Redacted CJA.pdf

This is a Class Justification and Approval (CJ&A) document authorizing a sole source award for an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is awarding an IDIQ contract to The Boeing Company, St. Louis, Missouri, for MQ-25 System Configuration Set (SCS) support serving U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales customers. The contract authorization expires September 30, 2029. Boeing will design, develop, and implement software and hardware upgrades beyond the baseline configuration required for Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E). Deliverables include benches, hardware modifications, Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs), software source code, design documentation, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and studies. Additional deliverables encompass system improvements, prototypes, pre-production products, support equipment enhancements, simulations, and models. Services include analysis, capability definition, anomaly correction for software and hardware identified post-release to government, and engineering support tasks such as flight planning, lab upgrades, and studies and analysis. The estimated total dollar value has been redacted from the document.

The sole source justification cites 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), asserting that only Boeing possesses the unique combination of airframe and weapons system integration knowledge required. The rationale notes that Boeing was previously awarded the MQ-25 Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract on August 30, 2018, and that system software will remain unstable until Full-Rate Production. NAVAIR plans to employ a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and will procure a Technical Data Package (TDP) to enable future competitive procurement of upgrades and subsystem enhancements when practicable. A sources sought waiver was approved on August 31, 2023, and the requirement was synopsized on September 19, 2023, with no other potential sources expressing interest as of the document date.