J AW56KGU14C0008.pdf

Control Number 14-163

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY:

U.S. Army Contracting Command Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG)

CCAP-CCA

6001 Combat Drive Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

2. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: The proposed action is for the award of a new five-year Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract (W56KGU-14-C-0008) with Welkin Sciences, LLC. This action, a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III commercialization effort for the Advanced Communication Technologies (ACT) requirement, is valued at The Fixed Fee is estimated at This action will be funded with Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriations. Anticipated award date for this proposed action is 27 June 2014. The proposed Period of Performance is anticipated for 27 June 2014 through 26 June 2019.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: The proposed effort supports Future Advanced Satellite-Communications Technologies (FAST) Demonstration Project, entitled “Advanced Communications Technologies (ACT).” The effort provides services required to support the mission of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD) located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The purpose of the contract is to advance and acquire digital SATCOM technology, under the auspices of a SBIR Phase III commercialization effort. The commercialization of digital SATCOM enables seamless technology insertion and refresh into strategic and tactical SATCOM systems. This technology encompasses strategic/tactical SATCOM systems, and is what facilitates communications for the warfighter across the Global Information Grid (GIG), to and from the battlefield. The total estimated value of this effort is

This is a Phase III (SBIR) effort, for the commercialization of a digital SATCOM terminal architecture for strategic and tactical Satellite Communication (SATCOM) systems.

Commercialization of a digital SATCOM terminal architecture for strategic and tactical SATCOM systems requires a mixture of complex requirements to achieve insertion of technology into existing or non-existing system infrastructure. The ACT PWS establishes the detailed requirements, specifically the contractor shall execute the following technical tasks in accordance with the ACT PWS:

• Fast Standards Compliance, Integration, Validation And Verification.

• Fast Compliant Digital Modem Engineering Units

• Common All Digital SATCOM Modem Platform Analysis

• MilSATCOM Channel Operational Test & Evaluation

• Digital SATCOM Terminal Engineering Analysis

• Research And Development (R&D)

• Subsystem Certification Testing

• Technology Insertion/Systems Integration

• Training

4. AUTHORITY CITED: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(5), as implemented by FAR 6.302-5, Authorized or Required by Statute.

5. REASON FOR AUTHORITY CITED: The proposed source is Welkin Sciences, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO 80903.

Per the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Policy Directive dated 21 February 2014, “the competition for SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards satisfies any competition requirement of the Armed Services Procurement Act, the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, and the Competition in Contracting Act. Therefore, an agency that wishes to fund an SBIR Phase III project is not required to conduct another competition in order to satisfy those statutory provisions. As a result, in conducting actions relative to a Phase III SBIR award, it is sufficient to state for purposes of a Justification and Approval pursuant to FAR 6.302-5, that the project is a SBIR Phase III award that is derived from, extends, or completes efforts made under prior SBIR funding agreements and is authorized under 10 U.S.C. 2304(b)(2) or 41 U.S.C. 3303(b).”

The proposed SBIR Phase III effort for the commercialization of advanced digital technology for SATCOM systems results from the previous competed Phase I & II contracts W15P7T-10- C-B026 and W911QX-11-C-9000, initially advertised in Army SBIR solicitation topic #A10-

016. As such logically concludes efforts performed under prior SBIR funding agreements and is authorized under 10 U.S.C. 2304(b)(2), and not subject to further competition. This project is a SBIR Phase III award that is derived from, extends, and completes efforts made under prior SBIR funding agreements.

6. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION: Not required per FAR 5.202 (a)(7), as the anticipated award is a phase III effort under the SBIR program. The SBIR Program Policy Directive dated 21 February 2014, states “The competition for SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards satisfies any competition requirement of the Armed Services Procurement Act, the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, and the Competition in Contracting Act,” therefore additional efforts to obtain competition are not required.

7. ACTIONS TO INCREASE COMPETITION: The SBIR Program Policy Directive dated 21 February 2014, states “The competition for SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards satisfies any competition requirement of the Armed Services Procurement Act, the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, and the Competition in Contracting Act.” Therefore, further competition is not required in order to satisfy those statutory provisions.

8. MARKET RESEARCH: The proposed SBIR Phase III results from the previous competed Phase I & II contracts W15P7T-10-C-B026 and W911QX-11-C-9000, initially advertised in Army SBIR solicitation topic #A10-016.

9. INTERESTED SOURCES: The proposed action will not be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities Page in accordance with the exception provided by FAR 5.202(a)(7).

10. OTHER FACTS:

a. Procurement history:

Contract Number Award Date Contractor Extent Competed/Authority

W911QX-11-C-9000 22 Sept 2011 Welkin Sciences

Competitive, SBIR Phase II

W15P7T-10-C-B026 04 May 2010 Welkin Sciences

Competitive, SBIR Phase I

b. The Government possesses the existing contract documents and performance-based Performance Work Statement (PWS) for these services.

c. Subcontracting Competition: FAR 52.244-5 will be included in the resultant contract.