Redacted VESTA S 23353 FINAL.pdf

Code-2.4 J&A No. 23,353 cyber, operations, sustainment, and maintenance support costs averaging annually (or over a four-year period of performance).

Replacement of the entire system at 13 installations would result in the Government incurring a substantial duplication of cost that would not be recovered through competition. In addition to the estimated E911 system replacement cost , award to any other source would also result in a substantial duplication of costs associated with delays and rework estimated at more than as follows:

a. Replacement of the current system would result in unacceptable delays because replacing the hardware and software provided by MSI would cause a deviation in the approved cybersecurity baseline, thus invalidating the Authority to Operate (ATO). The estimated time required to obtain a new cybersecurity baseline and ATO is projected to take more than two years. Additional funding would also be required to account for cybersecurity testing in support of a new ATO. Qualifying a new baseline would require the Government to complete additional Functional Verification Testing, a System Verification Review, a Non-developmental Item Integration Review, a Test Readiness Review, a System Qualification Test, and Cyber Certification and Accreditation (producing a new ATO to the US Navy Public Safety Network). This new baseline and new ATO would contribute duplicative costs of at least that will not be recovered through competition.

b. The continuity of connection and maintenance for all VESTA components ensures

Emergency Response Services and missions will not be compromised. MSI is the current maintainer of the VESTA system. In August 2023, the Government conducted market research via a Request for Information (RFI). Based on the responses received, MSI was the only vendor who provided a solution that could fulfill the Government’s requirement. No other vendor provided a solution indicating that they could solely and fully support VESTA Sustainment, to include delivery of the necessary maintenance, support, and sustainment of the equipment and components for the Marine Corps. Introduction of another contractor would jeopardize interoperability and functionality, resulting in degraded life-safety capabilities, further increasing the cost to the Government of for life cycle sustainability, maintenance, configuration control, and engineering support.

Overall, the current system replacement cost is estimated to be in quantifiable costs and in duplicative costs. The total cost to replace the existing E911 system is , not expected to be recouped via competition. Additional costs associated with system downtime, degradation of response dispatching and communications abilities, and decreased effectiveness of first responders, while not quantifiable, increase the cost of system replacement to an unacceptable level.

6. Description of Efforts Made to Solicit Offers from as Many Offerors as Practicable In

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION

I certify the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this Justification and its supporting acquisition planning documents, except as noted herein are complete and accurate, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

TECHNICAL COGNIZANCE:

REQUIREMENTS COGNIZANCE:

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:

I have determined this Justification is legally sufficient.

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION

I certify that this Justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

COMPETITION ADVOCATE APPROVAL:

MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND APPROVAL:

Upon the basis of the above Justification, I hereby approve, as Executive Director, MARCORSYSCOM, the solicitation of the proposed procurement described herein using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. §3204(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.