FA870513C0005 CPT NOCA.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CENTER

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, MASSACHUSETTS

03 December 2025

FROM: AFNWC/PZT

MTRE D

202 Burlington Road

Bedford, MA 01730

SUBJECT: FAMILY OF ADVANCED BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT TERMINALS (FAB-T)

PRODUCTION CONTRACT FA8705-13-C-0005, NOTIFICATION OF PERIOD

OF PERFORMANCE (PoP) EXTENSION.

References: (a) Class Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition, Final Signed

Dual Approach J&A 20130509.

1. Purpose: The Government is providing notice to industry that it intends on extending the PoP for the FAB-T Production Contract from 31 December 2025 to 31 December 2027 for a subset of Cost Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs).

2. Background: The Family of Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminal (FAB-T) is a highly complex

AEHF (Advanced Extremely High Frequency) program that is the follow-on to the MILSTAR system and will provide near-worldwide, secure, survivable satellite communications to support strategic and tactical forces of the United States and its international partners during all levels of conflict. AEHF satellites will provide over ten (10) times the capacity and six (6) times higher data rate transfer than that of the current MILSTAR II satellites. The contract, FA8705-13-C-

0005, was competitively awarded on 25 September 2013 utilizing the approved Class

Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other than Full and Open Competition for a limited competition between The Boeing Company and Raytheon and is currently a sole source acquisition.

3. Requirement Details: A subset of fifteen (15) CPFF CLINs will be extended. The extensions are due to contractor delays in terminal and hardware deliveries, site infrastructure delays, and operational site constraints due to real-world missions. As no additional work or materials are being introduced and this is a no cost extension, this extension is deemed within scope of the

FAB-T Production Contract and associated J&A. Primary location will continue to be Marlboro, MA.

4. This notice is for information purposes only.

5. Please direct all questions to both Catherine Ellison at catherine.ellison.1@us.af.mil and to the undersigned at brittany.desilets@us.af.mil.

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BRITTANY M. DESILETS

Contracting Officer

AFNWC/PZT

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CLASS JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

I. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY

The contracting office responsible for this Class Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition is the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminal (FAB-T) Office, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/HNSK). Hanscom AFB. MA. RFPs:

FA8705-13-R-0001 and FA.8705-13-R-0003.

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

This Class J&/\ provides for limited competitions between the Boeing Company, Huntington

Beach, CA, and the Raytheon Company, Marlborough. MA for the production of the FAB-T terminals to include required deliverables as noted in Section III below. To implement this strategy, the Program Office will develop and release two separate Request for Proposals {RFPs).

The first RFP will be for production of the full FAB-T capability (Advanced Wideband

Terminals (AWT) and Command Post Terminals (CPT)). and the second RFP will be for CPT only production. Only one contract-path will be continued through to a downselect for exercise of production options. The decision on which contract to execute options for production will be made based upon the availability of AWT platform integration funding in the FY 15 Program

Objective Memorandum (POM). This J&A supersedes the f AB-T production limited sources

J&A signed on l2 September 2012, which authorized a limited competition for the combined

AWT/CPT requirement.

Under the combined AWT/CPT requirement RFP issued on 17 December 2012 currently in source selection. this contract action approves award of up to two separate production contracts to Boeing and Raytheon for production readiness, with priced options for Low Rate Initial

Production (LRIP) and Full Rate Production (FRP) of the full FAB-T capability, with a downselect to a single contractor for AWT/CPT production. The production contracts will include both Finn Fixed Price (FFP) and Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Contract Line Items

(CLINs). The initial production readiness CUN, estimated at llllwill have a period of performance proposed by the Offerors, followed by an up to I0-year production effort if all options are exercised. The estimated value of the overall contract after downselect is - The Air �·orcc expects to award initial contracts in May 2013 with a downselect decision in

FY14. If the FY 15 POM does not provide required AWT intei,.rration funding, there will be no downselect for the AWT/CPT contract production options. The Government will instead. issue a call for production proposal revisions and downselect the production contractor on the CPT-only contract, as described in the next paragraph.

The RFP for the CPT-only FAB-T capability. planned to be issued inearly March 2013 is for the award of up to two separate production contracts to Boeing and Raytheon for production readiness with priced options for LRIP and FRP for CPT-only production. followed by a downselect to a single contractor. The production contracts will include both FFP and CPFF

CLINs. The initial production readiness CLIN. estimated at-.Vill have a period of performance proposed by the Offerors followed by an up to�roduction effort if all options are exercised. The estimated value of the CPT-only contract is-if all options are exercised. The Air Force expects to award in July 2013 with a downselcct decision in FY 14. lf the FY 15 POM provides required AWT integration funding, there will be no downselect for the

CPT-only production options. The Government will instead issue a call for production proposal

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III. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES REOUJRED TO MEET THE

AGENCY'S NEEDS

The FAB-T Program will produce terminals with a common set of capabilities to accommodate a variety of airborne and ground-based platforms and will provide FAB-T tcrminaJs in multiple configurations, as follows:

• Command Post Terminals (CPTs) will be installed in ground-fixed, ground-transportable, and airborne (E-4 & E-6) configurations.

• Advanced Wideband Terminals (AWTs) will be installed in Force Element platforms such as B-2, B-52, RC-l 35 aircraft and RC-135 ground locations.

The resulting contract will allow for procurement, pending funding availability, of additional terminals to meet evolving operational and training requirements. The estimated cost of_ was calculated based on - terminals and terminals (CDD vahctatect requirements) plus additional terminals (to include.dditional terminals for air-raf1, ·ncrs) for evolving warfighter requirements. The estimated cost of �as based on tenninals plus additional terminals (to include ladditional terminals for aircraft trainers).

The production contracts will include a basic FFP award for planning and manufacturing readiness during which the contractors will provide planning documents and a manufacturing readiness assessment. Both production contracts will include FFP option CLINs for terminals.

associated spares, support equipment. ground site surveys. training classes to include computer based training. flight test aircraft, testing, technical manuals. sustainment data package, data rights and other required deliverables. In addition, the contracts will include CPFF option CLINs for ground installation, initial operational test and evaluation support. airborne platform integration. preopcrational support for engineering development models and interim contractor support for hardware and software maintenance.

The production contracts wi II use 30 IO and 3080 funding for the terminal production.

IV. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PER.l\1ITTING OTHER THAN FULL Al"'IJD OPEN

COMPETITION

IO USC 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)"Only a limited number of responsible sources 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 THE AUTHORITY CITED ABOVE {APPLICABILITY OF

AUTHORITY)

The System Program Office (SPO) assesses only Boeing and Raytheon have the specialized capabilities and qualifications to deliver a fully capable FAB-T terminal by the USSTRATCOM classified need date and it is likely that award to any other source would result in:

0 Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through full and open competition; and

• Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements, as discussed below.

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Boeing and Raytheon have gained years of critical experience with the AEHF waveform and satellite terminal development, which makes them uniquely qualified to compete for the FAB-T requirements.

Description of Svstem

The FAB-T Program is an ACAT 1D program supporting the relevant Family of Joint Future

Concepts identified in the Capability Development Document (COD) approved by the Joint

Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) on 6 January 2009 and revalidated by the JROC in Oct

2012. The program develops and delivers tcnninals with a common set of capabilities to accommodate a variety of platforms both airborne and ground-based. FAB-T provides increased data capacity through the AEHF constellation to provide both wideband and s.urvivable, protected communi.cations for both the strategic and tactical warf'ighter (See Figure 1). This capability addresses the warfighter's needs to provide the strategic and Joint tactical airborne and

Command and Control (C.2). Nuclear and Non-Nuclear C2 , protected and survivable communications tenninals. FAB-T provides Telemetry, Tracking. and Commanding (Tf &C) of both the AEHF and Milstar satellites.

Figure 1 FAB-T Operational View-J Illustration

Duplication of Cost

Boeing was awarded the FAB-T contract in 2002 and has accumulated over ten years of experience de�g the FAB-T tenninal using the AEHF wavcfonn. The Government has invested over -toward completion of this FAB-T development. Boeing completed the

PNVC Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR) in June 2012. To date, Boeing has completed qualification of all 22 hardware line replaceable units. 14 Software

Product Configuration Items and Systems Integration. Systems Integration includes all legacy and ECP 0050 test cases, to include PNVC. Boeing is in the final stages of completing dry runs and working off hardware and software anomalies. The development is scheduled to enter the

Functional Qualification Test (FQT) in Feb 20I3. After completion of FQT in April 2013.

Boeing will perform a series of specialty tests and enter FCA/PCA in Q3FY13.

Raytheon. the only offeror on the competitive RFP described in paragraph Vl. was awarded a contract on 7 September 2012 as an aJtcmate source to� CPT with PNVC capability. The development contract with Raytheon is estimated at - if all options are exercised. ln addition, Raytheon has developed a number of different satellite terminal programs. using the

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EHF and later the AEHF waveform. over the last 22 years, including the legacy Milstar program.

Raytheon is the only supplier to successfully develop, demonstrate and deliver a multiband.

secure terminal using the AEHF waveform. The Government has invested over-toward

Raytheon development of AEHF terminals, three of which are currently in production:

• Minuteman Minimum .Essential Emergency Communications Network Program Upgrade

(MMPU) providing missile silo communications. While significant differences exist in their respective environments, they are analogous programs in that both MMPU and � use the AEHF waveform. To date. the Government has expended in excess of �n MMPU terminal development.

0 Secure. Mobile, Anti-Jam. Reliable, Tactical-Terminal (SMART-T) is a satellite terminal that provides unattended. robust, worldwide, low probability of detection, jam-resistant, multi-channel communications in support of the field commander. This terminal also includes the PNVC capability. To date, the Government has expended in excess of_ to develop, test and validate an advanced extremely high frequency (AEHF) retrofit kit for installation on approximatcly-ATCOM ground tenninals.

• Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) is a next-generation satellite communication

(SATCOM) system for US Navy and coalition partners providing seamless assured connectivity between a ship or submarine computer network and the Global lnfonnation

Grid. To date. the Government has expended in excess of �n NMT tenninal development.

The SPO estimates it would require a minimum of-in development funding for a source other than Boeing or Raytheon to develop a tenninal meeting the full f AB-T (CPT and AWT) capability. This estimate of-is based on a minimum -for development and

JOT&E (including costs for direct/indirect contractor development/test, other direct costs and additional government effort) and is based on data obtained from analogous Air force. Navy.

and Army programs, such as the MMPU, the NMT, and the SMART-T. Of the-contract costs are estimated a-t and Government administrative costs are estimated at - These costs are not expected to be recovered through additional competition.

The SPO estimates it would require a minimum of - in development funding for a source other than Biiiiiioeincror Raytheon to develop a terminal meeting the CPT-only capability. This estimate of is based on a minimum of-for development and IOT&E (including costs for direct/indirect contractor development/test, other direct costs and additional government effort) and is based on data obtained from analogous Air Force, Navy, and Army programs, such as MMPU, NMT, and the SMART-T. Ofthe•• contract costs arc estimated at-and

Government administrative costs are estimated at These costs are not expected to be recovered through additional competition.

Unacceptable Delav

Boeing and Raytheon have gained years of critical experience with the AEHF waveform and satellite terminal development and are the only vendors currently developing the critical PNVC capability. The SPO assesses that award to any other source besides Boeing and Raytheon would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Air Force's requirements.

The warfightcr need dates for terminal deliveries are defined by USSTRATCOM/J8 (S)

Memorandum to J\FSPC Director of Requirements, subject: FAB-T Prioritization, dated

11 February 2010. In the memorandum, there is an expressed critical need date for delivery of

?age6 of8 a CPT with PNVC capability no later than--This system is a key component in the

National Command Authority's ability to c�nd control strategic forces. Any delay which potentially affects the ability to meet the expressed delivery date is unacceptable. The impact of not meeting the need date in the USSTRATCOM Memorandum, affecting the government's strategic nuclear command and control, was documented during the

CLASSIFIED J\ir Force Requirements Oversight Council of 24 April 2012, Family of

Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals.

Based on the current SPO schedule assessment, the estimated time for another source to develop and demonstrate m-turit, roducibility, and affordability for a full capability FAB-T terminal is a minimum of Another source would need approximately -to complete the development o • the terminal including: design and qualification of the aircraft antenna, design and/or re-design of hardware, development of additional software. and terminal FQT and flight test. An additional 11111111111111,vould be required to build/produce the terminals. Given these development and pro�elines and the time needed to award a contract to a new source, only Boeing and Raytheon can meet the USSTRATCOM -eed date.

Based on the current SPO schedule assessment, the estimated time for another source to develop and demonstrate maturity, producibility. and affordability for the CPT only is a minimum of

- The -includes development plus building the first terminal for IOT&E with additional time needed to build/produce the terminals. Given the timelincs for development and production and the time needed to award a contract to a new source. only Boeing and Raytheon can meet the USSTRATCOM�eed date.

Summary

Accordingly, Boeing and Raytheon are the only firms capable of providing the supplies and services described in Section Ill above without the Air Force experiencing substantial duplication of costs that could not be expected to be recovered through full and open competition and incurring unacceptable delays in fulfilling its key national security requirements.

VI. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE

SOLICITED FROM AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS DEEMED

PRACTICABLE

Substantial efforts were accomplished to identify potential sources to deliver full FAB-T capability over the past several years.

In preparation for the development of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an alternate source for the full FAB-T capability, a Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS), R2424, was posted in FcdBizOpps on 4 June 2010 to detennine potential alternate sources for FAB-T tenninals. Eight firms responded. On 20 July 2010, the SPO requested these firms prepare a detailed Rough-Order of

Magnitude (ROM) submission clearly describin how their alternate s ·stem would satisf some or all of the FAB-T requirements. Four firms

- submitted ROMs -submitted a letter indicating that their submission is the current program). The government determined no other sources could provide the full FAB-T capability by the schedule need date.

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The Program Office posted an additional SSS. R27 I9. on 7 February 2011. to detennine if other sources were available for full FAB-T development and production. The same firms responded with similar packages as they had to the June 2010 SSS. No further sources were identified.

The Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM), signed 3 January 2012, provided direction to establish a competitive award approach focusing on the highest priority need of air and ground

CPTs with PNVC capability. The Program Office held lndustry Days to support a CPT-only development and production effort on 1I January 20l 2 and 8 March 2012 and included follow up one-on-one discussions with interested finns. Several firms were viable candidates to meet the requirement for delivery of a CPT with PNVC by As a result the SPO released an

RFP for an Alternate Source on 25 April 2012 for a CPT with PNVC. Raytheon was the only company to submit a proposal.

The ADM signed 5 April 2012 defined the way-ahead for Boeing Production authorizing the

SPO to issue a sole-source RFP to Boeing for the full FAB-T production. both CPTs and AWTs.

The SPO posted A Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) on 4 June 2012 to announce the

Government's intent to award a sole-source production contract to Boeing. Raytheon submitted a contracts letter taking exception to the sole-source justification included in the NOCA and asserted that they were a viable competitor for the full FAB-T capability. The SPO conducted fact-finding with Raytheon and determined that Raytheon could provide both CPT and AWT capability without substantial duplication of cost and without delaying the delivery of the CPT for the critical-need date. No other vendor provided feedback to the Government on their ability to produce both CPTs and AWTs by the required need date.

The SPO posted a NOCA on 28 August 2012 to announce the Government's intent to issue a limited sources RFP to Boeing and Raytheon for production of the full FAB-T capability. No firms responded to this announcement. Another NOCA was posted on 18 December 2012 to announce the Government's intent to issue a limited sources RFP to Boeing and Raytheon for

CPT-only production. No finns responded to this announcement.

VII. DETERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT THE

ANTICIPATED COST TO THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE FAIR AND

REASONABLE

The cost of this acquisition is anticipated to be fair and reasonable. The Offcrors· Cost/Price proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.4 to determine whether they are reasonable and realistic. Competitive pricing and cost analysis of other than certified cost or pricing data will be used for verification of the planning/manufacturing readiness work effort and the production options. The evaluation team will include DCMA and DCAA personnel as well as the program office technical and cost personnel in the review of the proposed hours and costs.

Detailed documentation and justification will be included in the proposal evaluation report and the official contract file upon completion of negotiations.

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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, the FAB-T Program Office conducted market research, in accordance with FAR Part 10. by contact with industry. synopsis of proposed acquisitions, and contact with other Government program offices involved with analogous work.

The SPO's initial assessment of Boeing was that they were the only contractor capable of supporting all of USSTRATCOM's requirements. However, as explained in Section YI, Raytheon has been evaluated as capable of meeting the Government's requirements for CPT and

PNYC as well as the full FAB-T capability.

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

OPEN COMPETITION

All facts supporting the use of other than full and open competition are provided in the sections above.

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 Al�Y BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BEFORE

MAKING SUBSEQUENT ACQUISITIONS FOR THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES

REQUIRED

It is the Government's desire to obtain Government Purpose Rights (GPR) in the data rights to be delivered under this contract. It is not the Government's intent to request a reprocurement data package as part of the Production RFP. The Government will include an option in both production contracts to acquire the rights to technical and software data sufficient to enable full and open competition for sustainment work associated with the FAB-T system. During the downselect competition the Government will evaluate the Offeror's plan to provide the

Government data rights that will enable the Government to competitively sustain the FAB-T system.

XII. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S CERTIFICATION

The contracting ofticer·s signature on the Justification Review 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(a)(12)).

XIII. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS PERSONNEL'S CERTIFICATION

As evidenced by their signatures on the J&A signature page. 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(b)).