LSJ_for_ShipIR_NTCS_redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SIMPLIFIED ACQUSITION

OVER $3000 AND UNDER $150,000

PR00004867 Date: Dec 6, 2018 PR #:

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) Solicitingfrom a single source. (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization).

1. Nature and/or description of the item/service being procured and its intended use (include the anticipated price):

This justification supports the acquisition of brand name annual software support (maintenance) for ONT's existing ShipIR] NTCS software from W.R. Davis Engineering Limited.

The required software support / maintenance shall provide technical support to users via phone and e-mail, technical support to the system and application administrator, software patches required to keep the software, software updates as they are issued by the manufacturer, and encrypted license key generation in the event the software must be re-hosted to another server or its configuration changed.

This annual maintenance renewal is required to ensure the continued availability and use of the ShipIRINTCS software in ONI's Farragut Technical Analysis Center for the computation and analyses of ship infrared (IR) signatures.

The estimated cost is .nnually.

2. Justification rationale (Check one and explain below):

Urgent and compelling need exists.

Urgent and Compelling Explanation (include critical delivery or performance dates, when you became

a. aware of the requirement. Specific statement of how the mission would be impacted, financial or otherwise if the required delivery or performance dates are not met.):

b. R Exclusive Licensing

Brand Name.

C. X Brand Name Explanation (Particular item is essential to the Government's requirement. Other products lack particular features to meet agency need)

d. El Industrial Mobilization

Explanation:

ShipIR/NTCS is proprietary product of W.R. Davis Engineering Limited. It remains the U.S. Navy's current and sole validated and accredited application for the computation and prediction of ship IR signatures. As such, only IR signatures and analyses developed by ONl using this software are acceptable by US Navy programs as valid threat representations. It is the governments intention to maintain the current software, therefore it is the government's responsibility to maintain and support through software. maintenance. Without continued use of the ShiplR/NTCS software, ONI will be unable to meet analytical or intelligence production requirements which directly or indirectly depend upon infrared signatures, resulting in partial mission failure.

REYNOLDS .BILLY.0

HARLES. 1209808699

Digitally signed by

REYNOLDS.BILLY.CHARLES. 1

209808699 Date: 2018.12.06 06:47:47 -0500'

LANGDON.KAR

EN.B. 1023346474

Digitally signed by

LANGDON.KAREN.B. 10233464

Date: 2019.03.11 14:40:49 -0400'

3. Market survey (explain the results or why one was not performed. State whether any other offers were received or anyone expressed interest.)

Market research shows that ShipIR/NTCS is the a proprietary product of W.R. Davis Engineering Limited.

4. The contracting officer certifies that the circumstances described on this document are accurate and valid. Circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Technical / Requirements Originator

Contracting Officer