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CLASS JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR

OPPORTUNITY

PURSUANT TO FAR 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(B) FOR ORDERS WITH AN

ESTIMATED VALUE EXCEEDING THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

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CONTROL NUMBER: JA-FY26-002

1. (U) IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTING ACTIVITY.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / Office of Contract Services

2. (U) NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING APPROVED.

This justification requests approval to extend NGA Systems Engineering Services (NSES) Program four (4) segments:

1) NGA Digital Engineering (NDE). 2) NGA Enterprise Engineering (NEE). 3) NGA Foundational Engineering (NFE). 4) NGA Segment Engineering (NSE). NEE and NSE segments are Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Support Services Contracts. NDE and NFE are Single-awarded contracts. The Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM)

Addendum 6, signed on April 23, 2025, allowed the government to extend the IDIQs and single-awarded contracts listed in Chart 1 below, period of performance to March 16, 2026. For this request for approval, we are seeking to s, which are five (5) IDIQs and two (2) single-awarded contracts, for an additional 12 months, from March 17, 2026, to March 16, 2027.

3. (U) ESTIMATED VALUE AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OR PROJECTED DELIVERY SCHEDULE.

a. (U//FOUO) ESTIMATED VALUE ($M): The five (5) IDIQs and two (2) Single-awarded contracts have a current IDIQ ceiling of $1.440B. For the new extension period from March 17, 2026, by 12-months to March 16, 2027, below is NSES Ceiling Adjustments.

NGA Enterprise Engineering (NEE)

NGA

Foundational Engineering

(NFE)

NGA Systems Engineering

(NSE)

NGA Digital Engineering

(NDE)

NGA Systems Engineering Support (NSES) Total

Current ACB Ceiling $1,137,000,000 $ 87,000,000 $183,500,000 $32,400,000 $1,439,900,000 Change $ 191,000,000 $ 18,900,000 $ 20,700,000 $ 6,200,000 $ 236,700,000 Revised ACB Ceiling $1,328,000,000 $106,000,000 $204,200,000 $38,500,000 $1,676,700,000

The period of performance for NDE and NFE is extended to 16 Mar 2027. The period of performance for the individual task orders in NEE and NSE is also extended to 16 Mar 2027.

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b. (U) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING ALL OPTION PERIODS, OR PROJECTED DELIVERY SCHEDULE:

The NSES Program has a total of 27 contracts that are comprised of the following: NEE, a multiple award IDIQ segment with 13 active task orders and 4 inactive task orders. NFE, a single award segment. NDE, a single award segment, and NSE, a multiple award IDIQ segment with 5 active task orders and 2 inactive task orders.

Recently, for the NEE segment, five (5) task orders (TO4, TO12, TO13, TO15, TO16) were merged into a newly established task order 17 (TO17) for more efficiency. Chart 1 below lists the vehicle name, task order number, IDIQ contract number, task order contract number, and the period of performance for two (2) extension periods. The first extension period has already been approved; the second period of performance is the proposed extension for 12-months. The inactive contracts are not listed in Chart 1.

CHART 1:

Vehicle TO Contract No: Task Order No: Contract Type:

Period of

Performance thru 3/16/2026

Period of Performance thru 3/16/27

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 1 HM047619D0002 HM047619F0234 CPAF 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 2 HM047619D0002 HM047619F0238 CPAF 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 3 HM047619D0002 HM047619F0263 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 4 HM047619D0002 HM047620F0130 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 5 HM047619D0002 HM047619F0278 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 10 HM047619D0002 HM047620F0009 CPAF 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 11 HM047619D0002 HM047620F0034 CPAF 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 12 HM047619D0002 HM047620F0134 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 13 HM047619D0002 HM047620F0131 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 14 HM047619D0002 HM047620F0008 CPAF 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 15 HM047619D0002 HM047619F0276 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 16 HM047619D0002 HM047623F0058 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Enterprise Engineer (NEE) 17 HM047619D0002 HM047626F0014 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Foundational Engineering (NFE)-Stand alone C Contract--Small Business Contract HM047620C0007 NONE CPAF

03/16/2026 03/16/2027 NGA Digital Engineering (NDE)-Stand alone

C Contract--Small Business Contract HM047620C0050 NONE CPAF 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Segment Engineering (NSE) (TO1) 1 HM047620D0006 HM047620F0119 CPAF 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Segment Engineering (NSE) (TO2) 2 HM047620D0006 HM047620F0158 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Segment Engineering (NSE) (TO4) 4 HM047620D0003 HM047620F0194 FPLOE 09/30/2025 - 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Segment Engineering (NSE) (TO6) 6 HM047620D0001 HM047620F0192 FPLOE 09/28/2025 - 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

NGA Segment Engineering (NSE) (TO7) 7 HM047620D0002 HM047620F0002 FPLOE 03/16/2026 03/16/2027

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4. (U) IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATUTORY EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY.

FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) -- The order must be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an order previously issued under the contract for which all awardees were provided a fair opportunity.

5. (U) DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET THE AGENCY S NEEDS.

This J&A seeks to extend . The extension will enable NGA to maintain critical Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) support activities under each segment of the NSES program. This continuity is essential to ensure the ongoing provision of operational systems and mission capabilities to both external and internal customers. The description of each contract listed in chart 1 above is identified below.

NEE Task Order 1 supports TAE, TAED, TAEB, TAEC, TAEF, TAES, CIO-T, IPA, TAC, TADI, TADE, TIS, TAC, DXAE, TEGM, and TEGG. Contractors provide System Engineering & Integration and test services that deliver mission capabilities to ensure NGA meets the GEOINT requirements of its IC, National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG) and DoD customers. TA is home to the following Key Enterprise NGA positions: Chief Engineer, Chief Architect, Chief Data Officer;

and Governance forums: Engineering Review Board (ERB) and Configuration Control Board (CCB). The contractor provides Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) methods and tools and supports the Government with integration efforts across the enterprise..

NEE Task Order 2 supports SPG (previously known as AY). Contractors provide engineering support to the Special Programs Group (SPG) and TIS Phoenix (PHX) Program Management Office (PMO) encompassing the following functional categories: (1) Enterprise and Solutions-level Architecture Engineering; (2) Enterprise and Capabilities-level Requirements Engineering; (3) Enterprise Integration Engineering (Cross Organization and Program Offices); (4) Enterprise Analysis and Assessment; and (5) Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MS&A). The contractor offers systems engineering, integration, and technical stewardship of program and mission activities (end-to-end) to assist the SPG with the integration of system modifications into verified operational capabilities in coordination with various mission partners and sensor upgrade activities.

NEE Task Order 3 supports TEI and TII. Contractors provide Information Technology (IT) infrastructure services, or commonly referred to as Infrastructure Service Provider (ISP) services, for NGA. The office is tasked with the acquisition, oversight, management, integration and execution of IT infrastructure services to meet internal and external customer requirements for NGA. The Contractor shall apply Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) methods and tools and support the Government with integration efforts across the enterprise.

NEE Task Order 5 supports N2W the contractor shall perform SE&I services in accordance with the requirements specified in this task order. The NEE contractor shall provide services to plan, design, define, develop, document and baseline the Active IT solution for N2W, inclusive of bBusiness, dData, nNetwork, FAR 16.5 Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity exceeding SAT, v5.1, 08/14/2025 4 | P a g e

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sSecurity and sSolutions-Level aArchitectures down to the program level ensuring enterprise systems work together in an integrated fashion to deliver mission capabilities and solutions.

NEE Task Order 10 timely infrastructure and architecture solutions meeting current and emerging international GEOINT needs. They provide SE&I support assisting TIP with management of the development, delivery, and operations of capabilities between US and Foreign Partners. TIP balances foreign partner interests and needs to ensure technical compatibility across international partners to support the NGA International GEOINT Strategy. The capabilities delivered by TIP connect the NSG with the GEOINT capabilities of the Commonwealth, Third Party, and Coalition Partners with the goal of leveraging shared national security interests. The contractors apply Model Based Systems Engineering and System Integration methods and tools supporting the Government across the NSG and Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG) enterprise.

NEE Task Order 11 mission capabilities ensuring NGA meets the GEOINT requirements of its IC, National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG) and DoD customers.

Contractors support the Integration System Program Office (TISP), the EO Sensor Integration Division (TISE) and the SAR Sensor Integration Division (TISR) program and assist in the interfacing with the following Key Enterprise NGA positions: Chief Engineer, Chief Architect, Chief Data Officer; and Governance forums:

Engineering Review Board (ERB) and Configuration Control Board (CCB). They perform SE&I services applying Model-Based Systems engineering (MBSE) methods and tools and support the Government with integration efforts across the enterprise. Introduction, background, objectives, and scope material contained in the Base NEE SOW apply to this TO.

NEE Task Order 14 supports S, SFD, STT, SFCA, SFCAB, SFCAA, SFG, SFA, SFNAG, SXOX, SFNIP, and SB, in which the Contractor shall perform SE&I and test services work in accordance with the requirements specified in the task orders. The Contractor shall also apply Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) methods and tools and support the Government with integration efforts across the enterprise supporting Enterprise and Solutions Architecture Engineering, Enterprise Level Requirements Engineering, Enterprise Integration Engineering (Cross Organization and Program Office), Enterprise Analysis and Assessment, and Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MS&A).

NEE Task Order 17 supports a Task Order (TO) procurement of Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) support for the following: Data and Digital Innovation (DDI) Office, to include the stand up and support of the Maven Artificial Intelligence (AI) program at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and of the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) capability of AI relevant to GEOINT, within the Plans, Programs & Strategy (QA) Division including AI Governance, and within the Maven (QM) Division (TO 0016), Mission Management Office (MM), Source, and CIO- , Analysis Technology and Tradecraft Group (AT) within the Analysis Directorate (TO 0013), Business Enterprise Service Division (TIB/BES) within the Future Experience Office (TF) (TO 0012), and Futures Capabilities Division (GI) within the National Geospatial- Directorate (TO 0015).

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NFE Contract supports IPD, IPA, EO-FFF, CDO,TOOLS, STANDARS. Contractors perform SE&I work supporting the NGA Foundational Engineering effort. Foundational Engineering services and activities include Configuration Management, Enterprise Scheduling and Effectivity Management; Governance and Engineering Reviews; Standards Compliance, Definitions, Development and Management to include the Technical Reference Architecture; Enterprise Risk Management; and Systems Engineering Processes and Tools.

NDE Contract supports TEGM. Contractors support the delivery, and continuous improvement, of DevSecOps capabilities on a hybrid cloud (on premise and off-premises). The NDE contractor shall support GEOINT Services in successfully building out a DevSecOps environment and shall support the assessment and adoption of new technologies and capabilities. The NDE contractor shall provide expert support to Digital Maker Service customers (developers) in adopting DevSecOps processes and tooling.

The NDE contractor shall work with other NGA Government and contractor teams responsible for underlying enterprise services to support architecture, development, and implementation.( e.g. IDAM, Active Directory, Hardware/Infrastructure, Cross Domain, code repositories).

NSE Task Order 1 supports IPC. IPC was established to integrate the acquisition, development, operation, sustainment, and retirement of various needs and collection offices, activities, and systems into a single program management office. IPC is also responsible for developing the solution architecture, requirements, and solution epics, and allocating them into IPC product lines to implement the GEOINT Broker operating model. The GEOINT Broker model allows NGA to filter, access, and analyze a growing and diverse set of sources and suppliers to deliver data-intelligence and operational needs.

NSE Task Order 2 supports NTME, NTML, NTMP, NTMR, NTM, and NTMINC. Contractors support the Sensor Integration Office and provide SE&I services that deliver mission capabilities to ensure NGA meets the GEOINT requirements of the Intelligence Community (IC), National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and Department of War (DoW). Contractors perform SE&I work and are responsible for program, project, and segment-level engineering, to include requirements decomposition and allocation, architecture engineering, engineering analysis, and integration and implementation of technical solutions to deliver GEOINT mission capabilities.

NSE Task Order 4 supports OX and TI. Contractors support requirements for the CIO-T Warfighter Support Office, Tactical Data Program Coalition, and TI SPO Enterprise Interoperability. Warfighter Support Office rapidly delivers disruptive GEOINT technology and capabilities to disadvantaged and disconnected users.

The office is focused on disconnected and disadvantaged users who have quick reaction and unique mission needs, operate in austere and challenging environments, or have rapidly changing factors that impact

Interoperability, NGA serves an integral role in the Distributed Common Ground/Surface System (DCGS) and Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) standards and governance process at all levels. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I)) established the GEOINT Functional Team and the Coalition Focus Team specifically to address issues and provide solutions for the DCGS enterprise community. NGA leads both teams, with membership from the Military Services, IC, and coalition members.

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NSE Task Order 6 supports IPF. IPF provides SE&I, acquisition, and program management for the Foundation GEOINT (FG) mission, focusing primarily on the Foundation GEOINT Group (NGA/SF). This task order covers architecture and engineering support to IPF, SF, and the Foundation GEOINT Mission.

Specifically, it focuses on program, project, and segment-level engineering, including requirements decomposition and allocation, architecture engineering, engineering analysis, and the integration and implementation of technical solutions to deliver GEOINT mission capabilities.

NSE Task Order 7 supports TEIS, TEGG, TAEC,D TEFD, TCS. Contractors provide SE&I support for the NGA Segment Engineering (NSE) Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM); Geo-Capabilities and Discovery Services; and Software Asset Management (SAM) Functional Areas. ICAM is generally synonymous with Identity and Access Management (IdAM) and Identification, Authentication, & Authorization (IA&A) and encompasses cybersecurity activities which ensure legitimate users can access information to which they are entitled. As a result, ICAM plays a critical role in protecting the enterprise from attack and supports close relationships between applications and users by providing access services.

Geo-Capabilities and Discovery Services improve access and discoverability of GEOINT, provide access to more content and provide focused search functionality to drive users to timelier and mission-relevant content.

The SAM office supports Discovery Services and many other NGA missions. SAM is responsible for optimizing mission success through effective and efficient total lifecycle management of NGA software assets. This is accomplished by working with directorates, programs, and end users to support the NGA mission with timely COTS software purchases and renewals of subscriptions and maintenance agreements to ensure continued NGA operations while striving to minimize the total cost of ownership for agency software assets.

6. (U) DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR THE NATURE

OF THE ACQUISITION THAT REQUIRES USE OF THE EXCEPTION CITED.

The seven (7) incumbent contractors are: Peraton, Inc., Compass, Inc., Plus3 IT Systems, Zolon PCS, Analytic Services Inc. (Anser), Assured Consulting Solutions LLC, and Intelligence Consulting Enterprise Solutions (ICES). These contractors currently providing services are well-positioned to ensure uninterrupted mission support and were appropriately considered under the original task orders and successfully staffed personnel with highly specialized qualifications essential to the contract success. They develop and implement Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) expertise to support the NGA Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) enterprise's operational activities. Because of their familiarity with the scope and depth of these enhancements, it is crucial to maintain their services to avoid disruptions.

Switching to a new contractor could introduce significant risks, including service gaps, security vulnerabilities during the transition, and delays that could jeopardize critical SE&I services such as program, project, and segment architecture engineering services to decompose and allocate enterprise and strategic-level requirements to the program, project, and segment-level engineering services A new contractor, unfamiliar with the SE&I infrastructure, would require extensive time and resources to reach the proficiency and efficiency that the incumbent contractors already provide. Due to their unparalleled

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expertise in SE&I applications, the incumbent contractors ensure efficient progress toward NGA's SE&I goals without the need for unnecessary expenditures such as, continuity of services costs like uninterrupted delivery, risk mitigation, and transition planning.

would cease until the new contractors are able to adequately staff and build expertise to provide engineering support. The seven (7) incumbent contractors gained extensive knowledge and experience of not easily transferred to new contractors without a planned and protracted transition plan. A minimum of three to six months of deliberately planned transition is required to ensure valuable knowledge is not lost. In order to enable the transition, an aggressive and accelerated follow-on source selection is being prepared with an award date in 4th Qtr., FY26 to enable the transition.

The objectives of the four contracts residing within the NSES Program are as follows:

Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods and tools and support the Government with integration efforts across the enterprise, which includes a separate Compartmented GEOINT Enterprise for

Special Activities GEOINT Enterprise (SAGE). Contractors are responsible for Enterprise and Solutions level architecture to include allocation down to the program level.

NFE contractors support joint acquisition efforts with the other NSES contracts to ensure the strategic, cross-system and segment results integrated solutions. They support the effort through a dynamic, hybrid systems engineering approach where traditional waterfall engineering flexes to accept agile and spiral engineering approaches, facilitating quicker reaction time delivering capabilities and meeting the needs of

- n (AAA) enable services born in the cloud to generate data and information that continually increased GEOINT productivity and insight in a virtual learning cycle. Engineers and integration activities will focus more strategically and horizontally, rather than tactically and vertically.

NDE contrac of the Intelligence Community (IC) and the larger national federal government and DoD communities can systematically depend on as a building block of their larger capability sets. The GEOINT Services initiative will synchronize the delivery of all the necessary PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS capabilities within the operational contexts of our mission partners on the Top Secret, Secret and Unclassified networks. GEOINT Services vision is to deliver geospatial content, services and applications when and where our partners need them.

NSE contractors support the acquisition of subject matter and systems engineering expertise at the program, project, and segment- -Be architecture. The contractors performing NSE services analyze, design, model, architect, engineer, verify, validate, integrate, implement, and deliver GEOINT capabilities and solutions that support NGA, SAGE/CGES CAP/SAP, NSG and ASG, IC, DoD, and other federal government, commercial, and international mission partners. Solutions maintain alignment with the GEOINT Enterprise Architecture (GEA), inclusive of data, network, and security sub-architectures. SAGE/CGES CAP/SAP architectures are

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currently maintained separately from the NSG; however, some CAP/SAP segments may transition to the NSG once they are approved for release and wider dissemination. The contractors accomplish this objective utilizing transformational technologies such as:

Automation, Augmentation, and Artificial Intelligence (AAA) increasing mission demand for automated processes to enhance, expedite, and enrich intelligence decision-making;

Big Data Analytics the use of advanced analytic techniques against very large and proliferating open source and commercial, structured and unstructured GEOINT data sources, including the increasingly diverse array of national collection assets; and

Cloud Services the growing use of cloud-based systems and services to store, access, process, and distribute GEOINT

7. (U) CONTRACTING OFFICER DETERMINATION THAT THE ANTICIPATED COST TO THE GOVERNMENT

WILL BE FAIR AND REASONABLE.

The Contracting Officer will evaluate the price in accordance with FAR 15.404. The IDIQ and Single-awarded contracts and subsequent task orders were awarded through a competitive process, and the rates established in these task orders and single-awarded contracts will be used as a historical reference for this extension.

8. (U) STATEMENT OF THE ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE AGENCY MAY TAKE TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME ANY

BARRIERS THAT LED TO THE EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY BEFORE ANY SUBSEQUENT

ACQUISITION FOR THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES IS MADE.

On February 27, 2025, the second Request for Information was posted on the Unclassified ARC. This RFI included recommendations for the Systems Architecture, Engineering Management, and Integration Model, along with suggestions to encourage collaboration among multiple vendors for effective implementation. In response, industry stakeholders submitted 67 questions, with most inquiries focused on understanding the contracting strategy and the Agency's goals rather than the RFI details. By March 31, 2025, NGA received 38 responses to the second RFI, comprising of 24 small businesses and 14 large businesses. The Acquisition Team reviewed the submissions and coordinated with relevant stakeholders.

A preliminary evaluation revealed several key trends:

1 response did not comply with the RFI but included additional documentation indicating an intent to subcontract.

27 out of 38 respondents (71%) recommended a version of COA #1 (multiple award).

10 out of 38 respondents (26%) recommended a version of COA #2 (single vendor award) encompassing all requirements.

NGA is planning a competitive procurement for the follow-on SE&I services under the Archimedes acquisition. The Agency aims to release the competitive solicitation in FY26 to secure a timely contract award before the current NSES contract ends. To support the upcoming Archimedes follow-on competitive procurement, NGA will issue draft solicitations to gather industry feedback, allowing vendors sufficient

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time to prepare competitive proposals. Further, detailed pre-solicitation notices will be provided, and industry engagement sessions will be held to clarify requirements and expectations.

Through these initiatives, NGA will address potential challenges that might limit competition among bidders. By doing so, NGA seeks to expand the competitive landscape to ensure fair opportunities for both small and large business contractors while securing the best value for the government. The Agency remains fully committed to fostering a competitive environment that leverages a wide range of industry capabilities while aligning with the incumbent contractors' objectives and timelines.

9. (U) APPROVING OFFICIAL DETERMINATION THAT ONE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER FAR

16.505(b)(2)(i)(A) THROUGH (E) AND (G) APPLIES.

As the Contracting Officer, I have determined that the following circumstance applies to this order, requiring an exception to fair opportunity: FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) -- The order must be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an order previously issued under the contract for which all awardees were provided a fair opportunity.

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CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

ORDER WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE EXCEEDING $100 MILLION

PM/COR CERTIFICATION:

I certify that any supporting facts and data under my responsibility which form a basis for this Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: DATE: 16 DEC 2025

Mark T. Nakagawa NSES Program Manager, PSE

S FIRST LINE SUPERVISOR CERTIFICATION:

I certify that the facts and data which are included in this Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: DATE: 16 DEC 2025

Kenneth R. Austin Deputy Director PSE

DIRECTORATE HEAD OR AGENCY ELEMENT HEAD CERTIFICATION:

I certify that the facts and data which are included in this Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: DATE: DEC 2025

John Parente, Jr.

Director, NGA Acquisition Oversight, PSA

CONTRACTING OFFICER S CERTIFICATION:

I certify that this Justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: DATE: DEC 2025

Doris A. Collier Contracting Officer

OCSS

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COGNIZANT OCS DIVISION CHIEF:

I have reviewed this Justification and find it accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNATURE: DATE: DEC 2025

Holley A. Krukowski OCSS Division Chief

COGNIZANT OCS GROUP CHIEF:

belief.

SIGNATURE: DATE: DEC 2025

Lynne M. Ware OCS Chief, PEO Services Contracts

SENIOR PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE (SPE) APPROVAL:

belief.

SIGNATURE: DATE: DEC 2025

Kelly E. Pickering Senior Procurement Executive