Redacted FOE.pdf

This is a Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity for placing an order under a Multiple Award Contract (MAC).

The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific is seeking to award a task order to Booz Allen Hamilton under the Seaport-NxG MAC for Navy Enterprise Networks Engineering Support Services. The requirement encompasses engineering, technical, and programmatic services for networking, communication, and computer systems, including certification and information assurance for current operations and in-process upgrades. The anticipated dollar value and specific period of performance (referenced as a 3-month base period with a 3-month option period) are redacted. The current task order ends on February 23, 2026.

The justification invokes FAR 16.505(b)(2)(a)—urgency exception—as the basis for the sole-source award. NIWC Pacific argues that providing fair opportunity would result in unacceptable delays to mission-critical Navy operations. The document details specific consequences of work stoppage, including cybersecurity degradation, mission-critical service failures, halt of global operations and critical infrastructure modernization, and failure of warfighting command and control. The Government asserts that immediate service gap prevention, continuity of five active projects (ESS, PMSE, EMS, PERATON System Architecture Support, and OCONUS implementation), and avoidance of substantial non-productive ramp-up costs justify the exception. The contracting officer determined the cost to be fair and reasonable based on historical cost information. NIWC Pacific is concurrently pursuing a full, open, competitive follow-on Seaport NxG task order.