23RJQ09_JA REDACTED.pdf

This is a Justification and Approval (J&A) document for other than full and open competition for a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. for the sustainment of Toplite Electro-Optic Sights (EOS) systems. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC-CR) is awarding this sole-source contract to support United States Navy (USN) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) surface platforms, as a follow-on to contract N0016419DJQ77.

The contract covers repair services, supplies, and technical data for Toplite EOS integration and sustainment, with an estimated split of 85% supplies and 15% services. Services include lifecycle sustainment, repairs, upgrades, program management, configuration management, field service representatives, and technical support. Rafael solely owns the technical data and declined to sell it to the government when asked in August 2022. An RFI (N0016423SNB11) was posted on Beta SAM on October 31, 2022, with only Rafael responding by the November 14, 2022 closing date. The estimated cost to duplicate the system design would be $32.0M, which the government deemed unrealistic to recoup through competition. The J&A was signed and approved in February 2023 under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) for only one responsible source.