Redacted_JA_13167_Redacted_05R1020.pdf

oi·ARTMENT OF THE NAVY •

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER

. DAHLGREN DIVISION

6149 WELSH ROAD, SUITE 203

DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA 22448-5117

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

IN REPLY REFER TO

J&A Number: DL 1316/ Code: CS30-7 N00178-13-C-2005

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

JUSTIFICATION

1. Contracting Activity

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren (NSWCDD) , Contracts Division CS.

2. Description of the Action Being Approved

Award of a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) ,JD/IQ Contract on a sole source basis to develop, adapt, and innovate new capabilities using the TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. family of Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (MANET) radio systems in support of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's (MCWL)

3. Description of Supplies/Services

The Trel1isWare Technologies, Inc. family of MANET radios was originally selected by Z14 and MCWL after observing results from an Industry Day (Solicitation M6785407R9032) held at NSWCDD where MANET technology was the only system of eight participating companies .to meet all threshold requirements.

Following that Industry Day, Z14 and MCWL procured MANET radios and funded research and development efforts with TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. to support specific requirements mandated by MCWL's experiment campaign.

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

I FY13 FY14 FY15 I FY16 l FY17 I Total I RDTE I $2 I 8 4 0 I 7 9 5 $2,926,376 $3,.014,5431$1,871,8691$1,401,2731 $12,054,856

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition

10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1). Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements FAR 6.302- 1.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority

TrellisWare Technologies' MANET technologies is the only capable technology available to meet the tactical requirements

In addition, TrellisWare meets the required areas of interest for experimentation dictated by the Marine Corps' r h

These radios consist of both, patented hardware and software technologies. It is the only available solution capable of interoperating with the TrellisWare radio systems.

This is due to proprietary and patented implementation of technologies that make the MANET communications protocol unique.

The patents include the following: Patent #6, 614, 859 entitled "Method and System for Angle of Arrival Estimations and Data Detection using Vector Per-Survivor Processing of Signals from an Array of Antennas"; Patent #7, 096,412 entitled "Method for Iterative & Non-Iterative Data Detection Using Reduced-State Soft-Input/Soft Output Algorithms for Complexity"; and Patent

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#7, 010,069 entitled "A Method for Co-Channel Interference Identification and Mitigation".

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

The proposed contract was synopsized via posting on the Federal Business Opportunities website on OS March 2013 in accordance with FAR 5.2. No additional market research was conducted because it is not practicable, for the reasons discussed in paragraph 5 above, for any company other than TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. to provide the required supplies and services. No other source expressed an interest in this requirement.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost

The Contracting Officer will assure the anticipated cost to the Government of the supplies/services covered by this J&A will be fair and reasonable through cost and price analysis.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Competition

This effort is for TrellisWare family of MANET radios to support specific communications requirements mandated by MCWL's experiment campaign. Technical Data Packages, specifications, and Statement of Work suitable for full and open competition have not been developed .or are otherwise not available due to proprietary and patented implementation of technologies that make the. MANET communications protocol unique.

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CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION [FAR 6.303-2(b)]

I certify that 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/Requirements Cognizance:

Tech ·cal/ bject Matter Expert

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

LEGAL SUFFICIENTY REVIEW (NMCARS 5206.303 (901))

this justification is legally sufficient.

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

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION (FAR 6.303-2 (a) (12))

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

Date

APPROVED BLOCK (FAR 6.304 for Approving Official)

Upon the basis of the above justification, I hereby approve, as NSWCDD Competition Advocate, the solicitation of the proposed procurement described herein using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (6).

NSWCDD COMPETITION ADVOCATE

Name (P · t)

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