Final NEE Extension JA R1 REDACTED02282025.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED

CLASS JUSTIFICATION

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

PURSUANT TO FAR 6.303

1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTING ACTIVITY.

(U) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Office of Contract Services (OCS), 7500

GEOINT Drive, Springfield VA 22150.

2. NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING APPROVED.

(U) This justification seeks approval to extend the period of performance under the NGA Enterprise

Engineering (NEE) Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) Support Services Contract.

(U) NEE is one of four contracts collectively identified as NGA Systems Engineering Support

(NSES) Program. NSES work is broken into four categories (NGA Enterprise Engineering (NEE), NGA Segment Engineering (NSE), NGA Foundational Engineering (NFE), and NGA Digital

Engineering (NDE). These categories are strategically grouped to ensure synergy of NGA System

Engineering and Integration (SE&I) activities.

(U) The NEE contract was awarded as a single award Indefinite Quantity-Indefinite Delivery

(IDIQ) contract to perform SE&I work via task orders in accordance with the requirements specified in the NEE IDIQ SOW that was awarded to Peraton Technology Services, Inc

(hereinafter “Peraton”). There are currently fourteen active task orders. This contract action will result in an extended ordering period of 12 July 2019 to 15 January 2026 of the base IDIQ and will ensure that there is no gap in critical NEE SE&I activities while competing the follow-on vehicle(s). The NSES follow-on acquisition known as Archimedes has an estimated award in the second quarter of FY 2026. Additionally, this action will extend the periods of performance for the following NEE Task Orders:

Chart 1: List of NEE J&A Extension Start and End Date

Task Order J&A Start Date: J&A End Date:

TO1 01/16/2025 01/15/2026

TO2 03/30/2025 01/15/2026

TO3 03/10/2025 01/15/2026

TO5 03/27/2025 01/15/2026

TO6 06/06/2025 01/15/2026

TO15 03/20/2025 01/15/2026

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES

a. Description:

(U) NEE included sixteen task orders since the IDIQ award; however, two task orders expired. The remaining fourteen task orders that deliver critical technical expertise by providing teams of system engineers, architects, integrators, and technical specialists who collaborate daily to deliver mission essential engineering and integration support to meet urgent mission demands. The NEE IDIQ

Contract and the remaining fourteen active NEE Task Orders support services for this class J&A is described below.

NEE TO-01 supports the NGA Chief Engineer.

NEE TO-02 supports NGA’s Office of Special Programs.

NEE TO-03 supports enterprise infrastructure.

NEE TO-04 supports NGA executive leadership functions and strategic planning.

NEE TO-13 supports NGA Analysis Office.

Under the above Task Orders, NGA requires SE&I and test services unique to the NGA components associated with each Task Order. Each NGA activity requires Model-Based System Engineering

(MBSE) methods and tools and support NGA activities with integration efforts across the enterprise supporting Enterprise and Solutions Architecture Engineering, Enterprise Level

Requirements Engineering, Enterprise Integration Engineering (Cross Organization and Program

Office), Enterprise Analysis and Assessment, and Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MS&A).

NEE TO-05 supports NGA’s new facility construction and operation located in St. Louis, MO.

NGA requires services to plan, design, define, develop, document and baseline the Active IT solution for N2W, inclusive of Business, Data, Network, Security and Solutions-Level

Architectures down to the program level ensuring enterprise systems work together in an integrated fashion to deliver mission capabilities and solutions.

NEE TO-06 Under this Task Order, NGA requires SE&I services to support HD’s technical and non-technical capabilities over the full life-cycle from concept to delivery and retirement. They collaborate with other offices within and external to HD to facilitate end-to-end user–driven design and customer care for future human capital systems. Contractors assist in the collecting, analyzing, and processing IT requirements in accordance with HD and Corporate governance processes, best practices and policies.

NEE TO15 supports NGA, SAGE (CAP/SAP), NSG, ASG, USG, mission partner, commercial and foreign partners, and architectures with SE&I and services work. These NGA activities require end-to-end Modeling, Simulation, & Analysis (MS&A) development and execution in support of

GFC. This includes gathering input-needs data to properly run MS&A tools; install and maintain new and existing MS&A tools to produce and provide quantitative analysis results in support of study activities and creation of requirements documents.

(U) Estimated Dollar Value:

(U) The approved NEE contract ceiling prior to these actions was $1.041M. The ceiling is being increased by $64.7M for a new total of $1.105.7M to enable execution of the task order extensions described above.

4. IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER

THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITON.

(U) These proposed actions will be awarded without full and open competition under the authority of 10 U.S.C § 3403, as implemented by DFARS 217.204 (e)(i) for extending the ordering period of the NEE IDIQ and 10 U.S.C. § 2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented in FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iiiservices may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of follow-on contracts for the continued provision of these services when it is likely that award to any other source would result in an unacceptable delay in fulfilling the agency’s mission requirements.

5. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE

QUALIFICATIONS OR THE NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES USE OF

THE AUTHORITY CITED

(U) In accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii) Peraton is the only vendor to able to provide the highly specialized services without incurring unacceptable delays in meeting NGA’s mission requirements.

(U) Highly specialized services. Peraton has amassed technical experts with unique knowledge of supporting NGA under the IDIQ contract and resultant task orders as discussed in section 3 above, to include specialized experience specifically related to NGA and NRO architecture and system interfaces.

(U) Peraton provides NGA with the following unique capabilities that meet the requirements identified in paragraph 3: technical requirements generation, interface coordination with key IC stakeholders and IOC and FOC criteria integration into complex NSG systems and providing phenomenology expertise. They prototype future system capabilities improving intelligence utility prior to design, significantly driving down costs as well as enabling end to end digital engineering support to track and report NSG senor status in concert with NRO and ODNI/OUSD Oversight.

These highly specialized services provide systems engineering and architecture support for the

ASG (FVEY) Campaign Plan to enable analytic collaboration between US and FVEY users.

Additionally, Peraton delivers requirements and systems architecture baseline maintenance to capabilities delivering models and detections as-a-service in support of DoD Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions & applications.

(U) These SE&I services contribute to the efficient and effective daily execution of NGA

Enterprise and mission critical objectives.

(U) Unacceptable delays. There will be unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements. Award to any other source would result in a 24-36 month delay in meeting the following requirements:

(U) Meeting major capability milestones supporting NRO and NGA Major System Acquisitions and Special Interest Acquisitions (SIAs). NGA’s readiness to stay in sync with NRO space and ground activities would be adversely affected, leading to mission gaps in providing critical national security intelligence requirements for the IC, DoD, and the U.S.’s allies. They also provide near-term capability deliveries for the Multinational communities of interest and any delay will result in limited integrated testing with international partners before transition to operations. Critical milestones for NGA’s new facility in St. Louis would be adversely affected due to inability to integrate major NGA systems within the new building. Finally, any delay in these services will degrade NGA’s ability to capture, prioritize, and monitor customer needs in the Maven program and associated product or issues backlogs would also be seriously degraded if not altogether eliminated.

(U) NGA cannot accept any lapse in these mission critical services. This is a complex effort and requires a specific type of subject matter expertise (e.g., data scientists and data application developers). Meeting these requirements necessitates ongoing technical, highly specialized expertise and services to enable the mission-critical operations, including, but not limited to, partnerships with both U.S. and foreign mission partners and customers (i.e., documentation, requirements integration, coordination) with critical stakeholder across the NEE technology, oversight, and services offices.

6. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE SOLICITED

FROM AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS IS PRACTICABLE:

(U) NGA projects issuing a 2nd RFI in February 2025 to solicit additional potential sources. Based on the results of the RFI, NGA will schedule an industry engagement event to solicit additional interest, with the goal of issuing an RFP in Q2FY26.

7. CONTRACTING OFFICER DETERMINATION THAT THE ANTICIPATED COST TO

THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE FAIR AND REASONABLE:

(U) Before award of the NEE IDIQ and subsequent task order extensions, all required technical and cost/price analysis, consistent with the FAR/DFARS requirements and other best practices, will be used to determine fair and reasonable extension values for the various NEE Task Orders.

The contractors will provide cost/price proposals for the extension period that will undergo appropriate analysis to ensure the negotiation of fair and reasonable extension pricing.

8. DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS

OR A STATEMENT OF THE REASON MARKET RESEARCH WAS NOT

CONDUCTED:

(U) Market Research was conducted when the base NEE IDIQ, and its subsequent original task orders were awarded, and again in 2023. NGA received responses from both large and small vendors. The analysis of the market research has resulted in additional changes to the acquisition strategy and requirements documents, resulting in the need for a second RFI. The cost methodology is consistent with actuals on the existing vehicles while accounting for current market conditions such as inflation.

9. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION

(U) Pursuant to FAR 6.305, NGA will make the final approved justification available on the SAM database to the public.

10. LISTING OF SOURCES, IF ANY, THAT EXPRESSED, IN WRITING, AN INTEREST

IN THE ACQUISITION:

(U) The NEE IDIQ and its subsequent task orders were awarded as a Single Award IDIQ to Peraton

Technology Services. No other sources have expressed an interest in the extension described herein.

11. STATEMENT OF THE ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE AGENCY MAY TAKE TO

REMOVE OR OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BEFORE ANY

SUBSEQUENT ACQUISITION FOR THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED:

(U) There are no known barriers to future competition. NGA is planning a competitive procurement for the NEE follow-on, which is planned to be awarded in the second quarter of

FY2026.

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

PM/COR CERTIFICATION:

(U) I certify that any supporting facts and data under my responsibility which form a basis for this

Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: _______________________________ DATE: _ ___

Mark T. Nakagawa

NSES Program Manager, TCC

PM/COR’s FIRST-LINE SUPERVISOR CERTIFICATION:

(U) I certify that the facts and data which are included in this Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: _______________________________ DATE: _ ___

Kenneth R. Austin

Deputy Director TCC

DIRECTORATE HEAD OR AGENCY ELEMENT HEAD CERTIFICATION:

(U) I certify that the facts and data which are included in this Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: ___________________________________ DATE: _ ___

John Parente Jr.

Deputy Director, IT Business Operations Group, TC

CONTRACTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION:

(U) I certify that this Justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: _________________________________ DATE: _ ___

Patricia D. Hill

Contracting Officer, OCSC

LEGAL REVIEW:

(U) I have reviewed this Justification for restricted competition.

SIGNATURE: _________________________________ DATE: _ ___

Richard L. Donaldson

Assistant General Counsel

COGNIZANT OCS DIVISION CHIEF:

(U) I have reviewed this Justification and find it accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: _________________________________ DATE: _________________

Patricia D. Hill

Division Chief, OCSC

COGNIZANT OCS GROUP CHIEF:

(U) I have reviewed this Justification and find it accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: _________________________________ DATE: _________________

Howard W. Pierce

OCS Group Chief

SENIOR PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE (SPE) APPROVAL:

(U) I have reviewed this Justification and find it accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

APPROVED:

Kelly E. Pickering

Senior Procurement Executive