MCSC Intent to award a Sole Source Contract for Analyst Supportfor the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Full MotionVideo (FMV) Exploitation

Based on Urgent Universal Needs Statement 10187UB, validated as urgent by Multicommand Required Operational Capability Decision Memorandum 06-2011, the Marine Corps Systems Command intends to issue a twelve month sole-source contract with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) of Fairfax, Virginia to provide Contract Analyst Support for the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Full Motion Video (FMV) Exploitation Cell Outside Continental United States locations.



The planned contract is to provide imagery analysis support consisting of both standard and custom imagery products based upon multi-sensor forensic FMV data 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, answering mission critical intelligence requirements.



The statutory authority permitting use of other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C.

2304(d)(1)(B) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), “For DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, services may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of follow-on contracts for the continued provision of highly specialized services when it is likely that award to any other source would result in—. . . (B) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements.â€



The follow-on to the proposed contract will be competed.