Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System

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SYNOPSIS
Comprehensive Cost and Requirement (CCaR) System
In Support of
F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO)

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ intends to negotiate, and award a contract with Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Reimbursement line items to Integrated Data Services (IDS), located at 2141 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 2050, El Segundo, CA Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System (CCaRS) functional, technical, and administrative support and training for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Office. The period of performance on this procurement will be for a base of twelve (12) months and four (4), twelve (12) month option periods. The primary place of performance is Arlington, VA.

This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of (See 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B), in that the services are only available only from the original source. In this case the acquisition is for a follow-on contract for the continued provision of a highly specialized funds management database mandated by regulation. Since CCaRS is proprietary to IDS, if any other vendor was selected to provide these services it would cause a loose of access to CCaRS leading to unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements, including an inability to approve USAF and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funding for contracts that support the many functions of the F-35 JPO and the F-35 Lightning II aircraft and it's components. This sole source award is to allow the usage, access, training, and configuration of CCaRS required in order to facilitate approval of the funding required to keep all aspects of the F-35 JPO operational. Any gap would result in the F-35 Program Office being incapable of interfacing with USAF funding apparatus and thereby cease to transfer funding to or from the USAF, halting operations upon exhaustion of funds at a critical time where an inability to fund any of the numerous contracts could place the F-35 JPO in jeopardy of having a delay in the United States Air Force (USAF) Initial Operational Capability (IOC) declaration currently scheduled for August 1, 2016. A work stoppage on any of the many F-35 JPO contracts could cause catastrophic consequences, as there is a surge of activities that will take place from now until the USAF declares IOC. This critical milestone requires fully integrated, ramped up personnel to perform their day to day functions. Without access to CCaRS to approve funds, personnel would be incapable of functioning in their current capacity until USAF IOC declaration. This will lead to a significant delay in the schedule and results in loss of tactical aircraft available for combat missions globally. In addition to causing the USAF a delay in mission readiness, the interruption will would also result in millionsof dollars in overrun. There are several other production contracts that are all positioned to support USAF IOC and if that is delayed those contracts may no longer be viable.

This constitutes as the official notice of availability of the solicitation IAW FAR 5.102. A separated notice of availability of the approved Justification and Approval for sole source acquisition will be made available on a separate posting IAW FAR 6.305(d).

Electronic media responses to this announcement must be received no later than 12:00pm EST on 19 May 2016. Responses may be emailed to vincent.johnson@jsf.mil and krista.argabright@jsf.mil.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ intends to solicit, negotiate, and award a contract with Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Reimbursement line items to Integrated Data Services (IDS), located at 2141 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 2050, El Segundo, CA Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System (CCaRS) functional, technical, and administrative support and training for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Office. The period of performance on this procurement will be for a base of twelve (12) months and four (4), twelve (12) month option periods. The primary place of performance is Arlington, VA.

This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of (See 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B), in that the services are only available only from the original source. In this case the acquisition is for a follow-on contract for the continued provision of a highly specialized funds management database mandated by regulation. Since CCaRS is proprietary to IDS, if any other vendor was selected to provide these services it would cause a loose of access to CCaRS leading to unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements, including an inability to approve USAF and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funding for contracts that support the many functions of the F-35 JPO and the F-35 Lightning II aircraft and it's components. This sole source award is to allow the usage, access, training, and configuration of CCaRS required in order to facilitate approval of the funding required to keep all aspects of the F-35 JPO operational. Any gap would result in the F-35 Program Office being incapable of interfacing with USAF funding apparatus and thereby cease to transfer funding to or from the USAF, halting operations upon exhaustion of funds at a critical time where an inability to fund any of the numerous contracts could place the F-35 JPO in jeopardy of having a delay in the United States Air Force (USAF) Initial Operational Capability (IOC) declaration currently scheduled for August 1, 2016. A work stoppage on any of the many F-35 JPO contracts could cause catastrophic consequences, as there is a surge of activities that will take place from now until the USAF declares IOC. This critical milestone requires fully integrated, ramped up personnel to perform their day to day functions. Without access to CCaRS to approve funds, personnel would be incapable of functioning in their current capacity until USAF IOC declaration. This will lead to a significant delay in the schedule and results in loss of tactical aircraft available for combat missions globally. In addition to causing the USAF a delay in mission readiness, the interruption will would also result in millionsof dollars in overrun. There are several other production contracts that are all positioned to support USAF IOC and if that is delayed those contracts may no longer be viable.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which will be considered by NAVAIR. All packages received within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.

Electronic media responses to this announcement must be received no later than 12:00pm EST on 18 Mar 2016. Responses may be emailed to krista.argabright@jsf.mil and clifford.stevens@jsf.mil.

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Added: Mar 03, 2016 5:01 pm The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ intends to solicit, negotiate, and award a contract with Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Reimbursement line items to Integrated Data Services (IDS), located at 2141 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 2050, El Segundo, CA Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System (CCaRS) functional, technical, and administrative support and training for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Office. The period of performance on this procurement will be for a base of twelve (12) months and four (4), twelve (12) month option periods. The primary place of performance is Arlington, VA.

This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of (See 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B), in that the services are only available only from the original source. In this case the acquisition is for a follow-on contract for the continued provision of a highly specialized funds management database mandated by regulation. Since CCaRS is proprietary to IDS, if any other vendor was selected to provide these services it would cause a loose of access to CCaRS leading to unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements, including an inability to approve USAF and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funding for contracts that support the many functions of the F-35 JPO and the F-35 Lightning II aircraft and it's components. This sole source award is to allow the usage, access, training, and configuration of CCaRS required in order to facilitate approval of the funding required to keep all aspects of the F-35 JPO operational. Any gap would result in the F-35 Program Office being incapable of interfacing with USAF funding apparatus and thereby cease to transfer funding to or from the USAF, halting operations upon exhaustion of funds at a critical time where an inability to fund any of the numerous contracts could place the F-35 JPO in jeopardy of having a delay in the United States Air Force (USAF) Initial Operational Capability (IOC) declaration currently scheduled for August 1, 2016. A work stoppage on any of the many F-35 JPO contracts could cause catastrophic consequences, as there is a surge of activities that will take place from now until the USAF declares IOC. This critical milestone requires fully integrated, ramped up personnel to perform their day to day functions. Without access to CCaRS to approve funds, personnel would be incapable of functioning in their current capacity until USAF IOC declaration. This will lead to a significant delay in the schedule and results in loss of tactical aircraft available for combat missions globally. In addition to causing the USAF a delay in mission readiness, the interruption will would also result in millionsof dollars in overrun. There are several other production contracts that are all positioned to support USAF IOC and if that is delayed those contracts may no longer be viable.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which will be considered by NAVAIR. All packages received within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.

Electronic media responses to this announcement must be received no later than 12:00pm EST on 18 Mar 2016. Responses may be emailed to krista.argabright@jsf.mil and clifford.stevens@jsf.mil.