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Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition Solicitation 1005170037

Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition

FOR THE PURCHASE OF

Rapid Migration of Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber (C5AD)

Capability Best Practices

ITSS SOLICITATION NUMBER ID05170037

1 November 2018

A procurement by the U.S. General Services Administration on behalf of The United States Joint Staff J6 and team members

This requirement is being fulfilled through an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IOIQ) contract

NAICS: 334290, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing PSC: 5895, Miscellaneous Communication Equipment

1. Agency and Contracting Activity Requiring Agency: Joint Staff JS

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Joint Tactical Integration Element 116 Lakeview Parkway Suffolk, VA 23435-2697

Contracting Activity: General Services Administration, Region 5 Federal Acquisition Service Contracting Division

2. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Approved The Joint Staff JS has been tasked with the mission to identify, demonstrate and facilitate cutting edge revolutionary technologies to fill critical technology gaps identified by warfighters at the tactical level worldwide. This equipment and associated services will enable and sustain:

operationally relevant communications to, from, and within an aircraft, the presentation of information used for threat avoidance, as well as the identification and location of airborne and friendly ground forces. The products and services will be integrated across all mission elements of the Joint Tactical enterprises enabling full command and control interoperability and critical data transfer. All of these functions are vital to the Expeditionary and SOF Mission Networks enabling full interoperability across the DOD tactical enterprise and resolving immediate joint battlefield gaps. Additionally, it will reduce DOD services cost by replacing obsolete, inadequate technologies with a cutting edge solution that has been demonstrated and received all the certifications required for fielding. Historically, new technologies were being introduced to the military after substantial development time had passed, resulting in technology being introduced to the warfighter that had already become obsolete. In order to solve this problem Joint Staff JS has been tasked to identify best practices, demonstrate their capability and facilitate the migration of these capabilities to warfighters. The term "best practice" is defined by the Joint Staff J6 as an operationally proven capability, normally developed from the tactical layer up, that utilizes emerging technologies proven in combat that satisfy identified requirements, gaps and shortfalls in Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber Assessments Division (C5AD}. Best practices' benefits include:

• Provide immediate resolution to known gaps and shortfalls.

• Eliminate millions of dollars in developmental and operational testing costs.

• Provide required Joint Capabilities Integration Development System (JCIDS) certifications, flight safety certifications, National Security Agency (NSA} certifications and various other certifications.

• Also provides configuration control and joint interoperability and integration between all commands.

The Joint Staff J6, Deputy Director, Command and Control, Communications, Computers and Cyber Integration (DDCSI), Command and Control, Communications and Communications Assessment Division (C4AD), Joint Tactical Integration Element (JTIE} is assigned to:

• Identify best practices across the Department of Defense, primarily those that support the tactical level.

• Demonstrate those best practices to senior commanders (Brigade, Division, Corps level) who have identified gaps, shortfall, and requirements which would be satisfied by the JTI E demonstrated best practice.

• Facilitate the migration of the best practice into a Service Program of Record initiated by a Service Headquarters to deliver the requested capability.

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• This includes monitoring of the MIPRs sent by the Service Headquarters to an approved contract vehicle.

The purpose of this procurement is to facilitate the migration and fielding of a newly developed, revolutionary battlefield capability to provide an integrated air and ground common operational picture to US forces worldwide. The capability was developed under the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Major Force Program 11 authority to demonstrate and develop new best practice capabilities. USSOCOM conducted extensive market research on contractors capable of developing the aforementioned required capability. As a result of that market research, multiple vendors indicated they were interested and capable; however, after USSOCOM and its mission partner technical experts reviewed the received market research responses, fully vetting these potential solutions, it was determined the ViaSat capability to be far superior to any other known capability at this time and for the foreseeable future. This is a revolutionary battlefield technology needed by US forces worldwide to overcome disabling technology gaps and this contract provides the means to migrate and field this capability.

USSOCOM and the Joint Staff have obtained all necessary certifications and have demonstrated the capability is effective in operationally relevant environments. The capability is ready for immediate fielding on a large scale and the contract resulting from this acquisition will serve as the means to meet that objective.

A requirement of this nature requires an enterprise-wide contract vehicle. Both USSOCOM and the Joint Staff have small acquisition staffs which are not chartered or authorized to conduct enterprise-wide acquisitions. In late 2016 USSOCOM approached the GSA's RS Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) with a request to support mission partners (Joint Staff, US Marine Corps, US Army, US Air Force, OISA and other agencies), all of who play a critical part in accomplishing the worldwide Airborne Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (AISR) transport mission. To date USSOCOM and Joint Staff have procured limited quantities of demonstration items via any contract they could find for which the scope was broad enough and there was ceiling. However, this is a very expensive option with no value add to the customer as any awardee other that ViSat would have to subcontract with ViaSat to acquire the required equipment configuration for a total solution as there are no authorized resellers of the ViaSat solution. Under this scenario ViaSat still provides the equipment directly to the customer and not to the prime. Research indicates that the cost of accessing the equipment from ViaSat via a "pass-through" increases the cost by - Based on this analysis the Government is better served going directly to to source, versus acquiring the equipment through subcontracting.

Furthermore, these expensive options can supply only a very limited number of purchases whereas the need is enormous. Additionally, in order to support the special forces mission response requirements, the Joint Staff and AISR team needs to be highly confident that goods and services will be procured as needed and on a timely and efficient basis. Their experience with other contracting agencies has involved excessive procurement lead times (e.g. 6 months or longer for a delivery order placed against an existing contract) and lack of flexibility (e.g.

some contracting activities will only place orders quarterly instead of in response to real-world mission needs).

Approval of this document will authorize a new agency specific (Department of Defense) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the firm fixed price procurement of the following items: Handheld Link 16 Radios (PRC-161), Digital Aided Close Air Support Gateway SOF (DACAS-G-S) formerly known as Move Out Jump Off (MOJO) kit, Small Tactical Terminals (STI), Airborne Mobile Broadband antennas (VR-12) and associated terminal and hub

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Solicitation ID051 70037 equipment, KG-250X and KG-255 High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) Devices, Secure Mobility Architecture Software and Services, Multi-Mission Satellite Modem (CBM-400), Multi-Mission Satellite Terminal (MMST), Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modems (EBEM), Linkway Modem Networks, Arclight Global Command and Control (C2) Network transceivers and hub equipment and support, ViaSat Data controllers (VDC-850, VDC-550, and VDC/IP), DAMA Order-wire Channel Control Trainer/Simulator (DOCCT/S), High Capacity Satellite Studies, High Capacity Satellite Services and Airtime, associated ancillary items, required sustainment and support services, New Equipment Training (NET) as required, and engineering and test services to enable procurement, installation, integration, test, and life cycle support for Joint tactical warfighters (descriptions of these items are broken out in section 3).

The aforementioned represents the ViaSat total solution of equipment and imbedded software which allows for secure communications, imperative to warfighter mission and the client's required needs.

The most critical tactical gap and shortfall in all four branches of services is not having an integrated air and ground Common Operational Picture (COP) that can be shared between all supporting forces, including all mission partners, and can be operated in austere environments where commonly-used navigational capability has been denied. There are no existing Government contracts to meet the demands of the Services, combatant commands, joint commands and other US forces for an immediate solution to provide a truly integrated air and ground COP. ViaSat under contract to the USSOCOM has developed a revolutionary new capability to bridge the COP technology gap. The new capability enables the Precise Participant, Location and Identification (PPLI) to be simultaneously shared by the Commander's Tactical Operation Center's (TOC) COP, the air platforms supporting that commander, as well as the ground forces fighting the fight. This tactical picture allows commanders to make better more informed decisions on a faster timeline, and overall shorten the kill chain. Additionally, the overall purpose of the Expeditionary and Special Operations Forces (SOF) Mission Networks is to enhance collaboration and situational awareness. The Expeditionary and SOF Mission Networks are intended to improve targeting and reduce fratricide among aircrews, on-aircraft forces, ground forces, Command and Control (C2) nodes, and, as needed, other Joint and Coalition forces.

Due to the success of the MOJO TRAX C2 Gateway in Syria, (from about 40 missions per month using the previous capability to over 340 plus missions per month with the new capability) without a single incident of fratricide, commanders have seen the increase in C2 capability demonstrated and now require it for their own commands. To date all missions that have utilized the below listed ViaSat technologies have had zero fratricide incidents since they were first tested in 2010. This is a monumental accomplishment. It has taken Joint Staff seven years to gain all the required certifications to field this ViaSat capability. Market analysis was conducted by USSOCOM prior to awarding the contract to ViaSat to produce each Best Practice item selected. Only ViaSat had the intellectual capital and current technology to deliver the capability on time to meet mission requirements. Based upon the market research (Sources Sought Notices & Requests for Information) conducted by USSOCOM and GSA, no market competitor has been found or came forth and demonstrated a like or improved capability at this time. No known competition exists to date and if/when any contenders became known it would take a substantial amount of time and funding for them to gain the required certifications for their products in order to field them. Joint Staff is continuously seeking best practices; therefore, if/when new technology emerges they will identify, demonstrate, and seek to facilitate it ensuring the proper certifications are obtained.

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This justification is for a contract for the migration and fielding of this highly specialized equipment, using ViaSat Inc. It is proposed that using a five year IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract will enable the ongoing programs to achieve their objectives without disruption since there are no known competitive technologies and the substantial lead time it would take to have any newly discovered technologies gain the required certifications for fielding. The IDlQ procurement strategy was selected to accommodate system implementation and independent funding by various DOD agencies. An award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition as no known capable competitors exist. Re-competing this effort would not provide material cost savings and would introduce significant schedule and performance risk. The contract minimum guarantee will be with a maximum ceiling value of .

3. Description of the Supplies/Services Required to Meet the Agency's Need The supplies and services to be included in this contract provide vital pieces of the Expeditionary and SOF Mission Networks. As stated above, this contract will be for the procurement of ViaSat equipment to include:

Eauloment Aaencv's Need Description Handheld Link 16 Hand Held Link 16 terminals were designed specifically for the tactical Radios (PRC-161) warfighter and enhance Joint and Coalition Tactical Operations.

• Supports dismounted forces and smaller platforms Provides Real-time Tactical Situation Awareness (aircraft position, fuel status, weapons loads, and availability).

• Real-time Air Picture (0- +30K Feet)

• Reduce Blue on Blue Fratricide via Positive ID (POSID) Enables Digitally Aided Close Air Support (DACAS)

• Reduces kill chain time by eliminating timely talk-on

• Ability to cue weapons systems without voice communication

• Allows Command and Control (C2) in degraded RF environments Low Probability of Intercept/Detection (LPI/LPD)

• J-Series Messages including J28.2 text messaging (chat)

• J-Voice Joint and Coalition Forces can leverage LARGE Link 16 Eco System that is operational worldwide.

• 50+ Countries employ Link 16 on common coalition network Digital Aided Close Air Air and Ground Situational Awareness, data, and voice capability in a Support Gateway-SOF single transit case:

(DACAS-G-S) formerly • Fused Real-time Air & Ground Common Operational Picture for known as Move Out Ground Maneuver Commanders(s) Jump Off (MOJO) Kit • Providing Position Location Information (PLI), voice, chat, and imagery to the Division, Brigade, Battalion, and Company level

• Fratricide de-confliction via passage of friendly ground force PLI data to Close Air Support (CAS) and C2 aircraft

• Enabling Digitally-aided CAS via Link 16

• Gateway functionality across networks: including Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW), Adaptive Networking Wideband Waveform (ANW2), Fourth Generation/ Long Term Evolution (4G LTE), Link 16, and ability to inteQrate Coalition and legacy radios

Small Tactical Terminals (STT)

Airborne Mobile Broadband antennas (VR-12) and associated terminal and hub equipment

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• Two man portable, suitable for vehicle and air platforms (prior to this capability it would take two C-17 loads to transport the equipment and troops to the forward operating location) saving time and money

• MOJO Kit with TRAX digitally integrates Air and Ground platforms by translating any Military Standard (MIL-STD) lamwaqes real-time

Real-time Common Operational Picture enables placement onto Fixed Wing (FfW), Rotary Wing (RMI), Unmanned Arial System (UAS), ground, and maritime assets.

• Digitally Aided Close Air Support

• 95% reduction in Target/ Friendly acquisition times

• Machine To Machine Interface

• Enables Direct Access to Strike, Fleet, C2, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (!SR), and Air Defense Artillery (ADA} systems

• Fratricide Avoidance

• Relative Navigation in GPS denied environment

• Free-Text Chat and J-Voice Capable (Voice over IP}

• Jam Resistant Waveform and LPI (77,000 hops/second compared to the closet competition that only hops 250 times a second)

• Coalition interoperability with 53+ countries

• Leverages existing billion dollar networks being used today

• Self-healinq Mesh Network

KuKarray Antenna: Enables ability to roam between ViaSat high capacity Ka- and Ku-band networks and is capable of connection speeds of 70 to 100 Mbps to the aircraft and 2.5 to 20 Mbps from the aircraft at Ka-band.

• Only system capable of operating on Military Ka band, Commercial Ku Band, and ViaSat High Capacity Ka Band satellites

• Installed and operational on Air Force 1, AC-130J Gunships, and other air platforms

C-130 Hatch-Mount Terminal: Complete, self-contained airborne satellite terminal delivering high-speed IP communications-on-the move. Enabling forces operating on C-130s to send live, full-motion video over the horizon, make phone calls, conduct video conferences, access classified networks, and perform mission-critical communications while in flight. This allows forces to hit the ground ready without having to be back briefed or moving out without having the most up to date information.

• The terminal can be quickly installed into a C-130 escape hatch within 20 minutes

The Hatch-Mount Kuss Antenna and Flex-lVE is an airborne satellite antenna which delivers high-speed Internet Protocol (IP) communications-on-the-move. The ground hubs provide the required infrastructure to support that capability and transmit the data back to other ground users.

KG-250X, KG-142 and KG-255 High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) Devices

Secure Mobility Architecture Software and Services

Multi-Mission Satellite Modem (CBM-400)

Multi-Mission Satellite Terminal (MMST)

Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modems

(EBEM)

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The KG-250 HAIPE provides National Security Agency (NSA) certified Top Secret (TS) Type-1 in-line Communications Security (COMSEC) device for use with tactical Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR, C41SR) applications.

KG-142 (100-Gbps Layer 2 IP Network Encryptor): Designed to protect data to Top Secret data and below for very high-bandwidth applications, such as cloud computing and big data processing over Layer 2 communication circuits.

• Only NSA Certified Type 1 MACsec Ethernet encryptor capable of operating at speeds up to 100 Gbps

• Software-upgradeable design that is field-proven across ViaSat's network encryption family able to evolve over time without hardware changes

KG-255X (2-Gbps IP Network Encryptor): NSA- certified ViaSat KG- 255X combines Type 1 HAlPE network encryption with the latest cyber defense technologies and visualization software.

• Ability to host a wide range of networking and cybersecurity applications within its high-assurance boundaries, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)

• Only 1 Gigabit Encryptor with embedded TCP/IP accelerator (xPeP) to mitiQate latency over satellites

The MF-TOMA single-hop mesh networks provide secure, significantly reduced latency links between operational points of presence enabling rapid communications via latency-sensitive voice and video teleconferencing services as well as secure connections worldwide back to the Army ReQional Hub Nodes.

CBM-400 and Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM): is a software-defined modem platform that combines the power of high speed connectivity with the flexibility of waveform switching to meet the needs of any mission and application in a single hardware platform.

• Only single hardware modem capable of operating on current Wideband Gap-filler Satellites (WGS) with EBEM, LinkWay, JIPM, and Arclight waveforms.

• Delivers satellite broadband performance whether at-the-halt or on-the-move (COTM).

Will support Global operations on WGS Ka-band, Commercial Ku, and ViaSat Commercial High Capacity Ka-band satellites.

• Only terminals able to operate on Military, Commercial, and ViaSat satellites providing high data rates (15/5Mbps) in a small portable 60cm terminal.

• Offers Resiliency when operating in ViaSat High Capacity Ka Band modes.

The Multi-Mission satellite communications (SATCOM) Modem (CBM-

400) and its derivative Multi-Mission SATCOM Terminals provide a multi-network, flexible, efficient secure and reliable means to serve either the airborne ISR, FDMA or MF-TOMA capabilities described in a single piece of equipment along with the ability to receive Global

Linkway Modem Networks

Arclight Global C2 Network transceivers and hub equipment and support

ViaSat Data controllers (VDC-850, VDC-550, and

VDC/IP)

Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Order-wire Channel Control Trainer/Simulator

(DOCCT/S)

High Capacity Satellite Services and Airtime

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Broadcast Service (GBS) feeds, thus reducing size, weight, and power (SWaP) for established as well as expeditionary forces The Multi-Mission SATCOM Terminal, through its network access flexibility between WGS, COMSATCOM as well as next generation High Capacity Satellite Networks, additionally increases communications resilience through agile network switching and resultinQ obfuscation for adversaries.

A hub-spoke Satellite Network system expressly designed for airborne mobile platforms and optimized for high performance on small antennas.

• Only system Federal Communications Commission (FCC) & International Telecommunication Union (ITU) certified commercially in over 100+ countries and used by U.S. DoD to support Senior Leadership aircraft and Intelligence Operations

• Certified to not cause adjacent satellite interference on small antenna

• Provides a satellite based network that can support 200,000 users with global coverage in austere environments

VDC uses combat proven MIL-STD based technology to create an IP data capability for legacy Combat Net Radios enabling interoperability between dismounted soldiers, tactical nodes, vehicles and aircraft communications. Dismounted Warfighters benefit from the range, security and air/ground interoperability of legacy radio capabilities of High Frequency (HF)/ Very high frequency (VHF)/Ultra high frequency (UHF) Line of Sight (LoS) and Bevond Line-Of-Sight (BLOS).

DAMA Orderwire Channel Controller Trainer/Simulator replicates Legacy DAMA and Integrated Waveform (1W) network control station and legacy network terminal operations when channel access is unavailable. DOCCT/S has the flexibility to address an entire range of UHF legacy DAMA and IW satellite communications equipment training, integration, and mission rehearsal requirements to ensure communications systems are ready for fielding.

ViaSat has an end-to-end, integrated approach to satellite communications, with innovations spanning from satellites, backhaul, and ground entry to network management, cybersecurity, and end-user terminals. This integrated innovation results in dramatic improvements and benefits for warfighter and mission dominance:

• First. better performance: faster speeds and data volumes, smaller-lighter terminals, faster time to deployment and rapid innovation to keep pace with emerging needs, abundant capacity to meet rising government bandwidth demands, and growing-global network with best-available network roaming

• Second, superior security & resilience: better interference and anti-jam performance, better cyber defense and protections, and better availability and resilience

• Lastly, lower cost: less expensive equipment, costs considerably less than DOD satellites, lower operating costs, and more mission performance per dollar. It is estimated that ViaSat is 60 times more affordable and has 15 times more

Hiqh Capacity Satellite Studies New Equipment Traininq (NET)

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Services

Engineering and test services to enable procurement, installation, integration, test, and life cycle support for Joint tactical warfiqhters.

The estimated value of all procurements and sustainment/support services over five years is ; this includes the anticipated annual needs as well as potential minor changes to the requirements over the life of the contract.. The majority of the requirement consists of firm fixed priced commodities with less than of the requirement tied to ancillary services. Attached is the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) that breaks out the amount each agency estimates to spend on commodities and services over the life of the IDIQ.

4. Authority and Rationale for Limiting Sources and a Demonstration of the Contractor's Unique Qualifications This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of 1 O U.S.C 2304(c)(1 ), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii) which states; Supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in - (A) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, or (B) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. The sole provider of requirement is ViaSat as there are no authorized resellers of the required solution.

Market analysis was conducted by USSOCOM during the capability development and prior to awarding a contract to ViaSat to produce each Best Practice item selected. Only ViaSat had the intellectual capital and current technology to deliver the capably on time to meet mission requirements. All of the products to be included in this contract are either continuations of design, development, and integration efforts that DOD had previously invested in fielding via DOD sponsored contracts. Currently there is no single enterprise-wide contract vehicle that exists and can be leveraged by all the Services and joint warfighters in a timely manner.

The Government has invested over-in the initial fielding, testing and certification of these products. In order to avoid significant duplication of cost in the development, demonstration, certification and sustainment of solutions to meet these mission networking requirements, it is critical that GSA's proposed new IDIQ contract is awarded promptly. This new IDIQ will accomplish the migration and fielding of this best practice which was developed, demonstrated and certified under another contract. Interoperability is the primary objective of the Joint Staff;

therefore, mission network and configuration management must remain stable while the interoperability analysis is accomplished to determine future gaps and requirements (this analysis is discussed in greater detail in section 8). The rationale for this sole source request is both logical and sound because in terms of scope, period of performance, and value it would save the government substantial duplication of cost that is not expected to be recovered through competition, and would prevent unacceptable delays in fulfilling the customer agency's requirements. The mission impacts of delay would include:

Potential fratricide due to delay of acquisition and fielding Delay of operationally capability (Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.)

• Disruption of pre-deployment training schedules

• No contract vehicle to fulfill immediate operational needs

• No ability to purchase and deliver large quantities

Bloated staffing and costs to continue maintaining legacy solutions Significantly higher contract pass-through costs Degraded/sub-optimal air-ground operations due to lack of situational awareness Unacceptable airborne enroute communications due to poor situational awareness

• Delay (if any) integrated air-ground operations for mission/coalition partners Preclusion of other key best practices coming on line, e.g. Tactical Radio, Application extension (TRAX) and Remote Advise and Assist kit Hampering development and migration of new solutions and best practices Additional classified unacceptable delays can be discussed upon request using the appropriate classification procedures

Combined Joint Staff and SOCOM market research report dated 25 Oct 2016 indicated that, due to the proprietary nature of all the products to be included in this contract, ViaSat is the only company authorized to repair, maintain, and upgrade their HHL-16 Radios, DACASG-S, STT, Kuss antennas and Flex-lVEs, Kuss Arclight2 Hubs, KG-250X and KG-255 HAIPE Devices, EBEM, ESEM, and all associated ancillary items. In order to preserve the intellectual property of ViaSat products, ViaSat does not authorize or subcontract installation, integration, repair, maintenance, or training to third party vendors. Sustainment tasks including repair and depot maintenance of ViaSat equipment requires use of and access to the ViaSat intellectual property (IP). Since the intellectual property is proprietary, there are no other companies outside of this Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) with authorization to the IP, and therefore no other vendor that is capable of meeting these requirements. At present an alternative solution does not exist for acquisition of the ViaSat equipment and respective services. The table below summarizes the duplication of costs and respective time delays that would exist if the Government were to wait for another source of supply & services to be available. The duplication of costs and time delay values would increase if the full process was completely dissected; however, in the interest of efficiency, while still showing the substantial impact, only readily available information was included.

STT

Delays

7 years for frequency certification

6 Years JITC, safe to fl , and NSA

Comments

Developed using internal Viasat R&D, Product Development, Integration and testing, Product Enhancement and Sustainment Engineering funds over a period of 3 ears.

The STT is a radio used to transmit and receive

KuSS Arclight2 Hub

Kuss Antenna and Flex-lVE kit

KG-250X, KG-

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3 Years FCC & ITU certified commercially in over 100+ countries

3 years for Full hatch terminal with productization, testing and certification.

2 Years NSA Certified information on L-Band frequencies using Link-16 networks as well as a second channel that transmits and receives in the VHF and UHF bands.

The sn was Initially Developed using internal Viasat R&D, Product Development, Integration and testing, Product Enhancement and Sustainment Engineering funds over a period of 3 years and the product has been continuously iterated and improved over the course of the last 6 years on IRAD.

Developed using internal Viasat R&D, Product Development, Integration and testing, Product Enhancement and Sustainment Engineering funds over a period of 4 Year Kuss communications shipset is designed for large cabin business and military aircraft on our ViaSat global network. It is the lightest, smallest footprint Ku-band terminal for high-speed internet access to aircraft. This Full hatch terminal system includes the KuSS Terminal, C-130/L-100 Hatch Mount, Flex IVE with VMBR-4020 Modem, IRU all developed using internal Viasat R&D, Product Development, Integration and testing, Product Enhancement and Sustainment Engineering funds ViaSat's famil of lnline

255, KG-250XS

HAIPE Devices

EBEM & ESEM

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Type 1 & 3-4 Years for Network Encryptors (INE) NSA TS certification are designed to provide

Data in Transit (DIT) protection for user data from unclassified to up to

TOP SECRET//SCI

Level. The ViaSat INEs provide robust encryption and advanced key management services to allow geographically dispersed communities of interest to securely communicate across Wide Area Networks (WAN, including the public Internet. These HAIPE products were developed using Viasat Developed using internal Viasat R&D, Product Development, Integration and testing, Product Enhancement and Sustainment Engineering funds over a period of 20 years

3 years. Requires The EBEM uses the latest development of HW advanced modulation and and SW including coding technology, while interoperable also providing backwards waveform development interoperability with the and certification both majority of existing SCPC for the MIL-STD, modems. It supports a ARSTRATand large range of user data TRANSEC, as well as rates, from 64 Kbps up to extended features 155 Mbps, and provides (Simplex encryption, IA power and bandwidth enhancements, and efficiency with 16-ary antenna handover) modulation and Turbo coding. In addition to the requirements defined in

MIL-STD-188-

165B/STANAG 4486 ed. 3, the EBEM also supports simplex and point-to-multipoint TRANSEC and low-latency antenna handover. The EBEM provides a selectable adaptive coding and modulation mode that automatically adjusts modulation and code rates (while maintaining the symbol rate) matched to channel conditions-preserving link margin while combating rain-fades or other channel impairments. The ESEM interface provides the Ethernet data interface supporting existing and future Ethernet based protocols: 1Pv4, 1Pv6, MPLS and non-IP data flows. When in Turbo-coded mode, the ESEM interface enables a new logical data channel, which carries encapsulated Ethernet framed packets over the satellite link. The internal AES enabled TRANSEC can be used in lieu of external TRANSEC devices in government installations. The EBEM provides encryption intended to protect sensitive, but unclassified data. Featuring Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 197 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit cipher key, the modem is NIST certified at Security Level 2 as described in

FIPS PUB 140-2. AES-256

bulk encryption (TRANSEC) of all over-the-air data channels for Turbo-coded modes includes: user data, overhead data, and embedded data channels.

Encryption and decryption operate over the entire data rate range with minimal additional delay.

Encryption can be operated in full- duplex, simplex, and point-to-multipoint configurations.

were developed using internal Viasat R&D, Product Development, Integration and testing, Product Enhancement and Sustainment Engineering funds over a period of 3 years

Note: The time frame associated with the certification process noted herein is specific to this client and total solution. All DOD certification processes are specific to the Service Unit (Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force) and the solution being evaluated.

HHL-16 Radios and DACASG-S There are no other known products that have this extensive level of integration and testing with the DACASG-S and HHL-16 radio supporting Joint and SOF missions. Market research indicates ViaSat is currently the only manufacturer of a bi-directional radio gateway (DACASG S) that supports forwarding of K<->CoT, K<->K, J<->CoT, J<->J, Cursor On Target (Col) to Keyhole Markup Language (KML) message translations, Extended CoT and Variable Message Format (VMF) messages on the tactical objective in support of irregular warfare operations.

These kits can be easily carried by a two man team, while the inferior legacy capability requires two C-17 airlifts to provide a similar capability. Two C-17 airlifts cost a substantial amount of money, take a considerable amount of time to arrange (time that a real world mission cannot afford to waste), diminished airlift capability for other missions, and potentially could expose aircrews and aircraft to hostile fire. The new capability replaces all of this with a small kit easily carried by a two man team. Additionally, ViaSat is the only manufacturer to build a Link-16 terminal in the hand held form factor for use by the Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) supporting SOF missions. The HHL-16 radios increased the number of missions per month from the previous capabilities 40 missions per month to over 340 missions per month using this new technolo. hout a single incident of fratricide. SOCOM and the Army have already invested ave in DACASG-S systems and support over the last two years.

STT

The STT is currently fielded on multiple Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) fixed wing and Rotary Wing platforms, Army Rotary Wing and Ground stations, and Navy Patrol Craft.

The Army selected STT as the Link 16/SRW solution for Army AH-64E after the similar Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Airborne & Maritime/Fixed Station (AMF) development program terminated their own development due to failure to successfully complete the project, losing approximately- in over 4 years. As a result the ViaSat manufactured STT was found to be the only valid solution to meet Army requirements. Due to aircraft size, weight, and power (SWAP) constraints and other existing requirements, the material solution for this capability was determined to be the ViaSat STT. The STT is the only certified dual band radio with Link 16 capability. Rotary Wing has the requirement to add Link16 capability, and they must maintain all current radio capabilities within the same SWAP. Attempting to design and develop another product with the same capability would cause a substantial re-work and duplication of cost that would not be recouped through competition. In addition, there would be an unacceptable schedule delay with developing another solution and getting it through Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), safe to fly, and NSA certification (typically takes 6 years for all certifications).

USASOC has invested in the procurements and/or integration of the ViaSat STT over the last two years. To evaluate other solutions for the requirements and integrate on those with these specific platforms would cost an estimated additional - and cause the program to delay by over a year.

Kuss ArcLight2 Hub The Arclight2 Hubs that have been procured and fielded to meet the Government Mission Networking requirements for backhaul of ISR data are proprietary to ViaSat. The Government has invested over lal in procurement alone to establish this architecture. The global network would need to be replaced (currently values at over- in order to meet operational requirements including the antenna on air platforms that are only compatible with this proprietary hub. Transitioning to another solution is not only cost prohibitive, but no other vendors to date have shown the ability to provide the connectivity/reliability required to support small fast moving manned assets in any number of areas of responsibility (AORs)/scenarios.

Due to substantial cost and operational impact, it is not in the best interest of the Government to pursue an immediate replacement of the architecture. The Arclight2 hubs currently fielded need to be sustained and operated until the government establishes an alternate SA TCOM architecture that meets all operational requirements. The alternate SATCOM architecture falls under the USSOCOM Advisory and Assistance (A&AS) contract which has been procured under a separate acquisition.

Kuss Antenna and Flex-lVE kit The Government has invested in the KuSS Arclight2 terminals to provide enroute satellite communications and ISR backhaul capabilities. The Arclight waveform that ViaSat uses on their modems within their network is proprietary and unique to ViaSat only. This technology has not been shared with any other satellite terminal providers; therefore, they are unable to build a comparable terminal that is interoperable with ViaSat's network. Additionally, AFSOC and USASOC have separate ViaSat KuSS hubs to meet their unique mission requirements. In order for the air platforms to operate with the fielded ground architecture, the antennas and in-vehicle equipment (IVE) providing that capability on air platforms must be the ViaSat Kuss systems.

Other vendors provide satellite communications antennas and solutions for platforms. However, the ground hub architecture drives the need to be able to procure these systems. The entire Government satellite communications architecture is not ViaSat proprietary but there are areas of the world (such as but not limited to Djibouti, Qatar, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Pope, NC, Kadena, JP, Ft Buckner, JP, Wahiawa, HI , Northwest, VA, Lago, IT) only covered by the ViaSat satellite system. As a result, air platforms may be deployed in these different areas and in order to operate will require access to the ViaSat satellite communications architecture.

KG-250X, KG-2551 KG-250XS HAIPE Devices These specific HAIPE devices manufactured by ViaSat are the only NSA Type 1 certified encryption devices and the only devices that have embedded IP acceleration capability that fit the Government current satellite systems. Various SOF Deployable Node (SON) and Product

Distribution Systems (PDS) satellite systems contain a DTECH LABS, Inc. Baseband which includes a mount for these encryption devices. These systems are currently configured to use these proprietary ViaSat encryptors.

It is, at a minimum, a 24 month process to obtain NSA certification. Waiting for another device to be developed, certified, and integrated to fit the current systems would constitute an unacceptable delay to fielding the capability. Since 2014, the Government has invested over in these products. An award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost associated with additional training and multiple logistics activities that would be required to field the equipment, which the Government does not expect to be recovered through competition. In order to maintain interoperability and performance of the various existing fielded systems the Government must continue provisioning these ViaSat devices.

The Government requires an in-line network encryptor capable of being body worn or installed in a tactical space where size, weight, and power (SWaP) are critical attributes. The use-case for the KG250XS is to wear it on the body, carry it in a tactical assault pack, or use it on smaller SON systems where form factor and weight are considerations in mission planning. The ViaSat Miniature Cryptographic Module (MCM) is the only certified NSA cryptographic module that can process IP traffic at 20 Mbps in a form factor of (W x H x D) 1.5 x 1.9 x 0.35 in. Other HAIPE devices exist as outlined in the market research; however, given their form factors and feature set, including the availability of the embedded IP acceleration capability, no other products can provide a drop-in replacement offering the same level of performance.

EBEM & ESEM:

The EBEM and ESEM are currently supporting the Shipboard Carry-On SATCOM System (SCOSS). The ViaSat EBEM and ESEM incorporate the latest technology in advanced modulation and coding, and preserve link margin while combating rain-fades or other channel impairments. The ESEM enables a new logical data channel, which carries encapsulated Ethernet framed packets over the satellite link. The EBEM/ESEM is the modem that allows interoperability with systems already installed on the ship. The EBEM/ESEM is the only solution approved for use on Navy ships (this approval process takes years)~ The joint staff and team members must be interoperable with these ships and therefore must use the Navy required EBEM/ESEM solution.

ViaSat EBEMs and ESEMs have undergone extensive operational testing and integration and are currently in use as an internal component of the SOCOM's SCOSS system. In order to maintain interoperability and performance of the Government various existing fielded systems the Government must continue provisioning these proprietary ViaSat devices.

High-Capacity Satellites+ Payloads:

Airborne communications on the move satellite services are an emerging market and the few current service providers only offer proprietary services that work with their proprietary equipment. ViaSat is currently the only vendor providing commercially available SATCOM services and terminals on ViaSat designed satellites using the aforementioned products in this contract. Modern military operations depend on information dominance to ensure force multiplier advantage. And information dominance depends on bandwidth. The continuously growing demand for bandwidth within the military is indisputable. The U.S. DOD has 34% year over-year growth rate in bandwidth consumption, with short-term growth as high as 69%. With more platforms, ISR missions, video, and devices fighting for bandwidth, more satellite capacity and speed is needed. In 2012, ViaSat launched the new high-capacity (high throughput) era in satellite broadband with ViaSat-1, still the highest capacity satellite in the world, as it began providing broadband internet services over North America. ViaSat-1, a single satellite, exceeds the capacity and capabilities of all DOD satellites combined for a fraction of the cost. But ViaSat- 1 was only the first step for a new high-capacity Ka-band system architecture that is focused on continuous transformation in the economics and quality of satellite broadband services.

Launched in 2017, ViaSat-2 is designed to combine both deep, high-capacity bandwidth and wide coverage, and flexibility to move bandwidth to where demand requires it. ViaSat-2 was designed to double the bandwidth economics advantage of ViaSat-1, double the throughput, and provide seven times the coverage. The first two satellites focus on the Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Continuous changes in world events and global military operations force government organizations to be agile and adapt to shifts in bandwidth demand. Flexible capacity technology in the ViaSat-2 Lite satellite system allows the user to match capacity to unpredictable demand, and shift or add capacity within the satellite footprint. It allows the DOD to quickly move capacity to respond to unexpected events and emerging military hot zones, move capacity from where the fight is today to where it goes tomorrow, and address future bandwidth needs.

Sustainment & Support Services The proprietary nature of the equipment listed above requires ViaSat to support integration, training, repair, and sustainment activities. The equipment contains ViaSat proprietary technology and complete technical data is not available. In the conducted research it was determined no other vendor or depot has the necessary expertise to repair these proprietary items and using another vendor or Government assets to repair it would void any remaining warranty, In some cases, other contractors are permitted to remove and replace components to be sent out for repair, but may not service components or subcomponents of ·these items.

There are spare parts that may be removed and replaced as a unit, such as antenna on radios, but ViaSat support is required for integration, repair and other sustainment activities. ViaSat is the only company authorized to repair, maintain, and upgrade their systems. In order to preserve the intellectual property of ViaSat products, ViaSat does not authorize or subcontract installation, integration, repair, maintenance, or NET of this product to third party vendors.

Sustainment tasks including repair and depot maintenance of ViaSat equipment requires the exposure of proprietary intellectual property, therefore there is no other venue (large or small business) outside of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for a sustainment contract.

This Justification is prepared in compliance with The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subpart 6.302-1 (a)(2)(ii) which authorizes the limiting of sources when "Supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in: Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, or Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. (See 10 U.S.C. 3304 (b)(2)) or 41 U.S.C. 253 (d)(1)(8)."

This requirement, including this Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition, will be published within 14 days after awarding this contract, as prescribed in FAR 6.305(a) and receive the necessary review and approvals in accordance with FAR 6.304(a)(4).

5. Demonstration that the anticipated cost will represent the best value for the Government The supplies and ancillary services involved in this procurement will be compared to pricing provided on the previous contracts and task orders to ensure fair and reasonable pricing. The Contracting Officer will determine that the price is fair and reasonable at the time of contract award.

6. Description of the Market Research Conducted or a Statement of the Reason Market Research was not Conducted.

During the initial acquisition planning phase in 2017, the Joint Staff J6 provided GSA with a copy of an approved Justification and Approval (J6J&A) completed in November 2016 by the client agency. This J6 J&A included significant market research information conducted by USSOCOM resulting in the determination of a sole source acquisition to ViaSat Inc. As a result of that J6 J&A, GSA issued a sources sought notice to FBO on 11 April 2017 as a Notice of Intent to Sole Source to ViaSat Inc.