Redacted_2-_PK19-600_2019_Socet_GXP_Support_Renewal_JA_-_updated_-_finalized_Redacted.pdf

Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other Than Full and Open Competition

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

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NOTE: If a Justification and Approval was approved for the preceding acquisition, a copy of the approved J&A for the predecessor action must be included in the staff package for approval of the instant J&A. This applies to J&A staff packages that are submitted for review and approval at a level above the contracting officer. The predecessor J&A will be used as a reference document by the approving official.

Is this a new or amended J&A Document? New Amended ( Prior to Award Only! )

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan? Yes No

Funding level for this acquisition: < $700K > $700K and < $13.5M > $13.5M and < $93M > $93M

Contracting Activity:

Air Force Life Cycle management Center, Operational Command and Control Contracting Office

(AFLCMC/HBBK)

Purchase Request / Local ID Number: PK19-600 - 2019 SOCET GXP Sustainment Renewal

Program / Project (and PE, if applicable): 10.1 Air Operations Center Weapons System

Program Type (PEO or Other Contracting): PEO

Authority: 6.302-1 – 10 USC 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): $ J&A Type: Class Individual

COORDINATION (AFFARS 5306.304(a) )

APPROVAL (AFFARS 5306.304(a) )

Date

01 Nov 2018

Contracting Officer Matthew L. Patterson

AFLCMC/HBBK (781) 225-3245

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I. Contracting Activity.

The contracting organization responsible for this action is Air Force Material Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Operational Command and Control Contracting Office (AFLCMC/HBBK), 11 Barksdale Street, Bldg.

1614, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100. The Contracting Officer is

II. Nature and/or description of the action being processed.

The purpose of this Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition is to award a new Firm Fixed Price (FFP) sole source contract to BAE Systems Information Solutions, Inc. for the renewal of SOCET Geo-spatial Exploitation Products (GXP) Targeting Bundle Upgrade Entitlement (UE) Targeting Application Workstation (TAW) software licenses required for the Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System (WS). SOCET GXP software is proprietary to one manufacturer, BAE Systems Information Solutions, Inc.

Per FAR 17.202(a), the CO has determined that the inclusion of options is in the Government's best interest since none of the limitations in FAR 17.202(b) and (c) prohibit the use of options. Per FAR 17.202(a), the CO has determined that the Government is likely to exercise the options and addition of options to this acquisition is in the best interest of the Government.

III. Description of supplies/services required to meet agency needs.

The AOC has a requirement for the renewal of 135 SOCET GXP Targeting Bundle UE - TAW software licenses for all AOC sites to ensure compliance to the approved AOC WS 10.1 baseline. This contract action will result in the purchase of license renewals for the following:

Base year (FY19) SOCET GXP Software license, qty 135, estimated price $ Option Year 1 (FY20) SOCET GXP software license, qty 135, estimated price $ Option Year 2 (FY21) SOCET GXP Software license, qty 135, estimated price $

SOCET GXP Targeting Bundle UE software is Geo-spatial intelligence software that utilizes imagery capture from satellite and aerial sources to identify, analyze, and isolate ground features for quick product creation.

Imagery is compiled and structured to build maps, coordinate operational missions, designate troop maneuvers, build intelligence reports, manage communications networks, and develop transportation infrastructure. SOCET GXP software licenses comprise a component of the TAW, a suite of applications utilized with the AOC WS that provides the capability to verify targeting munitions effectiveness and is essential to the Government's requirement to ensure continued functionality and operational capability of systems installed throughout the AOC.

This contract action will result in the renewal of the SOCET GXP software licenses and support. The estimated value of this FFP contract is $ The proposed contract will state that all items will be delivered fifteen (15) days after receipt of order (DARO) and the base year period of product support will be from 01 January 2019 through 31 December 2019; with each of the two option years having a period of product support of one (1) year each.

IV. Statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

10 U.S.C. 2304 (c), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, required by FAR 6.303-2(b)(4), states "when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number or responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for."

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V. Demonstration that the contractor's unique qualifications or nature of the acquisition requires the use of the authority cited above (applicability of authority).

The AOC provides command and control (C2) over geographic or functional areas of responsibility that integrate numerous GOTS (Government Off-the-Shelf) and COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) 3rd party applications such as: Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS); Global Command and Control Systems-Joint (GCCS-J); Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination Systems (JADOCS); and Master Air Attack Plan Toolkit (MAAPTK). When the particular brand name items, as those required in this procurement, are installed and implemented at the AOC sites, they will form the standardized core of the AOC WS Increment 10.1 baseline.

The specific design of the AOC WS Increment 10.1 baseline was based on requirements from Air Combat Command (ACC) and the AOCs. The baseline was designed to allow the AOCs to carry out a very specific set of tasks, as determined by ACC Major Command (MAJCOM). These tasks include, but are not limited to, execution of Air Tasking Orders in support of executing Join Air Operations Plans, Joint Integrated Target Lists, Airspace Control Orders, Special Technical Operations, Air Defense Plans, or Air and Space Component Pictures for the particular MAJCOM for which the AOC is responsible. The renewals to be acquired via this contract action are essential to the Government's requirement to ensure continued functionality and operational capability of systems installed throughout the AOC WS. If the SOCET Geo-spatial Exploitation Products (GXP) Targeting Bundle Upgrade Entitlement (UE) Targeting Application Workstation (TAW) software licenses are not renewed, then the AOC Enterprise is left highly vulnerable and there is no way for the virtual environment that SOCET runs on the 10.1 baseline to function. As it is a component of the AOC 10.1 Baseline, not having a functional SOCET GXP system would cause the baseline to be incomplete, and thus inoperable.

This procurement comprises the renewal of 135 SOCET GXP Targeting Bundle UE - TAW software licenses for all AOC sites. Exact products on the AOC 10.1 Increment baseline have been tested and accredited as the requirement to ensure standardization and continuity throughout the AOC WS. The AOC WS, as a whole, has been through Developmental Testing (DT), Operational Testing (OT), as well as CS accreditations from DISA using the specific brand name products and trainings as required via this procurement. Any change to the tested configuration would require further analysis and would result in additional DT and OT events, invalidating existing DISA CS accreditations. Historical figures from the past five (5) years show that selection, testing, and approval of a single product on the AOC WS baseline requires approximately

The cost of this process ranges from approximately $ to $ in materials and labor costs; which may fluctuate depending on whether respective third party integrated programs agree to the baseline alterations.

BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc. is the exclusive worldwide developer and distributor of GXP software products, Upgrade Entitlement software support, and software training.

Therefore, these commercial off-the-shelf products and their related product support can only be purchased from BAE SYSTEMS, or through its authorized distributors. There are currently no U.S. distributors.

VI. Description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable.

After past and present research, BAE systems remains the only distributor of the GXP software products.

Furthermore, a letter dated 1 January 2018 from BAE stated:

BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc. is the exclusive worldwide developer and distributor of GXP software products (SOCET GXP®, GXP Xplorer, SOCET SET®, SOCET Services, VITec, TASS, Hawkeye, Scout and Hydra), Upgrade Entitlement software support, and software training. Therefore, these

March 2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 4 of 5 commercial off-the-shelf products can only be purchased from BAE SYSTEMS, or through its authorized distributors. There are currently no U.S. distributors.

Therefore, the below listed company is found to be the only company capable of providing the GXP software products.

BAE Systems Mail Zone 604-GXP 10920 Technology Place San Diego, CA 92127-1874

A Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) was posted to FedBizOpps on 15 October 2018 through 30 October 2018 to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable. No interest was expressed from other sources.

VII. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

In accordance with (IAW) FAR 15.404(a)(1), a price analysis will be performed in order to ensure that the overall price being paid is fair and reasonable. This determination will be completed IAW:

FAR 15.404(b)(2)(ii), comparing the proposed prices to historical prices paid by the Government for the same and similar items. Previous actions include: FA8771-04-D-0007 RSKK, FA8730-14-M-0004, FA8730-15-M-0001, FA8730-16-M-0004, FA8730-16-M-0007, FA8730-18-C-0013.

FAR 15.404(b)(2)(v), comparison of proposed prices with independent Government cost estimates.

FAR 15.404(b)(2)(vi), comparison of proposed prices with prices obtained through market research for the same or similar items.

VIII. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or a statement of the reasons market research was not conducted.

Market research for this specific procurement was not conducted because the cyber security (CS) requirements that dictate the need for this procurement are driven by other Government agencies, such as DISA, and the configuration of the AOC 10.1 Increment baseline cannot be manipulated to accommodate a change in equipment or software. At this time, alternative products are not approved on the AOC 10.1 Increment baseline that will meet the DISA CS accreditation requirements.

IX. Any other facts supporting the use of Other Than Full and Open Competition.

N/A

X. List of any sources that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

Only BAE Systems has expressed an interest in (or is even capable of) providing the renewal and support being procured for this action.

A Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) was posted to FedBizOpps on 15 October 2018 through 30 October 2018 to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable. No interest was expressed from other sources.

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XI. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required.

In the next upgrade cycle for the AOC, the Government will review the hardware and software specifications and evaluate whether there are new technologies that could meet the requirements of the new baseline. This could give potential offerers a chance to enter into the AOC baseline. The products will then be tested and accredited under DISA's CS requirements.

XII. Certification by the Contracting Officer.

As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

XIII. Certification by the technical/requirements personnel.

As evidenced by my (our) signature(s) above, I (we) certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my (our) responsibility, is both accurate and complete.