J_A_Redacted.pdf

This is a Class Justification and Approval (CJ&A) document from the Department of the Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division for a Basic Order Agreement (BOA) with L3Harris Technologies. The BOA is for a sole-source award to support the Nulka MK-234 Advanced Decoy Architecture Program (ADAP) payload, with an estimated $8.39M funding ceiling for fiscal years 2025-2030. The agreement will provide Fleet readiness and mission capability by supporting engineering technical support, software engineering, technology insertion, test and evaluation, design, development of test equipment, research and development, training, logistics/configuration management, parts procurement, maintenance, refurbishment, repairs, safety, security, and obsolescence issues.

The document details the government's significant prior investment in the ADAP payload program, totaling approximately $191.6M across multiple contracts with L3Harris (formerly ITT Corporation). The justification for sole-source procurement stems from L3Harris being the only source capable of providing highly specialized supplies and services for the Nulka MK-234 ADAP payload without causing unacceptable delays. The BOA will expire on November 14, 2029, and is intended to continue engineering sustainment support directly related to the ADAP series production units currently manufactured under a NAVSE production contract. The government argues that awarding to another source would result in substantial cost duplication and significant delays in fulfilling agency requirements.