JA_Curator II ECP9 FAR_6.1_JA_v1.0_REDACTED.pdf

This document is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (FAR 6.1 Justification) submitted by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Office of Contract Services for a sole-source contract modification.

The NGA Program Executive Office seeks approval for a sole-source award to execute an Engineering Change Proposal to the Curator System under the existing Curator II contract (HM047622C0053) through a bilateral contract modification with the incumbent contractor. The contract period extends from April 2026 through August 2027 (Option Years 3 through 4), with an estimated value that is redacted. The action is justified under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) and FAR 6.103-1, citing that only one responsible source can satisfy agency requirements. The Curator System is a highly specialized secure system that functions as an ingest mechanism protecting the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence from malicious content. The proposed work incorporates additional development into the Curator Enterprise Secure Ingest System (ESIS) Pilot phase 5, which represents continuation of related development and integration work already being performed under the existing contract. The justification emphasizes that the incumbent contractor possesses unique qualifications and subject matter expertise developed through years of continuous operational and technical support, detailed organizational knowledge of how the Curator System integrates with other enterprise systems including Enterprise Cross Domain Services and NSG Consolidated Library, and invaluable direct support of the ESIS Pilot in prior phases. The document notes that competition would incur unacceptable delays due to onboarding, security access, environment familiarization, and knowledge transfer requirements, and would likely increase overall cost and risk through duplicative analysis and development efforts. The Government has determined the cost elements covered in the existing Forward Pricing Rate Agreement are fair and reasonable, no market research was conducted, and a follow-on competitive acquisition is planned within the next 18 months.