12.19.24 Redacted JA CEC DAES Follow-On BLK II Capabilities.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND

1333 ISAAC HULL AVE SE

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD DC 20376-0001

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J&A Number: 52,243

Code: SEA 0252

PR No.: N00024-22-NR-46089

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Surface Systems Contracts Division, SEA 025.

2. Description of the Action Being Approved

NAVSEA will utilize other than full and open competition to award a contract to provide engineering support for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 – FY2029 Cooperative Engagement

Capability (CEC) Design Agent/Engineering Support (DA/ES) requirements to Raytheon

Technologies (Raytheon) of St. Petersburg, Florida.

3. Description of Supplies/Services

The CEC program provides a sensor network with integrated fire control capability that significantly improves strike force air and missile defense capabilities by coordinating measurement data from strike force air search sensors on CEC-equipped units into a single, integrated, real-time, composite track air picture. CEC Increment 2 requirements were established to evolve the current system to outpace new and more stressing security threats and to ensure the producibility of all current system components. The CEC Increment 2 capability requirement additions include significantly increased network size, inclusion of netted Electronic

Warfare (EW) and composite surface tracks as part of the CEC composite track picture composite ID enhancements, position, navigation and timing improvements, tracking and filtering expansions, tactical battle management aid development, integration with non-traditional CEC data sources, interoperability with non-CEC communications, hardware (HW) infrastructure modernization.

This contract shall provide comprehensive system-level CEC maturation and system integration activities required to deliver the fully integrated CEC system for testing, certification, and fielding, including the integration of future CEC Increment 2 functionality designed/developed competitively via planned Other Transaction Authority (OTA) solicitations. Efforts to be executed include:

a. Program management and systems engineering;

b. Technical and engineering support to implement and integrate CEC Increment 2 software

(SW) and HW into deployable capability,

c. Maintenance of deployed SW that includes legacy SW and CEC Increment 2 SW;

d. Demonstration and test support (planning, engineering, and execution); and

e. Technical and engineering support to support CEC delivery to the Fleet.

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J&A Number: 52,243

This contract will provide for approximately 4.6 million hours (base and options) in engineering support. Table 1 provides the breakdown of the estimated hours by Option Year (OY).

Contract Year BY OY1 OY2 OY3 OY4 Total

Quantity (Man-Hours) 1,125,974 927,345 987,480 988,904 503,874 4,533,577

Table 1 - Estimated Hours by Fiscal Year

The anticipated Period of Performance (PoP) for this contract is April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, for the base year, followed by 4 twelve-month option periods for continued DA/ES support. The estimated contract value is $724 Million with a breakdown by appropriation in

Table 2 below.

Funds by Appropriation Type ($M) Total (FY24 - 29)

RDT&E $568

O&M,N $43

OPN $12

USMC-RDT&E $33

USMC-OMMC $7

FMS $61

TOTAL $724

Table 2 - Estimated Dollar Value by Appropriation

The estimated cost for this requirement is based on historical actual costs for the same or similar efforts and referencing out year budgets and capability requirements for all appropriations including FMS.

The Government’s minimum needs have been verified by the certifying technical and requirements personnel.

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition

10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority

Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)-(iii), Raytheon

Technologies is the only responsible source capable of providing the required systems engineering, system development, test, integration, and fielding of critical CEC capability improvements without causing unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Navy’s requirements.

Raytheon Technologies was the sole offeror for the previous competitively solicited N00024-19-

C-5200 DA/ES contract.

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While the initial design/development of segments of CEC Increment 2 functionality will be competed via OTAs, Raytheon Technologies is currently the only known source that has the technical knowledge, insight, and experience to support the comprehensive system-level CEC maturation and system integration activities required to deliver the fully integrated CEC system for testing, certification, and fielding without unacceptable delays to the Fleet-approved SW baseline delivery schedule.

Raytheon Technologies is currently the only known source that can successfully integrate and fully deliver the required CEC Increment 2 functionality, initially designed and developed via competition, to achieve Full Operational Capability (FOC) in FY2026 without unacceptable schedule delays. The CEC Increment 2 functionality provides the key enabling technology required to support critical Navy timetables for fielding of Naval Integrated Fire Control (NIFC) and Project Overmatch (OM) goals, objectives, and advancements. The intricacies and complexities of the CEC Increment 2 capabilities require inherent knowledge of the CEC system, along with the interdependencies between internal system components and stakeholder host combat systems and sensors. The integration of CEC with host combat systems presents additional constraints to competition. While there are plans for future combat systems development, during the PoP of the follow-on CEC DA/ES contract (FY2024-FY2029), most of the integration efforts are anticipated to be with legacy/current combat system designs of which

Raytheon is the only source with the requisite knowledge and experience to integrate CEC with older non-supported and/or end-of-life combat system SW/HW and limitations. Foundational

CEC subject matter expertise is critical for the successful execution of these new capabilities.

Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) 6.0 estimates a minimum 60-month delay in CEC development efforts in support of Increment 2 capabilities for a new Design

Agent contractor to familiarize themselves with the CEC SW/HW architectures, the CEC capabilities, the CEC development and test environment, and CEC integration with host platforms, platform sensors, and host combat systems. The overall potential schedule delay that would result from award to another source will negatively impact SW deliveries planned during this PoP to support NIFC missions, critical Project OM initiatives, and successful achievement of the required CEC Increment 2 functionality FOC.

Specifically, PEO IWS 6.0 estimates included consideration of the following factors described below. Of the tasks listed below, tasks 1 and 2 can be executed concurrently, while tasks 3 and 4 will need to be executed sequentially after completion of task 2. This translates into an estimated delay of 60 months.

Task 1: 36 months to develop the needed test facilities and ranges to support development, test, certification, and fielding of new CEC capabilities. This includes establishing an outdoor antenna range and test facility at the new Design Agent site for measuring network performance in controlled environments.

Task 2: 36 months for a new company to adequately familiarize itself with, and understand, the

CEC HW/SW architecture, and how it integrates with external sources (sensors, platforms, host combat systems). This includes:

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a. Gaining a working understanding on how to integrate the HW/SW components provided by the Government or other external sources and complete additional design, development, integration, test, and system maintenance tasks as required for all applicable baselines.

b. Gaining the understanding of the unique characteristics and capabilities of multiple

CEC SW baselines associated with multiple versions of host combat systems and sensors integrated with CEC and the technical details of CEC capabilities implemented across multiple CEC versions to be able to enhance them to support new requirements.

c. Gaining the understanding of how to integrate the current generation of CEC systems with multiple and unique measurement data sets associated with the various sensors previously mentioned.

d. Gaining the understanding of how to support the integration, testing and maintenance of CEC legacy HW/SW with specific combat systems and sensors that utilize specialized interfaces and custom HW/SW solutions.

Task 3: 12 months to understand the system interdependencies and capabilities needed to develop and incrementally deliver CEC Increment 2 SW capability. This includes:

a. Gaining the required knowledge and experience with the performance and specifications driving the interdependencies between internal CEC system components and those of the host combat systems and sensors; and how changes from new capabilities will affect a fully integrated CEC system.

b. Gaining the required knowledge and experience with the critical performance requirements for testing of CEC capabilities including an understanding of the unique lab and land-based testing environments, unique test equipment and procedures, and how CEC SW is tested and qualified for delivery to the Government.

Task 4: 12 months to design, develop, integrate, test, certify, and deliver the first SW release in support of CEC’s Increment 2 capability.

This engineering estimate is based on findings and conclusions from PEO IWS 6.0 and

Government subject matter experts of the time it would take senior engineers to review and understand all aspects of the CEC system to the level required to execute major program Design

Agent tasking. While some of these activities could be accomplished in parallel, the Navy would still experience unacceptable delays to planned SW releases necessary to support NIFC missions, critical OM initiatives, and critical CEC Increment 2 development milestones, including its FOC.

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

A Request for Information (RFI) for the CEC DA/ES follow-on contract was posted on 30

September 2022 and received three responses on 24 October 2022, which included Raytheon

Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Raytheon

Technologies was the sole offeror for the competitively solicited N00024-19-C-5200 DA/ES contract. In assessing a company’s capability to support the DA/ES efforts for the CEC system, there were three key technical areas evaluated: sensors, combat systems, and tactical erin.cooke Highlight erin.cooke Highlight erin.cooke Highlight communication. The CEC Design Agent requires an in-depth understanding of over twenty-five sensors and five disparate combat systems. While Lockheed Martin has experience with some of the sensors and combat systems, its minimal existing knowledge of the entire suite of sensors and combat systems makes it unable to execute the future DA/ES requirement. Additionally, L3Harris Technologies does not have any existing experience with the suite of sensors and combat systems. Furthermore, CEC Design Agent requires an in-depth understanding of a complex integration of high-performance directional radio communications via robust RF waveforms, sensor networking, data fusion and track management, which neither Lockheed

Martin Corporation nor L3Harris Technologies have.

This RFI was followed by the release of a synopsis for the proposed contract action on 23 March

2023 with no responses received.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Costs

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost to the Government for the supplies/services covered by this Justification and Approval (J&A) will be fair and reasonable.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Future Competition

For the reasons set forth in paragraph 5, Raytheon Technologies is currently the only known source that has the technical knowledge, insight, and experience that can meet the Government’s requirements. The Government has, and will continue to obtain as a deliverable under this contract, a technical data package with Government Purpose Rights on all non-commercial software and hardware components in order to foster a competitive environment for CEC.

Additionally, the Government considers that the development of specific elements of CEC

Increment 2 functionality, to be competed via OTA solicitations in the FY2024-FY2029 time-frame, will provide other companies the opportunity to gain additional knowledge and insight into the CEC system and CEC Increment 2 capabilities. This will increase the likelihood of a larger pool of viable companies with the requisite skills and experience to support full and open competition in the future for design agent requirements.

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CERTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL AND REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance, which are included in this justification and its supporting acquisition planning data, including the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) Program Streamlined Acquisition Plan With Services (PSTRAP-M) Number PEO IWS 6.0 CEC PSTRAP-M-FY23-00001 Rev 0.0, except as noted herein, are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

TECHNICAL COGNIZANCE:

CAPT Andrew Thomson, PEO IWS 6.0 202-781-1754 Signature Name (Print) and Title (Code) Phone No. Date

REQUIREMENTS COGNIZANCE:

RDML E. S. Okano, PEO IWS 202-781-2694 Signature Name (Print) and Title (Code) Phone No. Date

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:

I have determined that this justification is legally sufficient.

Mr. Eric Carlson, Assistant Counsel 202-781-4910 Signature Name (Print) and Title (Code) Phone No. Date

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION:

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

Ms. Michelle Gu, SEA02521 202-781-4287

Signature Name (Print) and Title (Code) Phone No. Date

APPROVAL BLOCK

Upon the basis of the above justification, I hereby approve, as the Senior Procurement Executive of the Navy, 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).

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