N0018918QZ814_J6_JDAT_OM_LSJ_NECO_Posting.doc

LSJ# F18-016

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVSUP FLEET LOGISTICS CENTER NORFOLK

700 ROBBINS AVE, BLDG 2B

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111-5083

LSJ# F18-016

Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity (above SAT)

1. IDENTIFICATION OF AGENCY AND CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: This is a Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity. The requiring activity is the Joint Staff/J6; the contracting activity is the Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Philadelphia Office.

2. NATURE/DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT ACTION: This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304a through 2304d. This is a limited source action to be awarded as a new task order to the large business identified in paragraph 4 below. The placement of a cost-plus-fixed fee order is anticipated.

3. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED SUPPLIES/SERVICES: The proposed acquisition is for follow-on sustainment support for deployed field analysis for US Central Command (USCENTCOM) Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) CC-0558 Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Data Collection, Analysis & Assessment.

JUON CC-0558 was initiated as a project under existing RDT&E order N0018917FZ112 under Joint Staff J6 MAC N00189-16-D-Z042. The JUON was initiated with CENTCOM-provided RDT&E funding in FY 2017 with the requirement to plan and technically develop the processes, procedures, tools, and tests required to address the requirements of JUON CC-0558. With the requirement to plan and technically develop the processes, procedures, tools, and tests completed during the RDT&E phase, there is the natural follow-on requirement to operate, maintain, utilize, and sustain the processes, procedures, and tools, and to conduct the critical follow-on field analysis and operational assessments required to ultimately resolve JUON CC-0558. This follow-on sustainment support requires a separate O&M task order in order to:

a. Sustain the assessment framework incorporating USCENTCOM requirements, assessment objectives, while meeting timeline and resource targets

• Assess Critical Operational Issues (COIs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to ensure CCMD requirements are met within the time and resources available

• Maintain the threat and demonstration context for the capabilities to be assessed

b. Execute the analysis plan and maintain required execution documents

• Maintain surveys, questionnaires, interviews, debriefs, and other tools as necessary to collect subjective data

• Train data collectors and additional observers in use of JDAT tools and data collection methodologies.

c. Provide data collectors, analysts, data collection tools, software and computers, and coordinate and operate communications equipment to support assessment execution

d. Collect, parse, and store digital and analog data per the analysis plan

e. Analyze results and render conclusions concerning COIs

f. Produce analysis report documentation and support subsequent briefings

The period of performance of the proposed acquisition will be one year from the date of award, anticipated to run from 27 September 2018 to 26 September 2019. The order will also include an option so that services can be extended to 13 April 2020 and will align with the already awarded RDT&E order. The option period is anticipated to be six and a half (6.5) months in length. The Government will then compete all subsequent JDAT deployed analysis support requirements under the J6 MAC program.

4. IDENTIFICATION OF THE EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY RATIONALE AND/OR DEMONSTRATION OF CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS: The statutory authority which permits not providing each awardee a fair opportunity to be considered for each order exceeding $3,500 issued under a multiple award contract is 10 U.S.C. 2304c, as implemented by FAR 16.505(b)(2).

This exception to fair opportunity is to issue a new task order under Joint Staff J6 MAC N00189-16-D-Z042. The requirement in this new task order requires the specialized expertise that Leidos gained while technically developing the processes, procedures, tools, and tests required to address the requirements of JUON CC-0558 during the RDT&E phase under the existing Leidos order N0018917FZ112. This expertise and experience makes Leidos uniquely capable to perform this new order. Specifically, only Leidos can meaningfully utilize the processes, procedures, tools, and tests they developed during the RDT&E phase and effectively sustain the detailed operational planning, technical development, and quantitative analysis required to support resolution of JUON CC-0558. The work under this new task order cannot be reasonably segregated and performed by a contractor other than the one that developed the required processes, procedures, tools, and testing methodologies. The new task order is anticipated to end concurrently with the existing R&D task order, N0018917FZ112.

5. DETERMINATION OF FAIR AND REASONABLE COST: The contract did not establish the price for the services. Therefore, the Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Philadelphia Office Contracting Officer will determine, using the procedures in FAR 15.4, that the order represents the best value to meet the Government's needs.

6. DESCRIPTION OF MARKET RESEARCH: The requiring activity and contracting activity have conducted market research among the multiple award contractors. The Joint Staff conducted research to find a possible alternative to Leidos, and the results of that research was that the existing efforts under task order N0018917FZ112, and the efforts to be performed under the resultant task order, are so intertwined that it would be impossible for a contractor other than Leidos to perform. The requiring activity certifies that the requirement cannot be met by a commercial item and provides supporting documentation which is attached.

7. ANY OTHER SUPPORTING FACTS: None.

8. ACTIONS TAKEN TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO COMPETITION: All future requirements will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

9. CONTRACTING POINT OF CONTACT: The point of contact at Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Philadelphia Office is Martyn Piggott, phone 215-697-9638, and email martyn.piggott@navy.mil.

SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION – SEE FAR 2.101 and 3.104