JA.RANGESIGHT_9.18.2025_Redacted.pdf

CUI Control Number:

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Controlled by: Army.

Controlled by: USACE - CEHNC CUI Category: General Procurement and Acquisition Distribution/Limited Dissemination Control: FEDCON POC: Robert Marsh, 256.895.1049

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR Part 6 Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition

Program/Equipment: The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center (CEHNC), Ranges Training and Land Program (RTLP) requires renewal of Poly, Inc., RangeSight Line of Sight (LoS) Design Software.

Authority: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 – Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Period of Performance (POP): This will be a four-year stand-alone contract consisting of one, 12-month base period and three, 12-month option years:

Base Year: 30 September 2025 – 29 September 2026 Option Year 1: 30 September 2026 – 29 September 2027 Option Year 2: 30 September 2027 – 29 September 2028 Option Year 3: 30 September 2028 – 29 September 2029

Amount:

Prepared by: Albert, Lisa Project Manager, FTI-GEN Email:

Contracting Marsh, Robert Officer: Contract Officer, CT, FTI-GEN Email: Robert.G.Marsh@usace.army.mil

Technical: Cobb, Brian Civil Engineer, CEHNC-EDC-D Email:

Requirement: Ingram, Kent Project Manager, RTLP Email:

Control Number:

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Center Reviews

Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support the justification for other than full and open competition.

Project Manager:

Lisa Albert Phone:

Project Manager E-mail:

Small Business:

Leander Young Phone:

Office of Small Business Programs E-mail:

Legal Counsel:

Karl Kuhn Phone:

Assistant Counsel, Office of Counsel E-mail:

FAR Part 6 Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition

1. Requiring Activity: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntsville Engineering and

Support Center (CEHNC); located at 300 Secure Gateway SW, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35808.

2. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntsville Engineering and Support Center (CEHNC); located at 300 Secure Gateway SW, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35808.

3. Description of Action: Approval is requested for a sole source stand-alone contract with Poly, Inc., located at 1935 Headland Ave., Dothan, AL 36303, for renewal of commercial off the shelf (COTS), Line of Sight (LoS) Design Software, in support of the Ranges Training and Land Program (RTLP). The subject LoS Software is inclusive of end-user training and support. The Government will award a base period of performance of 12 months starting 30 September 2025 and ending 29 September 2029, followed by three, 12-month option periods valued at Fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Operation and Maintenance (O&M) funding will be used for this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 513210 – Software Publishers.

4. Description of Supplies/Services: RangeSight is a COTS, design software application, which will provide RTLP engineers with a tool for validation and analysis of LoS designs on live fire training ranges. Additionally, required application provides design support via 100% compatibility with various engineering software tools, currently in use from Bentley and Autodesk. It is utilized by the Civil Engineering team to assist in planning and development of training range designs. These designs include multiple engineering application platforms hence the required LoS Software must operate in conjunction with the latest versions of the following: (1) Bentley OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition and (2) Autodesk Civil 3D civil design software tools. Functional Capabilities include:

a. Operates successfully with or without Bentley OpenRoads Designer or Autodesk Civil 3D installed on the user’s PC.

b. Accepts Bentley OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition and Autodesk Civil 3D terrains/surfaces and geometry data.

c. Transfers line-of-sight (LoS) failure locations to Bentley OpenRoads Designer and

Autodesk Civil 3D for revisions.

d. Accepts customized parameters for evaluating pass/failure of LoS (e.g., angle of fire, vertical offset from firing points, target points, and terrain features).

e. Provides view shed analysis showing visible downrange areas from each firing line, with customizable firing positions and vertical offsets for firing and target positions.

f. Provides a beaten zone analysis to identify impact areas beyond targets and support design features like roads, drainage structures, etc.

Table 1 below gives a requirement overview.

Table 1: Requirement Overview Period Start End Est Cost

Base Period 30 Sep 2025 29 Sep 2026 Option Year (1) 30 Sep 2026 29 Sep 2027 Option Year (2) 30 Sep 2027 29 Sep 2028 Option Year (3) 30 Sep 2028 29 Sep 2029

TOTAL

5. Authority Cited: FAR 6.302-1– Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

6. Reason for Authority Cited: In accordance with FAR 6.302-1, it has been deemed that only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

a. Background: RTLP is the Mandatory Center of Expertise (MCX) for USACE and is responsible for assisting in military agencies with the design of live fire training ranges enterprise wide. The RTLP MCX is responsible for reviewing designs, attending review meetings, and conducting construction inspections to ensure projects meet interface and standardization requirements. The vital component of these designs is a Line of Site (LOS) engineering application. This requirement is to procure and renew existing licenses for the engineering application/tool in support of the RTLP mission. In prior years similar software was procured via full and open competition, however the Government experienced multiple design errors, and the program was unable to successfully analyze aspects of civil designs due to the inability to incorporate various MicroStation and AutoCAD updates consistently. Therefore, the prior contract options were not executed.

Poly Inc.’s RangeSight software is currently the only software tool using geospatial data for LoS engineering that can maintain compatibility with both AutoCAD’s and MicroStation’s frequent updates. MicroStation and AutoCAD are standard USACE wide programs for construction designs and necessary for review of all construction projects at USACE. Poly Inc’s software tool is integrated within Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI’s) ArcMap program as an add-on. ArcMap is a geospatial processing program to view, edit, create, and analyze geospatial data used by the RTLP and is both versatile and compatible with MicroStation and AutoCAD environments. As an add-on to a program used by RTLP for geospatial date that is also compatible with both MicroStation and AutoCAD which are standard USACE wide programs for construction designs, RangeSight allows civil designers to work in either software application and seamlessly transfer derived data between them while having the specialized tools necessary for the LoS analysis required in live fire range designs.

b. Alternatives: Alternatives include competing this requirement again. There are similar products available in the commercial marketplace. However, from the Government’s research these solutions have limited functionality for integration between AutoCAD and MicroStation and either not specialized enough for live fire ranges or are specialized for other uses not applicable to live fire ranges such as microwave radio links. A similar solution provided by HNTB did not stay up to date with both AutoCAD and MicroStation causing compatibility issues when transferring between programs resulting in design errors. The Government has been unable to identify any other Line of Sight software programs that can remain compatible with both AutoCAD and MicroStation that can deliver the necessary specialized functionalities for range designs. USACE’s long-term use of MicroStation and AutoCAD is currently unknown and, therefore, flexibility between the two is a priority.

c. Impact if not approved: If not approved, the RTLP will be unable to review, analyze, or take other actions necessary for their mission in supporting live-fire training ranges for the DoD. Other non-specialized applications or non-compatible application could result in critical design errors that could impact the safety of the warfighters using live fire ranges.

7. Efforts to Obtain Competition: The only source for this requirement is Poly, Inc. Poly, Inc.

is the only source and does not have resellers. Prior attempts to compete resulted in faulty products and inability to validate Live Fire Range Designs, therefore, competition is not possible. Until the manufacturer partners with resellers or a product with similar MicroStation and AutoCAD compatibility is available via a COTS procurement, competition is not possible.

a. Effective competition: Because this is a sole source action, effective competition is not possible. The Contracting Officer published the notices required by FAR 5.201 and any bids or proposals received were considered. Further, the Government will comply with the posting requirements of FAR 6.305 – availability of the justification within 14 days of award.

b. Subcontracting competition: Subcontracting opportunities do not exist for this requirement.

8. Actions to Increase Competition: The previous contract for this effort was awarded using the authority under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) for a single year of software licensing. The previous Contracting Officer determined to award a short-term contract to allow engineers to ensure the product would perform as needed. The ranges program continues to assess the marketplace for other potential solutions that can integrate with both AutoCAD and MicroStation. Should another solution be available, future requirements will be competed using salient characteristics.

9. Market Research: In accordance with (IAW) Army FAR Supplement (AFARS) 5139.101- 90(a), the Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program is the mandatory source for commercial IT purchases and IT services. These contracts were awarded under the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) and Clinger-Cohen Act, which requires prime contractors be provided a fair opportunity to be considered for delivery orders and are structured as Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts using delivery orders for acquisition of a full range of IT purchases. These contracts are available to the Army, Department of Defense, and other Federal Agencies. The Government wide point of entry, SAM.Gov was also used for market research purposes to gain as much interest as possible.

Market research was conducted by FTI-Gen from 6 May 2025 – 20 September 2025, which resulted in 0 potential sources for this acquisition.

a. An RFI was posted on CHESS, Ref No. 531499, which resulted in 0 responses.

b. A synopsis and notice of intent to sole source was posted on SAM.Gov and no responses to the notice were received.

Control Number: CEHNC-25-0026

c. Internet searches were conducted and concluded the LoS software is available to the public as a COTS product.

d. The incumbent, Poly, Inc., was consulted and provided a response that they could continue to support this requirement.

10. Interested Sources:

As stated above, zero vendors provided written responses of interest in this acquisition. The Government has determined no other source can deliver a product to meet the Government’s requirements.

11. Other Facts:

a. Procurement history:

Table 2: Procurement History

Contract Number

Contractor Procurement

Method Amount

(est.)

Period of Performance

W912DY24P0033 Poly, Inc.

Sole Source, FAR 6.302-1

$135K

30 SEP 2024 – 29 SEP

W912DY22C0039 HTNB Full and Open $1.3M

30 SEP 2022 – 29 SEP

1. Contract numbers and dates of all awarded contracts for these same requirements:

Table 2 above provides procurement history overview.

2. The competitive status of these actions: Contract W912DY22C0039 was awarded using full and open competition. However, the solution provided experienced issues with AutoCAD integration causing errors and resulting in a new solution being pursued. Contract W912DY24P0033 was awarded on a sole source basis.

3. Authority previously cited if less than full and open competition was used:

W912DY24P0033 was awarded using FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) as the authority.

4. If any prior contract for this requirement was accomplished using full and open competition or full and open competition after exclusion of sources, include a detailed explanation of the changed circumstances causing this action to now limit the sources: Prior contracts awarded via full an open competition resulted in a issues with AutoCAD integration. Various solutions were reviewed, and Poly Inc’s solution was the only one found that provided integration with both MicroStation and AutoCAD.

5. An explanation of any unusual patterns that may be revealed by the history, e.g., several consecutive, urgent buys: No unusual patterns exist.

6. An explanation of protests received, if applicable, and actions taken in response to the protest: No protests have been received.

b. Other Facts: N/A

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12. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in the justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Brian Cobb Engineer

13. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in the justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Lisa Albert Project Manager

14. Fair and Reasonable Price Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated contract action will be fair and reasonable. Basis for fair and reasonable price determination will be conducted through historical prices, a cost/price analysis comparison of commercially available prices and the independent government estimate. In accordance with FAR 15.403- 1(c)(3) certified cost and pricing data will not be required as a commercial item is being acquired.

Robert Marsh Contracting Officer

15. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Robert Marsh Contracting Officer

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the sole source award to Poly Inc. for RangeSight software and training in the amount of using a justification and approval for other than full and open competition pursuant to the authority Title 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) §3204(a)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 – Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The approval is subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services and property herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

ROBERT MARSH

Contracting Officer