NADMT Initial Spares SAP Brand Name Justification - Redacted.pdf

This is a Determination Memorandum for a Sole Source Acquisition under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) for purchases over $15,000 but not exceeding $350,000.

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) in Orlando is procuring critical brand-name spare components essential for operational readiness and functionality of the Navy Aviation Distributed Mission Training (NADMT) program. NADMT is a complex system-of-systems architecture designed to establish a System Integration Laboratory (SIL) that enables seamless integration of the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) platforms. The selected contractor is responsible for procurement, inspection, and delivery of a comprehensive spares package to San Diego, with maximum logistics and streamlined Government acceptance. The target delivery date is September 15, 2026, with early delivery encouraged. The justification for sole source procurement centers on the technical necessity of specified brand-name Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components, which are technically essential to sustain the NADMT system-of-systems architecture and its SIL. These components have achieved strict security accreditation and tight integration with existing JSE and CVW systems. The Government determined that alternative components would severely degrade hardware integration, cybersecurity posture, and overall system performance, and introducing alternative parts would trigger cascading programmatic impacts and unacceptable duplication of costs, schedule delays, and resource misallocation. The Government does not intend to compete this requirement in the future but will continue market research for alternative sources and new technologies. The customer is Alphaaeus A. Flood, and the Contracting Officer is Michael C. Davis.