i nsta n ce, a f u l l y ca pab l e system is a s ign i f i cant ly comp l ex e n deavor. The system ca pab i l it i es have been evo lv i ng s i nce the i nfa n cy of the capab i l i t i es that began i n the l ate 1940's through focused resea rch at the Sa rnoff

Corporat ion Resea rch Faci l i ty, owned by pa rent RCA. The work at Sarnoff ha s h istori c a l ly focused on p u sh i ng the bounda ries of what is poss i b l e by nota b ly i nvent ing co lo r te l ev is ion, v ideo tape mach i n e, CMOS i ntegrated ci rcu its , t he e lectron m i croscope , l i q u i d cryst a l d i sp l ay, a n d mo re recent ly embedded te levi s ion g ra ph i cs, ( i .e . ye l l ow f irst down ma rke rs fo r TV footba l l games ) , and S i r i ( so ld to App l e ) . I n 2011, Sarnoff Corporat ion forma l l y merged with SR I

I n te r nat iona l . SR I I ntern at iona l has over of i nvestment i nto the advanced s u ite of i m ag i ng , emu l at ion, and fou nd ry capa b i l i t ies that were matured ove r 50 years . The i nvestment l ead to focused s u pport to th e Depa rtment of

Defense where SR I i s the recogn ized exp e rt to meet the ever evolvi ng imag ing req u i rements of DoD cus tomers that sp a n across the Serv i ces, i ntel l igence, a nd research com m u n i t ies . The evo lv ing imag i ng framework is a key component used by , USAF, U SA, and the US N avy to p rocess the fu l l spectrum of d i g ita l imagery ca ptu re, co l l ect ion , and p rocess ing. The technology base at S R I has a l so cont inued to push techno logy past what i s regul a r l y deemed physi ca l ly i m poss ib l capab i l i t ies i n to the TerraS ight™ framework to meet the DoD needs .

I n t he event a com peti ng vendor was ab le to re p l i cate a su i tab l e framework to TerraS igh t™ , i t wou ld take a m i n imum of 2-3 years for gove rnment certificat ion of the i n i ti a l product set . Pre l im i n a ry test data c o u l d be ava i l a b l e with i n 9 months .

After test data is avai l ab l e , the ve ri fi cat i on and va l i d ati on (V&V) of

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Th i s t imeframe w i l l s ig n ifi cant ly exceed th e need da te for DVL IV , r e su l t i ng i n t he i n a b i l i ty to meet cu rrent a nd fu tu re req u i rements a n d to su pport cri t i ca l a n d u rgent n eed s . Th e first ca p a b i l i ty to be d eve loped for DVL IV, u n de r de l ivery order 001, is expected to support

With a n award d ate of

May 2018, the re is n ot enough t ime for another ven do r to b e rea dy to s u pport th is effort by Sep 2018. I f th i s effo rt i s not s u ppo rted, th e test occurr i ng wou l d be s ign i f i ca n t ly impacted, res u l t i ng i n the l ack of d ata to s u ppo rt th e m i s s i on and wou l d most l i ke ly resu l t i n a s i gn if ica n t weapons p rogram d e l ay or ca n ce l l at i o n . That i n tu rn wou l d res u l t i n t he A i r Fo rce not be i n g able to meet an ope rat iona l n eed . In add iti o n , there a re p l anned fo r DV L IV that wou ld no t meet J UONs d ue to the projecte d de l ay .

Su bsecti o n 3 .

Accord i ng ly, SR I I nte rnat i o n a l i s the on ly f irm ca pab le of p rovid i ng the Research and Devel opment h a rdware a n d software s u pp l i es descri bed i n Sect i o n I l l above without t he U . S . A i r Fo rce expe r i e nc i ng una cceptab l e de l ays i n fu l fi l l i ng its req u i rements .

V I . Descri ption o f effo rts made t o ensure that offers are s o l i cited from as m a n y potential sources as p ractica ble.

On 17 November 2016, A FTC/PZ I E posted Sou rces Sought syn o ps is FA2487-17-R-0032 o n F edB i zOpps (FBO) . The content of the Sou rces Sought synops is cons i s ted of a l i s t of tech n i ca l req u i rements with i n the scope out l i n ed above and a q uesti o n n a i re with co ntra ctu a l q u est ions . Th e Governmen t rece ived responses to th e Sources Sought before the due date of 19 J a n 2017 : A l l respo nd e n ts ' tech n i c a l b riefs were rea d to see i f they were ab le to meet o r exceed the req u i rements. The resu lts a re fu rther exp l a i n ed i n Sect ion V I I I be low.

The DVL a cq u is i ti on strategy i n c l udes use of c ompetit ive cont ract veh i c l e s where the open i n terfaces i nto TerraS igh t™ modu les can b e ut i l i zed to encou rage compet i t ion a n d b roader usage of the open a rch itectu re ca pab i l i t i es between mu l t ip le ve ndo rs . The open i nte rface fe a tu res of TerraS ight™ deve l oped j o i nt ly by the DVL commun ity (SR I a n d U S

Government) p u rs u a n t t o DVL I l l wi l l a l low other part ies to deve lop mod u les for the DVL framewo rk. Ope n a rch i tectu re work led to a re ce n t that s pec i fi c a l ly u t i l i zes t he open i nte rface DVL I l l has p rov ided to i n tegrate Te rraS ight™ with

The tas k i s s h ort d u rat ion a n d i n expen sive p rima ri l y due to the

TerraS ight™ open a rch i tectu re progress to i n corporate a .

Without th e Open arch itectu re work u n der DVL I l l , wou l d n ot h ave been u sab le for th i s task.

DVL IV w i l l only accept a dvance video process i ng, e . g . ,TerraS ight™ and trusted fo u n d ry work. Any work not mod i fyi ng/ i n tegrati ng adva nce v ideo process i ng or fo u n d ry work w i l l be competed unde r other contracts (e .g . , TETRAS ) . In a dd iti o n , i t i s expected that Te rraSight™ framework w i l l b e avai l ab l e to interfa ce to other a n a lys i s toolsets through the advan ces towa rd an open a rch i tectu re . Some of the types of too l s may i nvolve data or imagery d i sp l ays, b i otechno l ogy p rocess ing too ls, and o p erati o n a l ta rgeting software .

Th i s acqu is i ti o n w i l l req u i re a synops i s IAW FAR 5 . 201 . A Notice of [ Proposed ] Contract Act ion ( NOCA) wi l l be p ub l i shed o n FBO at l east 15 d ays prio r to re l ease of fi n a l Request fo r Pro posa l (RFP) . Th e ant i ci pate d d ate that NOCA wi l l be p ub l i s hed is 13 Nov 2017 . I f a ny res ponses a re received, a c apab i l ity rev i ew wi l l be conducted and i f n ecessa ry, the so le sou rce strategy wi l l be recons id ered . Th us, i n the case of the contract award perm itted unde r 6 .302- 1, the justif ication sha l l be posted 15 d ays afte r contra ct award .

VI I . Determ ination by the Contracti ng Officer that the ant ic ipated cost to the Govern ment wi l l be fa i r and reasonable.

The Contra cti n g Officer w i l l en su re th e fi na l pr ice of a l l co ntract i ng a cti o n s under th i s J&A wi l l be fa i r and reasona b le . A

1 3 Sep 201 7 FOR O F F I C IAL USE O N LY Page 6 of 8 cost analysis will be performed in accordance with the FAR. The Government will use a traditional pricing approach to determine fairness and reasonableness using the following means: 1) cost analysis IAW FAR 15.404-l(c); 2) thorough technical evaluation addressing technical data packages, specifications, engineering descriptions, and statements of work; 3) recommendations form the Defense Contract Management Agency and the Defense Contract Audit Agency and

4) utilization of weighted guidelines to determine fee or profit in conjunction with assistance from local pricing personnel. At the conclusion of negotiations, the contractor will be required to provide certified cost and pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4(a) if applicable.

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

As described in Section VI above, market research, in accordance with FAR Part 10, was conducted by synopsis of the proposed acquisition, advising industry of the pending acquisition and soliciting inquiries from interested parties. The

Government received responses to the Source Sought by 19 Jan 2017: .

SRI was deemed fully capable because they meet or exceed all minimum Government functionality and specification requirements of the DVL IV program. They are the current vendor for the DVL Ill program and owner for the data rights for the proprietary software, TerraSight™. They have performed extensive work with ISR real time capabilities. They have very experienced staffing levels with qualified specific expertise in most areas of concern.

In addition to the Sources Sought, members of the program office attended trade/industry conferences and symposiums, monitored the industry through trade journals and contacted industry representatives in order to ensure technological leading edge investments are beneficial to the T&E community and to identify other sources capable of meeting DVL requirements. Websites, user forums and FedBizOpps were also queried using various search engines. The above market research methods confirmed SRI is the only firm that can meet the

Government's DVL IV requirement.

Prior to the execution of each delivery order under DVL IV, the functionality and specification requirements will be reviewed to identify any eligible to be competed under other contracts (e.g., TETRAS). Solicitation from SRI is only expected for work requiring advance video processing techniques and trusted foundry work (see Section VI).

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

None.

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

See Section VI above.

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

The goals to overcome barriers to competition included in the justification for the DVL Ill sole source contract award have been achieved through the establishment and resulting actions of the DVL Users Working Group. Opportunity

13 Sep 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 7 of 8 for competition has increased and the DVL team will continue to promote open architecture products to allow

TerraSight™ components to be integrated into other video product capabilities, thus allowing for the substitution of subcomponents more readily. Composability will allow smaller modules of the TerraSight™ product set to be replaced by suitable subcomponents as needed. The past and present status and successes of the DVL Ill working group are detailed above in Sections Ill and VI.

Under DVL IV, the requiring activity will continue to use the established working group to promote open architecture for DVL to allow other vendors to participate in and compete for capability/application developments that work with the TerraSight™ framework. In addition, the 96 Test Wing will promote Science & Technology investments and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs on georectification and image enhancement to stimulate the maturation of the technology to a broader community.

This effort requires approval of a J&A for greater than a year, which is justified in Section V for all five (5) years of the ordering period.

The DVL team will continue to monitor the industry through market research techniques such as reading trade journals, attending technical symposia, and contacting industry representatives as described in Section Ill. These market research results will be analyzed with the goal of utilizing competitive contractual instruments to the maximize extent possible as referenced in Section VIII.

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. (FAR 6.303-2(b)(12))

XIII. Certification by the technical/requirements personnel.

As evidenced by my signature above, I certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my responsibility, is both accurate and complete. (FAR 6.303-2(c))

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