Joint Analytic Real-Time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS) Navy Modification 2018

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Contractor: PlanetRisk, Inc.
Program/Equipment: Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS)
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JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT
FAR 8.405-6 LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION UNDER THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL SUPPLY
PROGRAM
Program/Equipment: Additional licenses and services will be procured in support of the
Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solution for the Force Protection Threat Information Sharing
(FPTIS) System (also known as the Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System
(JARVISS) deployment.

Authority: Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41U.S.C. 251,
et. Seq) and Title 40 U.S.C 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6.

Amount:

Prepared by:

Contracting Officer:

Technical:

Requirements:

Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support limiting competition.
Program Manager, JARVISS

Control No: Contractor: PlanetRisk, Inc.
Program/Equipment: Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS)

Legal Counsel:
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Center Director:

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Deputy Director:

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Control No: Contractor: PlanetRisk, Inc.
Program/Equipment: Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS)

FAR 8.405-6 Limited Sources Justification Under the General Services Administration Federal Supply
Schedule Program

1. Contracting Activity: Army Contracting Command - New Jersey

2. Description of Action: Office of the Provost Marshal General requests a firm fixed price
modification under the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Program
with PlanetRisk, Inc. 8280 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The Government will
execute this action against GSA FSS contract GS35F0625N/ Task Order W15QKN-16-F-0099. Projected
award is July 2018 and fiscal year 2018 Operations and Maintenance, Army and Operations and
Maintenance, Navy (1804) Navy funds will be used.

X An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold
at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 207.103(d)(i)(B).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing
System (JARVISS) is the Army unclassified, threat information sharing system for Antiterrorism
(AT), Force Protection (FP), and Law Enforcement (LE) personnel. The system identifies threats
worldwide in real-time, measures their probable impact on Army and Department of Defense (DOD)
missions, and instantaneously shares the information with JARVISS end-users. One of the original
requirements for this Task Order was to ensure that the JARVISS system is joint interoperable,
meaning that it is capable of being shared with other services and other members of the law
enforcement or intelligence communities.

The Program Management Office, the Office of the Provost Marshal General, Antiterrorism Division
will require additional licenses and support services to support the Army and to enable the US
Naval Recruiting Command (NRC) to deploy JARVISS to their command. NRC requires Administrative,
Full, and Limited Licenses, as well as support services for an estimated 6 month Pilot Phase for
JARVISS deployment and use. The contractor will provide program management, engineering, and
research support to NRC during the period of the pilot. The Contractor will provide one-time onsite
training to 4 NRC Division locations during the 6 month period and provide business reviews to NRC
headquarters in person three times during the period.

The Army requires an additional 1,600 Administrator licenses for option years 2-4 (600 for Option
Year Two, and 500 each for Option Years Three and Four) and support from the contractor with the
accreditation of the mobile application for government phones and support for JARVISS system
demonstrations and briefings in support of program operational objectives.

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Control No: Contractor: PlanetRisk, Inc.
Program/Equipment: Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS)

Period of Performance Ceiling
Option Year Two: 30 March 2018 through 29 March 2019
Option Year Three: 30 March 2019 through 29 March 2020
Option Year Four: 30 March 2020 through 29 March 2021
Total Value:

4. Authority Cited: Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(41U.S.C. 251, et. Seq) and Title 40 U.S.C 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented by
FAR 8.405-6 and substantiated by the following:

X FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B). Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or

services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or
highly specialized.

5. Reason for Authority Cited:

W15QKN-16-F-0099 provides for a JARVISS with a commercial web-based system and spiral development
of capabilities to facilitate real-time sharing of threat information as events/incidents. After
receiving two (2) competitive proposals in response to the Request for Proposal of this
requirement, the Government determined that PlanetRisk offered a COTS solution to meet their needs.
The Government determined that PlanetRisk proposal offered a total COTS system with real-time
threat information sharing capability to alert command headquarters, installation of Standalone
Facilities (SAF) through various modes: email, text, smart phone apps, and the system itself.
The system pulls from 40000+ data layers of Government furnished and commercially available/open
source information not limited to alerts, Crime/Law Enforcement/EM, energy/water, global/geography,
government/political/military, weather/natural events and specific country data. The PlanetRisk
system had capability to immediately meet 100% of the total solution of the program requirements as
specified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Specifically, no other commercial systems were
in possession of a current Authority to Operate, NETCOM accreditation which is required to store
DOD data in the system. As such, the JARVISS capability has been built on the proprietary
Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solution developed and owned exclusively by PlanetRisk Inc.

Since the award of Task Order W15QKN-16-F-0099, the PlanetRisk COTS system has been accredited by
the DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) for Authorization to Operate on the DoD Unclassified
Network with storage up to DoD Impact Level (IL) 4 data. Additionally, this accreditation is
instrumental behind the JARVISS Program's Concept of Operations, Privacy Impact Assessment, and
legal authority to operate.
Because the system software is proprietary and exclusive to PlanetRisk, their personnel are the
only personnel qualified to perform support and services on the Task Order and in support of this
new work modification. Any other COTS system cannot meet or be modified to meet Authorization to
Operate requirement because of the amount of time and effort involved in accrediting a system to
operate with DOD data on a cloud environment. JARVISS is the first IL 4 cloud system to receive an
ATO from the Army.

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Program/Equipment: Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS)

The NRC plans to leverage the Army investment of
as needs a threat information sharing system quickly for a pilot in order to address service
findings following the attack on the recruiting center and reserve location in Chattanooga, TN.
The findings from Chattanooga and the Army's Fort Hood report highlight the importance of
communicating with other service components. By using the JARVISS system, NRC will be able to
partner with the Army and specifically Army Recruiting Command and the Military Entrance and
Processing Command to share threat information. JARVISS provides the ability to gather and assess
real-time unclassified threat information as attacks/incidents unfold, and to share that threat
information across the services is powerful tool. The real time reporting of threat information
available through both web-log and mobile applications will improve process of threat collection of
data across the services. JARVISS improves the threat analysis to identify trends, to provide link
analysis in the investigative and prevention actions to deter possible threat actions before they
occur.

The Army has been successfully fielding JARVISS and as a result has identified a need for
additional license for administrators and contract personnel support to facilitate JARVISS
demonstrations and engagements. As a result of program success, the Army is in need of additional
support for engagements with the DOD in an effort to make the system a DOD enterprise solution.
Because the fielding of JARVISS occurred earlier than originally anticipated, the need for these
licenses and additional support were not anticipated at the time of original contract award. Due to
the present rate of JARVISS deployment in the field, the Army requires an additional 1,600
Administrator licenses for option years 2-4 (6000 for Option Year Two, and 500 each for Option
Years Three and Four). Additional licenses and Contractor support are required for accreditation
of the mobile application for government phones and JARVISS system demonstrations and briefings in
support of program operational objectives.

The Government cannot procure the these requirements through open competition because of the need
to access the specific software developed and owned by PlanetRisk Inc., particularly the version
that has the DoD RMF accreditation known as JARVISS. W15QKN-16-F-0099 provides FPTIS System with
JARVISS capability and all licensing for COTS use is exclusively by PlanetRisk Inc. Current market
research indicates that
there are no other companies' COTS total solution that would be interoperable with the existing
JARVISS configuration.

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Program/Equipment: Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS)

One alternative for the Navy is continuing to rely on existing means of communication for threat
information sharing. This alternative has been deemed unacceptable because it does not address the
underlying issues that were identified as problems during the Navy's follow-on investigation on the
Chattanooga shooting and the Army Internal Review Team's Report on Fort Hood, namely a common
operational picture for threat information and the ability to rapidly share unclassified and For
Official Use Only (FOUO) threat information with other services. Another alternative would be for
the Navy to pursue a separate contract action on their own to procure their own system and
integrate it with the existing Army system. This is an unacceptable option, because it would
create a separate effort that would require its own acquisition process and cyber accreditation and
would be counterproductive to the effort to share information between services. If this
modification is not approved it would result in mission failure of threat information sharing for
the Navy.

The PWS has been updated to reflect the verified minimum requirements of the government. Additional
administrator licenses required to support for the NRC pilot are needed for option year 2 only;
additional Army administrator licenses and contract support personnel are needed for option years 3
and 4 In order to support the program as it grows in size within the Army. If this modification is
not approved it would
negatively impact the Army's threat information sharing capability by either delaying or preventing
the fielding of JARVISS to portions of the Army.

6. Actions to Increase Competition: The Army will continue to monitor the market place in order to
determine if any new viable COTS solutions emerge that would enable future actions for this
requirement to be competed. At the completion of this five (5) year life-cycle, the Government
will consider the latest state of the art technologies for competitive acquisition to meet their
performance requirements.

7. Market Research: The Army issued a public synopsis on 08 June 2018 via Federal Business
Opportunity (FBO) gateway with notice of Government's intent to solicit/and to negotiate on a sole
source basis for the new work. To date, no responses have been received with interest to submit
either proposal or capability statement for the
Government's consideration. The Pre-Solicitation notice closed 25 June 2018 and no responses were
received.

8. Other Facts: The JARVISS system developed by PlanetRisk is being reviewed for identification as
the Enterprise Solution for threat information for the Army and the DOD. JARVISS is a vital part of
the DOD's Emergency Mass Warning Notification System (EMWNS) pilot, based on its legal authorities
and accreditation.

Procurement History
Contract/Task Order: GS35F0625N / W15QKN16F0099 Contractor: PlanetRisk Inc.
Award Date: 30 Sep 2016
Competitive Status: Unrestricted / Fair Opportunity in accordance with FAR 8.404

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9. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are
included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

10. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are
included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

11. Best Value Determination/Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the
modification represents the best value to the Government in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(c)(2)(v).
Additionally, I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this
contract action will be fair and reasonable. Fair and reasonable price will be determined by
comparison of previously proposed prices/rates of validated requirements under the existing Task
Order; and comparison of proposed prices with Independent Government Cost Estimate.

12. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete
to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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Program/Equipment: Joint Analytic Real-time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS)
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Approval
Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of additional licenses and
services to support COTS solution for the JARVISS deployment under Title III of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251, et Seq.) and Title 40 U.S.C 501,
Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B). "Only one source is
capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the
supplies or services are unique or highly specialized", subject to availability of funds, and
provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for
acquisition.

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