LITENING_IDIQ_JA_26Mar15_rtd.pdf

10 Feb 2015

COORDINATION AND APPROVAL DOCUMENT

Contracting Activity: AFLCMC/WWMK Purchase Request Number:

Program Name: LITENING Targeting POD Estimated Contract Cost: $9.8M Type Program: PEO program ACAT III Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Type J&A: Individual

COORDINATION:

2/26/2015

X Amanda M. Holmes Amanda M. Holmes, Contracting Officer,WWMK Signed by: HOLMES.AMANDA.MARIE

2/27/2015

X Curtis D. Elton Curtis D. Elton, Legal Reviewer, AFSC 75 ABW/JA Signed by: ELTON.CURTIS.DELOY.

APPROVED:

3/26/2015

X Kevin Flinders Kevin G. Flinders, 801-777-6549 Competition Advocate, AFSC OL:H/PZC Signed by: FLINDERS.KEVIN.G

2/25/2015

X David Barker David R. Barker, Program Manager,WWMPA Signed by: BARKER.DAVID.R.

I. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY:

United States Air Force

AFLCMC/WWMK

6072 Fir Ave, Bldg 1233 Hill AFB UT 84056-5820

II. NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING PROCESSED:

A. Upon approval to use other than full and open competition procedures, the Air Force will issue a new contract to procure upgraded Northrop Grumman Corporations (NGCs) LITENING Targeting Pod (TGP) Operating Flight Program (OFP) software to integrate with the new F- 16 OFP software and incidental Firmware and Hardware. Contract will be awarded to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), Targeting Systems Division, 600 Hicks Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008, CAGE Code 26916.

B. Contract Type & Structure: A new supply contract to design, develop, test and release OFP software upgrades and incidental Firmware and Hardware required for those enhancements for all LITENING TGPs. A 5 year IDIQ contract is anticipated to include both Cost Plus Fixed Fee, and Firm Fixed pricing arrangements. The estimated award date is 30 June 2015.

C. Type J&A: Individual

III. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED MEETING THE

AGENCY’S NEEDS:

A. Under the contemplated contract, NGC will provide a spectrum of Contractor actions needed to establish a POD Software (OFP and /or incidental Firmware and Hardware) suitable for installation and operation on all F-16 aircraft. NGC activities involved in creating these products include but are not limited to; engineering analyses, software integration, and new hardware prototypes and associated testing, source data and support of platform ground/flight testing required for producitonization.

B. Estimated period of performance and ordering periods will be 5 years.

C.

IV. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION:

10 USC 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

V. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS

OR NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES THE USE OF AUTHORITY CITED

ABOVE (APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY):

A. The above authority was selected because this contract is for highly specialized products.

This acquisition is to procure enabling and upgraded POD OFP software to integrate with all F-16 BLK OFP software updates. The LITENING pod is the only pod that has Laser Targeting imaging Program (LTIP) capability. Lockheed Orlando was originally put on contract by Air Force Program Office at Electronic System Command (ESC) to incorporate LTIP into their pod and was unsuccessful. The assessment was made that the Lockheed pod would have to be completely redesigned to accomplish LTIP. NGC demonstrated their capability and the Air Force, through the POD SPO (PASPO) (located at Wright Patterson AFB), purchased LITENING TGP’s. The NGC manufactured PODs require software and hardware changes to integrate correctly with new platform OFP’s every time the U.S. Air Force upgrades F-16 OFP. PASPO is continuously procuring upgrades to the NGC PODs therefore NGC is the only source that can design, develop, test and release F-16 integrating OFP and BIT download software to operate the Air Force’s inventory of NGC PODs being flown with various F-16 platform OFPs. Therefore, this acquisition will be a follow-on contract for the continued integration of this highly specialized product.

B. The Program Office estimates award to any other vendor would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements. The Program Office estimates it would take a minimum of five years to reverse engineer and gain subsequent intellectual property information, required to write LITENING TGP OFP source code to match that of NGC. By that time there would have been a number of upgrades performed on the POD and that intellectual property information would be obsolete.

a. The LITENING TGP OFP interfaces with virtually all of the avionic systems onboard the aircraft and the source code must match exactly to interface with the new F-16 OFP. To ascertain the amount of time required for the reverse engineering and software source code process, the Government examined the magnitude of the effort by analyzing major LITENING components.

b. The updated LITENING TGP OFP source code delivers enhanced capabilities in TGP target accuracy, position accuracy, and precision weapons cueing in both air-to-air and air-to-ground environments. Such improvements are vital in supporting the increasing level of coordinate accuracy needed to employ Precision Guided Munitions (PGM), in providing the pilot the “first-look, first-kill” opportunity, and in improving avionics system level accuracies. This capability directly correlates to an increase in blue force survivability, weapons effectiveness, and situational awareness across the board. Lack of this enhancement will result in a severe degradation in the pilot’s ability to; find, fix, target, track, kill, and assess weapons effectiveness on hostile targets. Likewise, pilots will not have the needed TGP accuracy improvements vital in building and maintaining Situational Awareness (SA) on blue forces positions needed to conduct “Danger Close” weapons employments, ensure safe Collateral Damage (CD) distances, coordinate and confirm targeting priorities/deconfliction, and provide improved PGM’s with minimal Target Location Errors (TLE) and highly precise coordinates.

C. The last attempt to obtain the data right from NGC was 08 Jan 2015 by Program Manager.

The vendor responded through their Program Director stating NGC does not intend to sell their data rights at this time.

D. Accordingly, NGC is the only firm capable of providing the supplies and services described in Section III above without the government experiencing unacceptable delays.

VI. DESCRIPTION OR EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE

SOLICITED FROM AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS DEEMED PRACTICABLE:

A. Sources Sought Synopsis: A sources sought synopsis was issued Oct 31, 2014, # FA8232-15-

R-LiteningPOD, requesting an NGC IDIQ to upgraded Litening Targeting Pod (TGP) Operating Flight Program (OFP) software and Hardware/Firmware as applicable to integrate with the new F-16 M-Series/SCU future OFP software. The Sources Sought closed 01 Dec 2014 with NGC being the only response to the solicitation.

B. This requirement will be synopsized in FedBizOpps, as a notice of proposed contract action

IAW FAR 5.201.

C. Other Actions: None

D. Qualifying Country Sources: None.

VII. DETERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT THE

ANTICIPATED COST TO THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE FAIR AND REASONABLE:

The following steps will be taken to ensure that the anticipated cost of this acquisition will be fair and reasonable. The Contracting Officer will comply with the procedures and criteria contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) under Part 30 - Cost Accounting Standards, Part 31 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures, Subparts 15.4 - Contract Pricing; to include technical evaluations and audits, as appropriate. Additional steps to ensure price reasonableness will be under the guidance of the Contract Pricing Reference Guides, jointly developed by the Federal Acquisition Institute and the Air Force Institute of Technology. The contracting office will obtain certified cost and pricing data IAW FAR Subpart 15.403, when required. The final step is to include the Price Negotiation Memorandum (PNM). This detailed documentation and justification of price reasonableness will be disclosed in the official PNM, to be prepared upon completion of negotiations.

VIII. DESCRIPTION OF MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS,

OR A STATEMENT OF THE REASONS MARKET RESEARCH WAS NOT

CONDUCTED:

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

B. Market research is on-going and conducted continually in accordance with FAR 10.001(2)(vii). Market research consists of PASPO lead Program Management Reviews (PMRs) at NGC, for the LITENING targeting. Targeting pods technical capabilities and new developments are discussed. After review of industry sources, it was determined there were no alternate sources and equipment available to fill the government’s needs. IAW FAR Part 10, engineering has determined there are no commercial items, or non-developmental items available that could be modified to satisfy the agency’s needs.

IX. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND

OPEN COMPETITION:

None

X. LIST OF SOURCES, IF ANY, THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE

ACQUISITION:

See section VI above.

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:

None

XII. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION:

The Contracting Officer’s signature on the Coordination and Approval Document evidences that he/she has determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of his/her knowledge and belief (FAR 6.303-2(b)(12)).

XIII. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS PERSONNEL’S CERTIFICATION:

As evidenced by their signatures on the Coordination and Approval Document, the technical and/or requirements personnel have certified that any supporting data contained herein, which is their responsibility, is both accurate and complete (FAR 6.303-2(c)).