SPA_JA_REDACTED_FINAL_Posted Copy.pdf

This document is a Justification and Approval (J&A) for a sole source contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to SPA for continued refinement of the Inventory Decision Support Process (IDSP) for the F-16 fleet. The five-year contract is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with a total estimated value across multiple fiscal years for Aircraft Procurement, National Guard and Reserve Equipment Appropriation, and Operations & Maintenance funding. The contract will provide computational analytics using IDSP to support life cycle availability, maintenance/modification planning, and strategic decision-making for USN and USAF F-16 aircraft inventories.

The sole source justification is based on SPA being the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) that developed the VeracityCast analytic engine and owns the copyrights and trade secrets to the IDSP software. The government determined that alternative sources cannot provide the same capabilities without significant redevelopment costs, potential delays of up to four years, and risks to meeting critical warfighting training requirements. The sources sought notice posted on SAM.gov received three responses, but none were determined capable of satisfying the government's requirements in the needed timeframe.