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Control No: AGC-20-0001 Contractor: Radiant Mission Solutions, Inc.

Program/Equipment: Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) Fielding, Maintenance, and Integration

FAR Part 6 Justification and Approval for

Other than Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Army Geospatial Center (AGC), 7701 Telegraph Rd., Alexandria, VA 22315

2. Description of Action:

Army Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) requests a hybrid, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Cost Plus Fixed-Free (CPFF), (FFP %, CPFF %), Indefinite Quantity-Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ), Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) to Radiant Mission Solutions, Inc; Doing Business As: Radiantblue Technologies (Radiant), 4501 Singer Ct Ste 220, Chantilly, VA, 20151 for the continued development and deployment of the Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) prototype system. The anticipated fund types are Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E); Other Procurement, Army (OPA); and Operations and Maintenance (O&M). Projected award is May 2020.

This action is a follow-on to contract W5J9CQ-16-C-0009. That contract was issued as other than full and open competition citing Federal Acquisition Authority (FAR) 6.302- 1(a)(2)- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Currently, the RGT is deployed in support of operational, mission critical needs of Indonesian Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Operational Needs Statement justification (attached), stated that the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) would continue to search industry for increased competition, conduct market surveys to determine whether another manufacturer has emerged that can meet the software and technical services of the RGT requirements, and ultimately, try to procure the data rights (source code) from Radiant. While due diligence was completed to canvass industry and the ground station/ satellite marketplace, market research has consistently demonstrated there are no other competitors capable of meeting the ement. The Government does not have, and has been unsuccessful in obtaining, rights to certain software packages that are vital to the RGT system, but which were developed by Radiant solely at private expense.

3. Description of Supplies/Services:

Army TENCAP has a requirement for continued development, fielding, maintenance, and integration services for the RGT prototype system beyond what was required in the previous contract. The RGT system is a non-commercial and portable, tactical ground station that allows for direct downlink and processing of commercial and non-commercial

Program/Equipment: Remote Ground Terminal (RGT)

Fielding, Maintenance, and Integration satellite imagery into a Department of Defense (DoD) standard usable format, which is currently being utilized (and further developed) by the tactical Warfighter in a remote environment for intelligence and situational awareness.

The prototype of the RGT is unique, as it is a portable ground terminal system that can be strategically stationed anywhere in the world, and consists of highly specialized software and equipment. The RGT prototype performs the tasks of a substantially larger system, but in a compact unit for imagery that can be delivered in theater by air or land, allowing the US Army to provide mission critical and prompt geospatial data for military, humanitarian, and disaster relief missions. The RGT system is a key component in the

Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force effort and a key enabler for the Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) and Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) Cross Functional Teams (CFT) efforts to provide time-critical targeting data in an A2AD (Anti Access/Area Denial) environment.

The current RGT developed by Radiant is a pr ng suite contains a Ground Antenna Transmit and Receive (GATR) TRAC 2.4m antenna, a proprietary, portable, and deployable antenna.

Currently, the RGT is capable of directly downlinking commercial imagery from the satellites of the WorldView 1, WorldView 2, RADARSat-2, Deimos2, and Black Sky sensors.

essfully developing, fielding, maintaining, and integrating services for the RGT system for the Warfighter, the following task areas are required:

1. System Engineering:

a. continuing integration of sensors for developing the final system

b. continuous integration work of GATR antenna

c. perform multiple upgrades of SIGINT function

d. receive Authority to Operate and Authority to Connect

e. receive Information Assurance certification

2. Deploy RGT Prototype and install RGT systems in tactical locations in order to meet mission critical needs of units in CONUS and OCONUS environments

3. Operations and Maintenance: Provide continuous maintenance and operational functionality on RGT systems

4. Information Assurance: Safeguard data and networking components in accordance with certification and accreditation standards

5. Integration: Integrate new sensors into RGT to broaden system downlink capabilities

A source must have the following minimum functional capabilities to perform the above five task areas:

Providing a RGT capable of near real time Direct DownLink (DDL) and processing of commercial imagery in Disconnected, Intermittent, and Limited bandwidth (DIL) environments from multiple commercial sensors (Worldview 1 and 2, RadarSat2, Deimos 2 and BlackSky)

Providing a RGT that is scalable and, without increasing footprint of the RGT, add additional emerging sensors such as R2 Space, Capella Space, and Army organic

Providing a RGT that is capable of x-band receive only DDL, be scalable of such that S-Band uplink can be provided in future installations, and be capable of operating on a Virtual Machine (VM) based architecture

Providing a RGT that shall have the capability of archiving and ordering new imagery (with catalog search visually displayed); with a collection feasibility tool and a supervisor approval option prior to image ordering

Providing a RGT with capability of a common image processor to take raw imagery from satellite and process into standard formats

Providing a RGT capable of electronic delivery of products, archiving raw and finished product, cataloging imagery (both browse image and metadata)

Providing a RGT capable of interface to monitor RGT applications, and capable of user login via operator and maintenance laptops

Providing a RGT that is capable of small transit cased equipment footprint (including capability of utilizing a 2.4m tracking antenna and housing it in a transit case), and finally

Providing a RGT that is capable of Risk Management Framework (RMF) Certification and Accreditation

The required SATOC IDIQ with Radiant will have a period of performance consisting of a three-year base ordering period, with two (2) two-year option ordering periods and one (1) one-year option ordering period, for a total of eight years. The estimated total capacity of this IDIQ SATOC is $49,000,000.00.

4. Authority Cited:

10 United States Code 2304(c)(1) as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited:

As described at FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other types of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for.

a. Radiant is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, and prime integrator of the RGT Prototype system which includes proprietary data and intellectual property exclusively owned by Radiant. The RGT was originally contracted with MDA Information Systems, to develop ground station software for commercial imagery providers to allow direct access and processing of satellite data. These imagery providers included MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates, the operator of the RADARsat satellites, Digital Globe, the operator of the WorldView Satellites and GeoEye, the operator of the GeoEye satellites, as well as several other smaller companies. Since then, all of these companies have either merged with, been acquired, or reorganized into Radiant. Due to these consolidations of imagery providers, Radiant is now the only vendor capable of performing RGT services; developing software capable of making the RGT operational;

and integrating commercial data to provide a functional system for military application.

After extensive market research, Radiant is the only responsible source that can provide the verified minimum technical requirements/functional capabilities required by the Government for the RGT. (See section 3 above.) There are currently no Technical Data Packages (TDP), specifications, engineering descriptions, statements of work, or purchase descriptions available. Radiant has, and continues to hold, data rights to code, code listings, and design details.

The procurement history relevant to the technical data is as follows. Proof of concept for the RGT system was established in 2009-2010 under AGC Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) award W9132V-09-C-0027. This contract action was followed by BAA contract W9132V-10-C-0023) for the RGT Demonstration Project. In its technical proposal Radiant identified and asserted restrictions on the Use, Release, or Disclosure of Technical Data or Computer Software on five software packages (see below Table 2).

The basis of their assertion was that the software was exclusively developed solely at private expense.1. The other three software suites were subsequently developed with mixed funding (Radiant and the Government), in which Radiant granted a special license agreement that permitted Government Purpose Rights (GPR) in perpetuity. With only the GPR software, the RGT is unable to function in totality, and is not a considered a complete data package. AGC has attempted numerous times to purchase the data rights; however, the contractor has refused.

1 Reference MDA Document 20015440-1, Proposal for RGT Demonstration Project, dated 16 September 2010, pgs 1-4, 1-6, and B-2.

TABLE 2: RADIANT SOLUTIONS PROPRIETARY DATA RIGHTS

Technical Data or Computer Software to be Furnished with Restrictions*

Basis for Assertion

Asserted Rights Category

Name of Company Asserting Restrictions

Cataloging, Archiving, Preprocessing and Production System (CAPPS) Software

Exclusively developed at private expense

Restricted Rights Radiant Solutions

Reception, Archiving and Catalog Control System (RACC) Software

Exclusively developed at private expense

Restricted Rights Radiant Solutions

Archive Management System (AMS) Software

Exclusively developed at private expense

Restricted Rights Radiant Solutions

Order Handling System (OHS) Software including RESTful Services Infrastructure and Workflow Management

Exclusively developed at private expense

Restricted Rights Radiant Solutions

Direct Archiving System (DAS) Software

Exclusively developed at private expense

Restricted Rights Radiant Solutions

Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD) Formatting Software

Developed with mixed funding

Government Purpose Rights

Radiant Solutions

RGT Dashboard interface Software

Developed with mixed funding

Government Purpose Rights

Radiant Solutions

Ordering, Archive Access and Dissemination Interface (LOKTR) Software

Developed with mixed funding

Government Purpose Rights

Radiant Solutions

*This software is provided with a temporary/demo license.

In summary, Radiant is the only source whose system is able to process both commercial and non-commercial imagery sources, and is tactically deployable. The impact the RGT imagery provides is significant, measureable, and has proven to be instrumental in the success of the DoD mission, as shown during the RGT Operational Needs Statement (See discussion of ONS deployment in Market Research paragraph 8).The ability to provide real time geospatial information

Program/Equipment: Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) Fielding, Maintenance, and Integration during military, humanitarian, and disaster relief missions directly affects the life, health, and safety of the Warfighter. Furthermore, without the RGT Prototype the eventual transition of the RGT system to the Program of Record, TITAN Space Prototype would not be possible, and would decrease the Army and DoD Enterprise support to al awareness, situational understanding, and decision making in multi-domain, near peer, large scale combat operations and humanitarian assistance, adding significant risk to mission success.

b. Alternatives: There are no alternatives minimum requirements.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition:

In accordance with FAR 5.201 and DFARS PGI 206.302-1, the Contracting Officer posted all required notices for this requirement.

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

Subcontracting Competition: AGC contacted Radiant inquiring about subcontracting opportunities on 11 February 2020, to which the company responded they do have subcontracting opportunities available based on the specific requirements of the contract action, and may identify, qualify, and solicit Small Business, Small Disadvantaged, Service Disabled (SDVOSB), Women Owned (WOSB), and HUB-Zone concerns opportunities become available. A subcontracting plan will be incorporated into the IDIQ.

7. Actions to Increase Competition:

Since Radiant owns the proprietary data associated with this requirement, the Government is unable to increase competition. AGC Contracting Division contacted Radiant to discuss obtaining the proprietary data rights. On 22 October 2019, Radiant rights, as this software data is a key component of their commercial business. Without this, the Government is neither able to operate the RGT system successfully, nor re-compete this acquisition through full and open competition.

The Government expects there to continue to be both rapid technology changes in this field, and continued changes in the industry. Therefore it is not in the best interest of the Government to purchase data rights for the RGT technology. AGC will continue to monitor the industry for competition opportunities. Additionally, AGC will continue inquiring with Radiant for the purchase of the proprietary data rights.

8. Market Research:

Multiple Market Research techniques were utilized for this requirement in accordance with FAR 10.002(b)(2).

a. Requests for Information.

In accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 205.205-71, DFARS 206.302-1(d), and DFARS PGI 206.302-1(d), a Request For Information was published to FBO on 24 January 2019 for 30 days and closed on 24 February 2019 to obtain responses from industry. This RFI was all inclusive for future RGT requirements to include: fielding multiple operational RGT systems, performing Information Assurance and Operations and Maintenance, providing a Field Service Representative, and relocating RGTs to operational locations. This RFI specifically outlined that the RGT was developed by Radiant software. Interested contractors were strongly encouraged to coordinate with Radiant in preparation of their proposals. The RFI received three responses from: RV Global Solutions, TKACZ, and Radiant Solutions, of which two were considered not capable.

RV Global Solutions Not capable. RV Global did not address the need for Radiant Solutions proprietary data or access to the existing Remote Ground Terminal. They also did not address any previous experience with imagery data processing or deployments of Army systems. RV Global did not address the associated tasks outlined within the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS).

TKACZ Not capable. TKACZ did not show experience with ground station development or raw imagery data processi experience with the Remote Ground Terminal nor did it discuss how they will work with Radiant or how they will obtain the proprietary software to work on and further develop the Remote Ground Terminal.

Radiant Solutions Capable. Radiant demonstrated competence and understanding of the work in the draft PWS, and is fully capable of executing tasks necessary to complete the requirement. Radiant detailed the specific software within the RGT System, both Government owned and contractor restricted, that needs to be modified to incorporate enterprise authentication and security services.

A secondary Request for Information (RFI) was posted on 13 December 2019 and closed verified minimum requirements (reference technical capabilities/ functional requirements in paragraph 5, reason for authority cited, above), for the RGT. The previous RFI did not adequately define minimum capabilities in terms of functional requirements;

subsequently, the Contracting Officer posted a revised RFI which clarified the gain, minimal response from industry was received. The minimum capability requirements were clearly defined and only one of the three respondents were determined to be technically capable of ex Global Solutions, iOra, and Radiant Solutions responded.

Radiant Solutions fully addressed the Functional Requirements in the RFI. Radiant demonstrated the ability to execute the Go sole developer of an RGT system, and have demonstrated expertise in the research, development, deployment, and fielding of the existing RGT that is currently deployed in support of the Operational Needs Statement (ONS).

include the RGT system in Korea, which addresses the Functional Capabilities as listed in the RFI. Radiant has been able to integrate additional sensors without increasing the RGT footprint. The Government determined Radiant capable of performing the tasks and meeting the functional capabilities described in the RFI.

RV Global Solutions did not address any of the functional capability requirements in the RFI. RV Global Solutions failed to demonstrate capability of performing the experience is in consulting, web content creation automation, preventative maintenance of computers, radar tower repairs, to facilities management (removal, disposal and installation of supplies such as carpet tiles). No experience in direct downlink ground stations for commercial imagery was provided. RV Global Solutions would be unable to perform the work described in the RFI. RV Global Solutions requirements, and lacks details in expertise and experience in relation to the capabilities of a RGT.

iOra technologies did not address the Functional Requirements in the RFI. iOra did not demonstrate, nor provide any examples of work similar to the RGT, nor did they provide any related experience in relation to capabilities of a RGT. Most of the work they reference is primarily replication of existing data and storage solutions. They do not provide any satellite-direct downlinks for commercial imagery or any other information that is similar to the RFI requirements. They did not justify their capability of performing any of the RGT capabilities, nor did they provide any discussions directly in relation to the RFI; iOra Technologies only provided marketing publications and pamphlets of their capabilities which did not meet the RFI requirements.

b. Contacted knowledgeable people (Government) in specific markets.

The Army TENCAP Team worked closely with the Naval Research Lab (NRL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who developed a tactically deployable ground system started with the same Radiant proprietary software. The Navy worked to utilize the direct downlink capability to monitor ships in the open ocean. Naval ships often do not have significant communications, which is why the Navy was drawn to the capability of the RGT, which can directly downlink imagery with minimal to no communications. Initially, the RGT and the Coalition Tactical Awareness and Response (CTAR) were nearly identical systems.

However, the NRL determined that the system would never need to connect to a certified network as the RGT needs to in order to be fully integrated into a Program of Record (PoR). Thus, decisions to vary from the software and the baseline established by RGT caused the system to no longer be able to receive an Authority to Operate (ATO) and integrate into an accredited PoR. The Army is no longer able to utilize the CTAR system, or consider it similar to RGT, as it lacks the Authority to Operate on DoD authorized networks. The CTAR program with DHS was unfunded at the start of fiscal year 2018.

Vision system. The Air Force is unwilling to make the Eagle Vision tactically deployable to meet Army standards and footprint requirements. The Eagle Vision is transported in multiple, large connex cases via forklift/18-wheeler, and the antenna does not allow for tactical movement. Additionally, when the Air Force has a requirement for additional sensor integration, the footprint increases by adding additional hardware. The Army requires the RGT to be tactically deployable via transit case and easily transportable on a commercial airline. In order to meet this requirement, the RGT has a common image processor that does not increase in size (footprint) when new sensors are integrated. No new hardware is added as new sensors are added to the RGT. The Air Force Eagle Vision system does not meet the size, portability, and deployability requirements required by the RGT.

Army TENCAP regularly keeps abreast of these and future systems as a participating member of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) community. Presently, there are no other Governmental agencies that can provide or meet the requirements of the RGT.

c. Attending Trade Shows, Conferences, and Symposia

Army TENCAP representatives attended the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) annual Small Satellite Workshop held at the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) Headquarters located in Springfield, VA from February 19- 20, 2019. This workshop focuses more on the Government customer base and is a good opportunity to see where the Government as a whole is trending. From these workshops Army TENCAP has been able to identify other agency developments that could potentially be used for RGT technology integration, along with new GEOINT small satellite developments; however, no emerging technologies were immediately capable of meeting

Representative (COR), the Contracting Officer, and the Contract Specialist attended the Satellite Show 2019 in Washington, D.C. This show brings together hundreds of worldwide vendors across the booming and emerging satellite industry. The team met with a series of vendors at the Exhibition Hall from which they gained valuable insight on the capabilities of industry. During this conference, the team walked the entire floor of the Exhibit Hall and very few vendors were in the ground station and image processing industry. Thus, the team focused on vendors with capabilities applicable to this requirement. The Government team spoke with the following companies at the conference:

General Dynamics Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Technologies does provide 2.4m antennas in X-band. However, these antennas are not tactically deployable to the standards of the RGT. In addition, this is a large company with numerous Department of Defense (DoD) projects. General Dynamics does not currently develop a direct downlink capability to RGT standards; they are not currently in the business of producing this capability.

A SCISYS representative informed the team of their emerging capabilities. SCISYS is currently attempting to develop satellites with onboard image processing and data analytics. While this could be of interest to AGC, this technology is not relevant nor comparable to the RGT and its functionality. Additionally, it is imperative to report that SCISYS is a United Kingdom (UK) based company.

Airbus is a French owned satellite conglomerate that produces small scale ground stations. Airbus worked with both Air Force Eagle Vision and the Navy CTAR system, both of which are no longer being used by their respective service. Airbus adheres to the standard that their image processing code is proprietary and in order for individuals to access their sensors from a tactically deployed ground station, they must own and operate on Airbus owned and produced, proprietary hardware and software. Therefore, if the Army required downlink from additional sensor outside of Airbus, i.e. WorldView and RADARSAT-2, additional hardware would be required to be compatible with the Airbus hardware. This is not a scalable method of sensor integration and the footprint of the ground station will consistently increase if each new commercial data provider requires their own hardware suite. Therefore, Air tactically deployable, scalable ground station requirement which the RGT meets.

Boeing is a large company with a long history working with the DoD. They currently produce satellites and are capable of directly downlinking different data from these satellite sensors. However, they currently do not produce unclassified imagery data from their satellites and do not produce tactically deployable ground stations.

Cubic Corporation is the current parent company for GATR Technologies, which is the company that produces the GATR TRAC antenna for the RGT. The GATR TRAC is the receive portion of the RGT. It is not the processing portion which is currently provided by Radiant Solutions, who also does the full integration of receive and processing suites.

However, the team was able to garner valuable information about the proprietary and patented technology within the GATR TRAC antenna which makes it the only capable 2.4m image downlinking, inflatable, deployable antenna on the market.

The team discussed with Lockheed Martin their emerging Verge capability that they are developing with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Amazon Cloud. This capability looks to set up tactically deployable, cloud based image processing and data analytics, which would allow for image processing from any willing satellite provider. This capability is in the very early stages of R&D and has not yet been implemented in either the commercial space or the Army environment. In addition, this capability also plans to rely on access to communication networks more robust than what the RGT requires. While this capability is in its initial research stage, it is not c requirements for a tactically deployable remote ground terminal.

The team briefly met with ViaSat. ViaSat previously provided the antenna for the receive suite of the RGT. This antenna was decommissioned in 2016 following an unsuccessful demonstration at Trident Spectre 2016. It was immediately replaced with the GATR TRAC antenna. The ViaSat antenna was significantly larger than the GATR TRAC antenna and could not be inflated, deflated, and packaged down into transit cases. In order to transport this ViaSat antenna, a low-boy, 18 wheeler truck was required for land travel and a large military transport plane was required for international travel. The team discussed with ViaSat their plans to develop a more transportable, 2.4m antenna. ViaSat currently does not have a more transportable antenna nor does the company have any plans to develop any such antenna in the near future.

Although hundreds of vendors were represented, it is clearly recognized that Radiant is the only capable entity of development on the able RGT, the competitors must be able to allow for direct downlink of commercial and non-commercial satellite imagery on the current RGT, allow processing of that imagery into a DoD standard usable format, and then be exploited by the tactical Warfighter into a remote environment for intelligence and situational awareness.

9. Interested Sources:

To date, no other sources have written to express interest in the acquisition outside of the three respondents of the RFI published on FBO.gov in January 2019 and in December 2019.

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to Award to a Sole Source was published to the GPE on 1 August 2019 and closed 16 August 2019. There were no responses received in conjunction with the NOI.

10. Other Facts:

(1) Procurement History:

The proposed SATOC is a follow-on effort for the RGT system under contract W5J9CQ- 16-C-0009. The original requirement was awarded in 2009 to Radiant (formerly MDA), under a Broad Agency Announcement, W9132V-09-C-0027. Subsequently in 2012, work was continued and awarded as task orders 2, 6, and 12 under W5J9CQ-12-D-0001 IDIQ, and in 2016, as a standalone C-type contract, W5J9CQ-16-C-0009. To date, the total value of this effort is $25,037,278.92, which does not include a yearly perpetual license fee charged by Radiant of approximately $1,000,000. Radiant, AGC, and Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP), have researched, developed, and are working on creating a fully deployable RGT system.

(2) Contract actions: W5J9CQ-12-D-0001- TO 2, TO 6, and TO 12 were competed under the Geospatial Research, Integration, Development and Support (GRIDS) II, Small Business Set-Aside Multiple Award Task Order contract.

(3) The previous contract (W5J9CQ-16-C-0009), was awarded under the authority FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(A) and (B).

(4) Summary of the contents of paragraph 7 from the previous J&A:

The previous J&A (ONS Deployment to Korea), AGC-18-0017, paragraph 7, Actions to Increase Competition, stated competition was not available due to the proprietary source code and software required for operation of th order to compete this work, the Government would have to acquire a Technical Data Package (TDP), and the [Radiant] proprietary unavailable due to the RGT being a prototype and not a final design. Further, it was noted Radiant was unwilling to sell the right to their proprietary software and source code.

Contract Number Period of Performance

Contract Type

Contractor Contract Value

1 W9132V-09-C-0027 9/28/2009 9/27/2010

FFP MDA $250,000.00

2 W9132V-10-C-0023 9/29/2010 5/23/2013

FFP MDA $3,273,528.97

3 W5J9CQ-12-D-

0001-0002

9/27/2012 3/26/2014

FFP OGSystems with MDA as

Subcontractor

$5,199,126.00

4 W5J9CQ-12-D-

0001-0006

9/26/2014 9/25/2015

FFP OGSystems with MDA as

Subcontractor

$2,200,933.34

5 W5J9CQ-12-D-

0001-0012

9/26/2015 9/25/2016

FFP OGSystems with MDA as

Subcontractor

$2,449,417.77

6 W5J9CQ-16-C-0002 4/6/2016

5/31/2016

FFP Radiant Solutions (formerly MDA)

$198,466.00

7 W5J9CQ-16-C-0009 9/27/2016

39/26/2020

FFP Radiant Solutions (formerly MDA)

$11,465,806.84

Total: $25,037,278.92

Program/Equipment: Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) Fielding, Maintenance, and Integration

(5) The original requirement was solicited using Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) procedures. Since this is a Research and Development requirement, subsequent contracts were sole sourced. However, during execution of this requirement some task orders were issued under the GRIDS II contract for which the work was subcontracted to directly to MDA (now Radiant).

(6) There are no unusual patterns in the history of the previous acquisitions.

(7) During execution of the FY16 W5J9CQ16C0009 contract, the Government required additional services which were determined to be out of scope. Critical mission needs required the deployment (Operational Needs Statement [ONS]), of the prototype to Korea which was not within the places of performance. A Justification and Approval, AGC-18- 0017, was approved for this modification on 30 August 2018, worth $3,807,910.52. Due to the ONS deployment, further development and field testing was suspended while the additional services were performed OCONUS.

Program/Equipment: Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) Fielding, Maintenance, and Integration

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.

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.

Program/Equipment: Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) Fielding, Maintenance, and Integration

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. This contract action is anticipated to exceed the threshold as stated in FAR 15.403-4(a)(1). Certified Cost or pricing data will be required and relied upon in determining the reasonableness of cost/price.

The overall acquisition will be negotiated and evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.404-

1. The described in FAR 15.404-1. The Contracting Officer may negotiate in order to achieve a fair and reasonable price.

Date: Typed Name:

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.

Date: Typed Name:

Title: Contracting Officer Signature:

Program/Equipment: Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) Fielding, Maintenance, and Integration

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of Remote Ground Terminal system on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements. This approval is also subject to availability of funds and provided that the services herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition. The estimated amount for this action is $49,000,000.00.