ITS Extension FOE 08Apr2025 Signed Final_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Fair Opportunity Exception (FOE) Justification and Approval (J&A) for Intelligence Technical Services (ITS) issued by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The document supports a 6-month extension of the existing ITS order H92415-23-F-0190 to IronEagleX Inc (IEX), with a total estimated value of $2,600,000 in Operations and Maintenance funding for FY25/FY26. The extension is based on other than full and open competition and will continue support for the Intelligence Data Science Team (IDST), with the current contract period of performance extended to 15 May 2025.

The justification highlights that IEX was originally selected through a competitive GSA Multiple Award Schedule process and has demonstrated substantial performance in supporting similar USSOCOM requirements. The extension will allow USSOCOM to conduct a comprehensive competition in the next 7 months to address updated and revised data science and technical support requirements. The document emphasizes that awarding the extension to another vendor would result in significant cost duplication, learning curve challenges, and an unacceptable delay in mission support, with the current vendor's team comprising data scientists, data integrators, data analysts, system architects, data engineers, and front-end developers.