SBIR Phase III Research and Development

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE III JUSTIFICATION & APPROVAL FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity.

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWC-AD) Lakehurst, NJ

2. Nature/Description of the Action Being Approved.

This is a justification to award a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to Chesapeake Technology International (CTI), California, MD.

CTI, Progeny Systems Corporation and Charles River Analytics, Inc. were awarded SBIR Phase I contract numbers N68335-12-C-0166, N68335-12-C-0167, and N68335-12-C-0168 respectively on 2 April 2012 resulting from Solicitation 12.1, Topic N121-045 entitled "Maritime Airborne Service Oriented Architecture Integration." CTI was subsequently awarded SBIR Phase II contract number N68335-13-C-0258 on 20 June 2012. CTI was awarded SBIR Phase III contract number N68335-15-C-0039 on 9 December 2014.

Topic N121-045 sought the development of an open-architecture integration system using Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) design principles and practices to integrate legacy airborne mission computing systems and sensors for near-real time dissemination of collected maritime airborne mission data, to include virtualization, open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and service orientation.

Phase I sought to assess and determine the feasibility of using a common open SOA to develop an integration system for mission-computing environments and subsystems; determine and define the appropriate standards, integration criteria, and strategy for the exposure of data, subsystems, and sensors; and identify and describe potential maritime platform open Service-Oriented Infrastructure (SOI) integration prototype concepts.

Phase II sought to develop, demonstrate, and validate an open SOA integration prototype that integrated with a current maritime air platform's mission-computing infrastructure and demonstrates SOA characteristics and design patterns for evaluating the exposure of data, subsystems, and sensors.

Phase III sought to refine and mature the architecture and software developed in Phase II in order to define an SOA reference implementation as applied to a maritime airborne platform's mission-computing environment.

3. Description of Supplies/Services.

This Phase III effort derives from the Phase I, II, and III efforts described in paragraph 2, and is to design and develop applications while refining and maturing the software developed under previous phases to run within the maritime airborne service oriented engineering development model of the P-8A increment 3 architecture. Applications are necessary to support P-8A mission system capability enhancements including integration of legacy airborne mission computing systems and sensors for near-real time dissemination of collected maritime airborne mission data along with net ready and interoperability requirements.

The deliverables of this project are prototype, initial capability, and full capability Applications Based Architecture applications and services that serve to exercise, highlight, stress, and demonstrate the ABA but also provide for deployable components within the operational environment. Other deliverables include Inputs to Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Forces (MPRF) Family of Systems (FoS) documentation as required and Inputs to MPRF FoS software including source code as required. This effort will be contract number N68335-18-C-0003.

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition.

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(5), as implemented by FAR 6.302-5: Authorized or Required by Statute.
15 U.S.C. 638(r)(1) states:
"In the case of a small business concern that is awarded a funding agreement for Phase II of an SBIR or STTR program, a Federal agency may enter into a Phase III agreement with that business concern for additional work to be performed during or after the Phase II period."
Furthermore, 15 U.S.C. 638(r)(4) states:
"To the greatest extent practicable, Federal agencies and Federal prime contractors shall issue Phase III awards relating to technology, including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that developed the technology."

5. Demonstration that Proposed Contractor's Unique Qualifications or Nature of Acquisition Requires Use of Authority Cited.

The nature of the acquisition requires the use of the authority cited. The SBIR/STTR Programs are structured in three phases. Phase I (project feasibility) determines the scientific, technical and commercial merit and feasibility of the ideas submitted. Phase II (project development to prototype) is the major research and development effort, funding the prototyping and demonstration of the most promising Phase I projects. Phase III (commercialization) is the ultimate goal of the SBIR/STTR Programs. Because the Phase III work derives from, extends, or completes efforts performed under Phase I, II, and III, use of the authority cited is required.

6. Description of Efforts Made to Ensure Offerors Were Solicited From as Many Potential Sources as Practicable/Public Notification through Government Point of Entry (GPE).

The topic for this effort was included in the Department of Defense Program Competitive Solicitation issued under the SBIR Program. As described above, only CTI is being considered for Phase III award due to the nature of the acquisition. In accordance with FAR 5.202(a)(7), this proposed contract action does not require public notification to the GPE.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost.

The Contracting Officer will determine prior to award that the negotiated price of the contract executed under this justification is fair and reasonable pursuant to FAR Subpart 15.4. This determination will be documented in a Business Clearance Memorandum, which will be included in the contract file.

8. Description of Market Research or Statement of the Reason Market Research was not Conducted.

FAR 10.001(a)(2) indicates that market research appropriate to the circumstances must be conducted. SBIR Phase III procurements are such that traditional market research to identify alternative sources is generally unnecessary. As described above, the Phase III work derives from, extends, or completes efforts performed under Phase I and Phase II.

9. Any Other Supporting Facts.

Not Applicable.

10. Listing of Interested Sources.

Not Applicable.

11. Actions Taken to Remove Barriers to Future Competition:

The Contracting Officer anticipates that competitors will enter the market once the product is commercialized. It is likely that future acquisitions will be competed using full and open competition and commercial item acquisition procedures. The Contracting Officer is not aware of any specific actions that would further remove barriers to competition.

12. Period of Performance.

Base: 12 months

Option(s): Four 12-month each

13. Total Estimated Dollar Value of the Acquisition Covered by this Justification, with Funding Specified by Year and Appropriation:

14. Actions Attempted to Make Immediate Acquisition Competitive and Cost/Benefit Analysis.

No actions were attempted to make the immediate acquisition competitive; no cost/benefit analysis was performed. As described above, only CTI is being considered for Phase III award due to the nature of the acquisition.

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