LSJ_Cyber Range KO Signed_Redacted.pdf
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- Cyber Range Development
- Solicitation number
- W91QEX
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This document is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (J&A) for a sole source procurement of cyber range development services. The document outlines a requirement by Southern Command to acquire specialized cyber range capabilities for conducting cybersecurity exercises and training for up to 200 participants remotely. The government conducted initial market research and met with a vendor, ultimately determining that the selected vendor possesses unique capabilities in developing a comprehensive cyber range within a controlled and realistic environment.
Key details include the government's conclusion that the selected vendor has extensive military cyber operations expertise, with most team members having prior military cyber service experience. The vendor will provide direct support for range operations during two-week exercises and offer training through virtual means. The contracting officer, Frances A. De Gori, certified that this sole source acquisition is in the best interest of the government, based on the vendor's distinctive technical capabilities that cannot be obtained through competitive means. The procurement is associated with the Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command, with the solicitation number W91QEX, focused on developing a cyber range for Southern Command located in Doral, FL.
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Control No: 25-035
�e Government first meeting with at the
- campus inside their range. The Government received their capabilities along with their cost estimates. The Government concluded the cost was exorbitant, the vendor was lmable to suppo1t requirements of up to two hundred pruticipants remotely. As a result, the capabilities received did not meet the Government minimum requirement.
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- and are a Most of their team is prior service militaiy cyber �als and they ave a lill erstanding of what and how DoD Cyber Operations occur.
The vendor will provide direct suppo1i for range operation for each two-week exercises and provide training for our personnel via virtual means. As a result, based on capabilities and expe1tise the Gove1mnent, we are able to detennine reasonable Source who can provide the required services.
6. Publicizing Contract Actions: For FAR Pait 13 actions, the public display and synopsis requirements for a Sole Source action.
7. Market Research: Based on the market reseai·ch conducted,-unique capabilities and expe1tise can provide development of comprehensive cyber range for conducting cybersecurity exercise and training for up to two hundred prui:icipants remotely within a controlled and realistic envirolllllent for cybers�ams to practice and .improve their skills. As a result, this requirement will be sole sourced to-
8. Other Facts: None.
9. Technical/Requirements Certification: I certify that the supp01ting data tmder my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
10. Contracting Officer Certification/Approval:
I ce1tify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that completing this purchase as a sole source is in the best interest of the Government.
Additionally, I approve this justification to limit competition, subject to the availability of funds and provided that the services or supplies herein described have othe1wise been authorized for acquisition, subject to the availability of flmds and provided that the se1vices or supplies herein described have othe1wise been authorized for acquisition.
Frances A. De Gori Contracting Officer
Version - February 2017
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