Sole Source Justification _Redacted.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS

From:

To: Code 02 Simplified Acquisition Branch

Subj: SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION for RTI Licenses and Support

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED SUPPLIES/SERVICES, ESTIMATED VALUE, AND

DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

NSWCCD, Code 8324 requires Ten (10) Real-Time Innovations (RTI) Connext DDS Professional Developer Licenses, One (1) RTI Limited-Bandwidth Plugin License, One (1) Year of Premium Support and One (1) Year of Direct Support Access.

Manufacturer:

Real-Time Innovations 232 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Lisa C. Ray lisa@rti.com 919.949.6115

The estimated cost for this requirement is

2. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR SOLE SOURCE BASED ON

CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION

NSWCCD uses RTI DDS Connext Professional to support multiple projects across the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) landscape. This software is currently used in other vendor supplied parts of the USV autonomy system. Therefore, continuing to use this specific software provides long-term stability and cost savings by not having to retrain engineers and rewrite already existing software. RTI DDS Connext also provides features that aren’t supplied by other vendors, such as low-bandwidth capabilities which are required by multiple USV projects that NSWCCD is currently executing.

This procurement will provide 10 software developers access to this software who are responsible for RDT&E of USV Autonomy and Command and Control (C2) functions. In addition this procurement includes training for NSWCCD engineers and the ability for NSWCCD engineers to direct access technical experts.

Therefore, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) it has been determined that the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source reasonably available.