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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIVISION

6149 WELSH ROAD SUITE 203

DAHLGREN VIRGINIA 22448-5130

IN REPLY REFER TO

DL13381

N00178-15-C-4695

DATE 8/3/15

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION JUSTIFICATION

1. Contracting Activity

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Contracts Division

2. Description of the Action Being Approved

Award of a firm fixed priced contract on a sole source basis for critical highly specialized equipment to support the Fleets’ Carry-on Equipment (COE) suite, manufactured by Engineering Design Team, Incorporated (EDT).

3. Description of Supplies/Services

Engineering Design Team, Inc. will be providing a quantity of five (5) Engineering Design Team, Inc. (EDT) EXP4 expansion chassis, part number 095-04116/EXP4; ten (10) supporting cable: PCIe Cable Assy, part number 016-14162-00, ten (10) Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) cards, part number 019- 14223, and twelve (12) 3P field-programmable gate array (FPGA) card sets, part number 019-14395. This new procurement of current field equipment is needed to satisfy fleet specific mission requests related to National Security and is a direct match for the current COE suite, providing the required range and sensitivity while maintaining the interoperability, functionality and compatibility with current system configurations designed to interface with a tactical network.

Several COE shipboard design restrictions such as weight, depth, power, reliability, integration testing, military standard testing, and information assurance(IA) compliance makes the EDT units the only equipment that satisfies all of the government’s specifications. The government has already made significant investments in these units with regards to the integration into shipboard installation Temporary Alteration (TEMPALT) design, government engineered software, and configuration management. The introduction of any other hardware is not considered to be in the best interest of the Government with regards to configuration, performance, supportability, and cost.

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

The estimated cost of the proposed contract action is $158,320.00. Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Other Procurement, Navy (OPN) will be utilized for this procurement.

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.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority

The EDT chassis and FPGA are an integral part of an established Carry-on Equipment (COE) Shipboard Systems infrastructure.

In addition, the use of another vendor’s product, assuming a qualified vendor or product can be found, would require unbudgeted and unanticipated system integration, operability, functionality, software redesign, form fit re-design, accreditation and testing. Another manufacture’s product would result in new electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing, IA accreditation, specialized government software development, shipboard integration or TEMPALT design, training of operators, and a new logistic tail. With regard to configuration, performance, functionality, schedule, and cost, it is not considered to be in the best interest of the Government to use another manufacture’s variant of this hardware. Estimated additional costs to the government would be approximately $350,000, and extend deployment of this capability to the fleet by a minimum of eight months.

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

Market research was not conducted for this procurement. The requirement is to leverage the hardware, software, and TEMPALT design to which the government is already committed. There are no resellers available for these proprietary mission essential components related to National Security.

The proposed contract was synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FEDBIZOPPS) website on XX June 2015 and only EDT expressed an interest in this requirement. No additional market research was conducted because it is not practicable, for the reasons discussed in paragraph 5 above, for any company other than EDT to provide the required equipment.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Costs

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost to the Government for the equipment covered by the J&A will be fair and reasonable.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Competition

For the reasons set forth in Paragraph 5, Dahlgren Contract Division has no plans at this time to compete future contracts for the type of equipment covered by this document specifically due to the components being in a national security system. If another potential source emerges, Dahlgren Contract Division will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION (FAR 6.303-2(b)) I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance, which is included in this justification and its supporting data, are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sean Yost, Code F112, Phone No. Date

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW (NMCARS 5206.303(90))

I have determined this justification is legally sufficient.

Brian K. Kau, Legal Counsel, Code 00L, Phone No. Date

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.

Brian K. Kau, Legal Counsel, Code 00L, Phone No. Date Vikki Rouleau, Contracting Officer, 026, image1.jpeg