JA-19-B-285_Airborne_Electronic_Attack_Support_(Redacted).pdf

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR PART 6 JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Program/Equipment: Continue to provide contract support services to the Department of

Defense (DoD) capability improvements in the areas of Electronic Warfare & Information

Operations analyses, identifying and documenting emerging threats, integrating technological defenses and countering prototypes, and testing and evaluating the threats, defenses, and countering prototypes in a real world environment.

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible

Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

Amount: $ 7,813,820.60

Prepared by: DSN:

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Contracting Officer: Allison A. Gregory DSN:

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Technical: DSN:

Director, JEACO Date:

Requirements: DSN:

Director, JEACO Date:

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Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support other than full and open competition.

Program Manager:

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Legal Counsel:

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FAR Part 6 Justification and Approval for Other than

Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity: US Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-

APG), Attention: CCAP-CCB, 6565 Surveillance Loop, Bldg. 6001, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-1846.

2. Description of Action: Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA), Naval Air Warfare Center

Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Joint Electronic Attack Compatibility Office (JEACO) requests a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) modification to W15P7T-10-D-D410, TO 0018 with CSRA LLC, formerly known as CSC Government Solutions LLC, 3170 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042-4516, to increase Option Period 2 to continue services until completion of Option Period 2 which ends 26

December 2019.

An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 207.103(d)(i)(B).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: This effort provides contract support services for the

Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States (US) Navy to improve their ability to provide Electronic Warfare & Information Operations analysis, identify and document emerging threats, integrate technological defenses and countering prototypes, and test and evaluate the threats, defenses, and countering prototypes in a real world environment.

On 27 December 2016, ACC-APG Division B competed and awarded Request for Task

Execution Plan (RTEP) 1012 to CSRA resulting in the award of Task Order 0018. This effort provides contract support services for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States

(US) Navy to improve their ability to provide Electronic Warfare & Information Operations analysis, identify and document emerging threats, integrate technological defenses and countering prototypes, and test and evaluate the threats, defenses, and countering prototypes in a real world environment.

Task Order 0018 was awarded with one base period and two (2) one-year options as described below:

PoP CPFF

Base Period 12/27/2016 to 12/26/2017 $

Option Period 1 12/27/2017 to 12/26/2018 $

Option Period 2 12/27/2018 to 12/26/2019 $

19,064,522.64$ Total

Subsequent modifications within the general scope of the contract to increase labor, travel, and material costs resulted in the following increase to the total ceilings due to increased complexity of Government systems engineering requirements. The current order value is as follows:

CPFF Initial

Previous In Scope

Modifications * Current

Base Period $

Option Period 1 $

Option Period 2 $

Total 19,064,522.64$

The proposed action would increase the Option Period 2 (27 December 2018 – 26 December

2019) in order to complete the requirements through the end of the period of performance. The estimated will prevent a stop work on the current order while the follow on order is being competed under the

RS3 Contract Vehicle. The current for Option Period 2 is

The Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) estimates the additional This estimate is based on known Labor/Material/Travel requirements through 26 December 2018.

Travel estimate is based on DoD approved PerDiem Rates. Material estimate is based on historical material expenditures for similar requirements. The additional costs will increase the total task order value as follows:

All the services supported by this modification to increase are within scope and described in the existing Task Order Performance Work

Statement.

4. Authority Cited: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: Request for Task Execution (RTEP) 1012 was released on 1 July

2016 to the Prime Contractors under the R2-3G Multiple Award IDIQ Contract. CSRA LLC, formerly known as CSC Government Solutions LLC, 3170 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042-4516 received the award of Task Order 0018 on 27 December 2016 utilizing fair opportunity procedures. The current request is the first time that the request for Justification and

Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition is being used under this task order.

The modification to increase is necessary to support ongoing

Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) efforts through the remainder of the Option Period 2 period of performance which ends 26 December 2019. Given the documented acceleration of the need to produce new tools for the Warfighter, it is considered high risk to stop work while the competition for the follow on effort is being competed. CSRA is critical to the development of the next generation communications jammer; the integration and test of production configured communication jammers; investigation and analyses of the changing threat environment (on-going); and providing the data packages required to support test events, Physical Configuration

Audits (PCAs) and obtaining Fleet Flight Clearances. CSRA has acquired the critical resources required to provide the extensive Fleet Support requirements which are paramount to keeping the deployed systems operational and the Fleet trained. The skills necessary to support the AEA efforts are highly specialized; to transition this requirement to a new contractor for only six months of performance would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agencies requirements while a new contractor is getting up to speed.

Operational requirements refocused priorities per Presidential direction after award of the task order to rapidly provide additional and improved capabilities to the Fleet. In addition, operational focus continually changes based on emerging threats (specifics classified, i.e. Middle East, Asia

Pacific, Northern Africa, supporting Allies, readiness to defeat aggression anywhere in the world). Department of Defense direction also stressed the need to recalibrate its capabilities and make selective additional investments to succeed in missions such as Counter Terrorism and

Irregular Warfare, Deter and Defeat Aggression, Operate Effectively in Cyberspace and Space, and Provide a Stabilizing Presence.

As a result of this direction, there is a need to increase the capabilities of existing systems associated with communication jamming, directional finding, radar capabilities for new threats and classified Signals of Interest (SOI), which, while within scope of the PWS, will require an increase to the task order’s level of effort. In addition, these weapon systems must be configurable to support multiple variations of winged and rotary platforms as well as be scalable to unmanned air systems. In order to meet President/DoD direction (received after award of the task order), the task order’s level of effort is being depleted faster than anticipated due to the aforementioned increased complexity of Government systems engineering requirements.

Additionally, more senior and highly skilled engineering personnel have been and will continue to be utilized to identify and analyze new enemy threats, rapidly develop new countering techniques and prototypes, and support the performance testing prior to fielding. In order to meet the

Government’s requirements and ensure acceptable performance, it continues to be necessary for the contractor to shift the mixture of the workforce, which includes reaching out to subcontractors with specialized skills. The revised labor needs continue to be heavily dependent upon the highly skilled labor categories which inherently cost more.

would allow for uninterrupted services to continue while meeting the changing requirements.

Providing fair opportunity to compete a new requirement is anticipated to take approximately 120 business days (based on RS3 Program Milestones) not including the amount of time needed to transition in a possible new contractor for only six (6) month period of performance. This transition in period of approximately ninety (90) days would be required in order to ensure complete knowledge transfer and would still cause a delay in fielding new capabilities.

In consideration of the above, only one source, the incumbent contractor, CSRA, can continue the

Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) efforts through the remainder of Option Period 2.

A failure to increase ceiling costs would significantly impact the ability to provide state-of-the-art tools needed to protect the lives of our Warfighters.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: The Contracting Officer shall publish the notices required by

FAR 5.201 and any bids or proposals received shall be considered. A sources sought notice was posted to FedBizOpps a sources sought was posted to FedBizOpps on 4 April 2019 (for seven days) with a suspense date of 10 April 2019. See Market Research below on information regarding the FedBizOpps posting and results.

a. Effective Competition: Because this is a sole source action, effective competition is not applicable.

b. Subcontracting Competition: The contractor has subcontracted 20% of this effort to small businesses.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Joint Electronic Attack Compatibility Office (JEACO) is currently processing a follow-on task order under the RS3 contract vehicle, RS3-18-0060 to be competed among the 261 prime vendors maximizing fair opportunity procedures, with an expected award date of 26 November 2019. An acquisition package for a follow-on task order was submitted to US Army Contracting Command

– Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) for award under the RS3 contract vehicle. Award is projected to coincide with the end of this period of performance on 26 December 2019.

8. Market Research: Market research for the planned modification to increase the level of effort and cost ceiling was conducted by ACC-APG. In accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 205.205-71, DFARS 206.302-1(d), and DFARS Procedures, Guidance and Information (PGI) 206.302-1(d), a sources sought was posted to FedBizOpps on 4

April 2019 (for seven days) with a suspense date of 10 April 2019for the purpose of identifying all potentially interested sources. Contractors were asked to provide a response on whether they could fulfill the requirements and were interested in bidding for the 1012 RFP to complete services for Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) from 25 May 2019 to 26 December 2019. No contractors responded with their intent to bid on this effort. CSRA has indicated their intent to bid on this effort and indicated that they can submit a proposal within seven (7) days once a request for proposal submission is sent out.

9. Interested Sources: A sources sought notice was posted to FedBizOpps on 4 April 2019 (for seven days) with a suspense date of 10 April 2019 for the purpose of identifying all potentially interested sources. Contractors were asked to provide a response on whether they could fulfill the requirements and were interested in bidding for the 1012 RFP to complete services for Airborne

Electronic Attack (AEA) from 25 May 2019 to 26 December 2019. No contractors responded with their intent to bid on this effort. CSRA has indicated their intent to bid on this effort and indicated that they can submit a proposal within seven (7) days once a request for proposal submission is sent out.

10. Other Facts:

Procurement History:

Procurement History:

Contract: R23G, W15P7T-10-D-D410 0013

Contractor: Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)

Award Date: 3 Sep 2014

Competitive Status: Competitive

Authority: NA

b. CSC supported AEA requirements under CECOM Rapid Response (CR2) Task Order 0188 and under R23G Task Order 0005 as well.

11. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name: Date:

Title: Director, JEACO Signature:

12. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name: Date:

Title: Director, JEACO Signature:

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable.

This determination will be made using the following: ☒ cost analysis ☐ price analysis ☐ should cost ☐ IGCE ☐ audit: ☐ other:

As a part of this basis, certified cost or pricing data:

☒ will be required.

☐ will not be required and the following exception applies (FAR 15.403):

☐ Prices that will be agreed upon are based on adequate price competition.

☐ Prices that will be agreed upon are based on prices set by law or regulation.

☐ A commercial item is being acquired.

☐ A waiver has been granted by the head of the contracting activity (HCA) in accordance with DFARS PGI 215.403-1.

☐ The contract action is a modification to a contract or subcontract for commercial item(s).

☐ The estimated cost of the contract action is less than the threshold for certified cost or pricing data.

Typed Name: Allison A. Gregory Date:

Title: Contracting Officer Signature:

14. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name: Allison A. Gregory Date:

Title: Contracting Officer Signature:

Approval Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of contractor support services for the US Navy’s ability to provide Electronic Warfare & Information Operations analysis, identify and document emerging threats, integrate technological defenses and countering prototypes, and test and evaluate the threats, defenses, and countering prototypes in a real world environment for the estimated amount of on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1)-, Only One Responsible

Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services or property herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

Date:

Special Competition Advocate Signature: