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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

Contracting Activity: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL – Rome Research Site

AFRL/RIKO

26 Electronic Parkway Rome, NY, 13441-4514.

Purchase Request/Local Identification Number: FA8751-20-Q-0401 Program Name (and Program Element, if applicable): Agile Condor Boards Estimated Cost/Price of the Order (including options):

Type Program: Other Contracting Authority: 10 USC 2304(c)(1) Type Determination: Individual Approving Authorities:

Local Small Business Office: See DD Form 2579 for local Small Business Office approval.

APPROVED

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

1. Contracting Activity: AFRL/RIKO, 26 Electronic Pkwy, Rome NY 13441 Contracting Officer:

Purchase Request: FA8751-20-Q-0401

2. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Processed

a. Description of Requirement: Embedded Computing Processing Boards for the Agile Condor Chassis

b. Sole Source Company:

DY4, Inc 20130 Lakeview Center Plaza Suite 200 Ashburn VA 20147

3. Description of Supplies/Services Required to Meet the Agency’s Needs

The processing boards required will be integrated into the Agile Condor internal payload electronic chassis, SRC642. It has the capability to be flown as an external payload on medium-class UAS platforms. The chassis is capable of supporting our current design with the Dy4, Inc.

computer 3U VPX processing boards.

Computing Boards Specifics and supporting SW/SDK required:

Item 1: Part# VPX3-4935-C141-001: Quantity (4) module with NVIDIA Quadro Turing TU104

(RTX5000E)

Item 2: Part# VPX3-482-C24A121: Quantity (5) CHAMP-XD1 3U VPX High Performance DSP Engine featuring Intel Xeon D 12-core @ 1.5 GHz

Item 3: Part# DSW-482-002-LNX: (1) CentOS 7.1 Linux board support package and driver suite for the DY4, Inc. CHAMP-XD1 (VPX3-482) single Intel Xeon D

Item 4: Part# MNT-482-002-LNX: (1) Annual Software Upgrade Program (SUP) part number entitling one project to software updates associated with DSW-482-002-LNX (CentOS Linux BSP for CHAMP-

XD1 VPX3-482)

Item 5: Part# RTM3-482-0000: (1) Rear Transition Module (RTM) for the VPX3-482 board

Item 6: Part# CBL-482-RTM-000: (1) I/O break out cable for the RTM3-482 RTM board common I/O Lab use only

Total Estimated Cost:

9. Any Other Facts Supporting Other Than Full and Open Competition.

There may be added risk and schedule time if another vendor product is integrated into the system. This will need more testing and verification before delivery to ; adding cost and risk to the transition of the advance computing onboard processing; Agile Condor.

10. List of Any Awardee That Expressed Interest in the Acquisition

DY 4, Inc.

11. Actions to Remove/Overcome Barriers to Increasing Fair Opportunity

The Government will continue to monitor the market in order to identify opportunities to maximize competition in potential future requirements and in the event that the research and development activity changes, other products will once again be evaluated to determine their capability to support future projects.

12. Contracting Officer’s Certification

The contracting officer’s signature on the signature page evidences that he/she has determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of his/her knowledge and belief.

13. Technical/Requirements Personnel’s Certification

As evidenced by their signatures on the Coordination and Approval Document, the technical and/or requirements personnel have certified that any supporting data contained herein, which is their responsibility, is both accurate and complete.