SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Counter Rocket, Anti-Mortar Sense and Warn Forward Operating Base (FOB) Staffing and Operations
- Notice Date
- 10/4/2011
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Defense Information Systems Agency, Procurement Directorate, DITCO-Scott, 2300 East Dr., Building 3600, Scott AFB, Illinois, 62225-5406, United States
- ZIP Code
- 62225-5406
- Solicitation Number
- JA11-111
- Archive Date
- 10/30/2011
- Point of Contact
- James J Franey, Phone: 618-229-9346
- E-Mail Address
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james.franey@disa.mil
(james.franey@disa.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- HC1028-08-D-2023-0042
- Award Date
- 9/30/2011
- Description
- JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL TO PROCURE USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY Justification for OTFAOC Number: JA11-111 Upon the basis of the following justification, I, as Senior Procurement Executive, hereby approve the use of other than full and open competition of the proposed contractual action pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. §2304c(b) (2)(i)(B). Per FAR 16.505(b) (2)(i)(B), Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized. JUSTIFICATION 1. REQUIRING AGENCY AND CONTRACTING OFFICE: Requiring Agency : Program Office Counter - Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) - 121 Research Boulevard, Madison, AL 35758 Contracting Office : Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) - Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) - Scott-PL83, Scott Air Force Base, IL 62225-5406 2. NATURE/DESCRIPTION OF ACTION(S): Approval is requested for a modification to the Counter - Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) Sense and Warn(S&W) Forward Operating Base (FOB) staffing and operations Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) Task Order HC1028-08-D-2023/0042 to provide the necessary services and incidental supplies to support C-RAM Staffing and Operations in support of the United States Mission in Iraq (USM-I) and increase in level of effort to support existing S&W operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan. USM-I has a critical need for C-RAM Force Protection capabilities to provide life-saving warning to unprotected personnel. Ramp-down in Operation New Dawn (OND) includes pulling existing soldier operators off of the systems as the hardware is transferred to the Department of State (DoS) and Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq (OSC-I). Since DoS and OSC-I do not own this type of equipment they've asked the Department of Defense to provide a manning solution, hence PD C-RAM was asked to provide support to USM-I just as it has supported operations in Afghanistan. Additionally, OEF FOB locations have increased in size and require additional staffing and operators to maintain adequate S&W capability. Failure to provide these S&W capabilities will deny US Government personnel the ability to take cover prior to indirect fire events and place undue risk on life and limb to exposed personnel. The task order was awarded, on a competitive basis, as a cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract with an effective date of 30 July 10. Lifecycle value of $219,436,751.94 with a base year and two one-year option periods. Base year cost is $67,600,224.43. This sole source justification is in support of a modification to add additional staffing and operations to the current 22 OEF FOB locations and add nine additional FOB locations in Iraq to expand the coverage of C-RAM Force Protection capabilities for Option Years 1 and 2. Estimated lifecycle value for the increase to Option Years 1 and 2 is $117,044,015.06. Contract Type: CPFF FY 11 O&M Funds - Army (Army Central Command) -$27,643,861.84 FY 11 O&M Funds - Air Force (Air Force Central Command) - $44,700,076.61 FY 11 Procurement Funds (2-year) - Department of State - $44,700,076.61 30 Jul 11 - 29 Jul 12(OY1) 30 Jul 12 - 29 Jul 13(OY2) TOTAL OEF Plus-up $13,719,615.05 $13,924,246.79 $27,643,861.84 USM-I (DOS) $22,099,236.08 $22,600,840.53 $44,700,076.61 USM-I (AFCENT) $22,099,236.08 $22,600,840.53 $44,700,076.61 TOTAL $57,918,087.21 $59,125,927.85 $117,044,015.06 3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: This modification will provide the necessary services and incidental materials to support both OEF and USM-I in providing Sense and Warn Staffing and Operations at the 22 original sites and the addition of nine new sites in Iraq, for a total of 31 designated Forward Operating Base locations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Required Activities. •(1) The first of these required activities is the procurement of additional services and incidental materials to support the existing 22 designated C-RAM S&W sites in Afghanistan. Since award, some sites have expanded in size and equipment density such that they require additional staffing and operators to adequately cover the size and scope of the S&W mission. Other direct costs have also increased for ancillary materials to provide training, ancillary equipment, vehicle leases (required to transport personnel in theater to their critical positions in a timely manner), and commercial air travel (required for urgent deployment of contractor personnel in theater to support the JUON). The period of performance is 30 July 2011 thru 29 July 12(OY1) with an estimated lifecycle value of $13,719,615.05 (Army Central Command Funds); with an additional option year, 30 Jul 12 thru 29 Jul 13(OY2) with an estimated lifecycle value of $13,924,246.79 (Army Central Command Funds). The total estimated lifecycle value of this additional effort is $27,643,861.84. •(2) The second of these activities is the procurement of services and incidental materials to support the addition of USM-I requirements to provide C-RAM S&W capabilities at up to nine new FOB locations in Iraq. These activities support the same stated efforts under the existing task order. The period of performance is 30 July 2011 thru 29 July 12(OY1) with an estimated lifecycle value of $44,700,076.61 ($22,099,236.08-Department of State funding and $22,099,236.08-Air Force Central Command funding); with an additional option year (OY2), 30 July 12 thru 29 July 13 with an estimated lifecycle value of $44,700,076.61 ($22,600,840.53-Department of State funding and $22,600,840.53-Air Force Central Command funding). The total estimated lifecycle value of this additional effort is $89,400,153.22. 30 July - 29 Jul 12 30 Jul 12 - 29 Jul 13 TOTAL OEF Plus-up $13,719,615.05 $13,924,246.79 $27,643,861.84 USM-I (DOS) $22,099,236.08 $22,600,840.53 $44,700,076.61 USM-I (AFCENT) $22,099,236.08 $22,600,840.53 $44,700,076.61 TOTAL $57,918,087.21 $59,125,927.85 $117,044,015.06 Summary of funding 4. IDENTIFICATION OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 10 U.S.C. §2304c(b)(2)(i)(B) Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized. FAR 16.505(b) (2)(i)(B). 5. DEMONSTRATION OF CONTRACTOR'S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS : a. Northrop Grumman Information Technology (NGIT), 7575 Colshire Drive, Mclean, VA 22102, CAGE code 1V4D7 is the only source that can effectively and efficiently provide the uninterrupted highly specialized services to Program Office Counter - Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) based on the following. b. Unique Capabilities. Since its inception in 2010 in response to a JUON in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), NGIT has been the only source to provide the staffing and operations for C-RAM System of Systems (SoS). Over the past year NGIT has developed highly specialized knowledge of the complexities of C-RAM SoS and the threat environment. The success of the C-RAM Program in providing continuity of mission essential force protection against an ever-changing indirect fire threat depends on continued provisioning of NGIT's specialized knowledge and services. Award to any source other than NGIT will disrupt C-RAM's ability to field and sustain a critical war-time force protection capability, and unnecessarily increase risk to deployed forces. It will result in unacceptable delays in completing C-RAM fielding in Iraq to USM-I sites if a new source without NGIT's experience and specialized knowledge attempts to perform these services. The USM-I sites will not receive S&W capabilities prior to withdrawal of DOD forces. Without successful implementation of this increase, 9 additional FOB sites would go unprotected after 01 October 2011. However, the increase is needed as soon as possible to ramp up operations in support of a 01 October 2011 effective date. Therefore, any delays which impact the program's ability to support the 01 October 2011 effective date would be unacceptable and could endanger the lives of personnel in theater. Although the C-RAM SoS contains some commercial items, it is not a commercial system. The commercial items are integrated with one another via Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD), an existing Army Command and Control (C2) system, in a manner not duplicated by any other existing commercial system. The system was installed and integrated by PD-CRAM over the last six years under several different contracts with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. The systems in Iraq were fielded in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn (OND) and have always been manned, operated, and maintained at the operator level by Soldiers and Sailors. Under the provisions of the OND drawdown, those military organizations are redeploying and will not be back-filled to operate the equipment after it transfers to the DoS and OSC-I. The Air and Missile Defense Workstation (AMDWS) forms the C2 backbone of the C-RAM SoS and NGIT is the only source with the unique capabilities and in-depth knowledge of interoperability requirements with staffing and operations to perform this effort. The C-RAM SoS overall is not a commercial item in accordance with the FAR Part 2 definition. The C-RAM System of Systems is only deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of urgent operational needs of ongoing contingency operations, and is not currently a program of record. Product Office C-RAM has only been in existence since 2004, and the system of systems was deployed to its first location in 2005. Since that time C-RAM has been deployed to over 40 locations throughout Afghanistan and Iraq. The system has never been operated by US Military personnel in Afghanistan. The existing Command and Control system for C-RAM is also utilized by the US Army to command and control air defense weapon systems. However, when connected to the C-RAM Sense and Warn architecture the command and control system does not control weapons platforms. NGIT's unique technical expertise and knowledge, and the critical nature of C-RAM's ongoing force protection mission in OEF and transition from Operation New Dawn (OND) to the US Mission in Iraq (USM-I), preclude conducting a competitive procurement to obtain an alternate supplier for this requirement. The requirement for staffing and operations of the C-RAM SoS requires a thorough and intimate knowledge of the architecture and C2 components. Since the inception of contractor operations of C-RAM SoS in 2010, and in response to a JUON in OEF, NGIT has been the only contractor that has staffed the current C-RAM SoS capability. NGIT expertise and experience is essential for providing the C-RAM capability in support of the continuing requirement to field the capability to USM-I sites in Iraq. The USM-I requirement specifically calls for fielding of the same capability already successfully fielded and proven by NGIT in OEF. The "capability" described is the Sensing of indirect fires (IDF) and subsequent Warning sent out to exposed personnel to seek cover. Since C-RAM is a system of systems, each location is configured differently based upon the size, layout, and mission of each Forward Operating Base (FOB). The equipment set associated with each FOB consists of the same component types as described in the PWS, just in different quantities due to the differing environments and sizes of each FOB location. Due to the complexities of describing a system of systems by the size, types and quantities of the equipment sets; the Army now describes the "capabilities" rather than individually describing what materials it takes to Sense and Warn FOB 1, FOB 2, etc. NGIT is currently deployed in OEF, and possesses the management, logistics, and training base with personnel prepared to support the requirement. The cost to contract with another contractor would not be in the interest of economy and efficiency and would cause operational impacts in slowed installation and response times as well as lost expertise. These costs are quantified in the table below. No other contractor is capable of integrating NGIT's programs of instruction to train and prepare staffing and operations for the SoS in accordance with the fielding schedule required by the Department of State (DoS) and Office of the Secretary of Defense. NGIT is the only contractor with the necessary qualifications to meet this requirement. No other contractor is capable of fulfilling the requirement at this time. Over the last year, insurgents have continued their use of indirect fire (IDF) (rockets and mortars) to inflict casualties and disrupt the operations of US and coalition forces on Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) and Combat Outposts (COPs). As stated above, in response to the ongoing IDF threat, the DoS submitted a request to DOD calling for urgent fielding of the C-RAM SoS to designated USM-I enduring sites prior to withdrawal of DOD assets. Because the system has proven to be successful in reducing IDF casualties and operational disruptions in Iraq, DoS has determined that the best means to holistically deal with the IDF threat in OND is to field the same proven C-RAM system. The C-RAM SoS has proven successful in Iraq and Afghanistan, to provide the operational force with near-term and mid-term capability to provide joint/coalition unit protection against rocket, artillery, and mortar attacks, in a counter-insurgency operational environment with a focus on protection of FOBs and logistic supply areas. The specific capabilities of the C-RAM SoS include sense, warn, and C2. Leaving USM-I (DoS and DOD) personnel in theater without the indirect fire protection of the C-RAM SoS would cause an unacceptable and unnecessary risk to those personnel. Failure to provide a continued immediate response to the USM-I and complete the staffing and operations of the C-RAM capability will likely increase the casualties caused by mortar attacks on US personnel in Iraq after withdrawal of DOD forces. Award to any other source would likely result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. A break-down of costs representing the additional cost to the Government if this increase were to be competed are outlined below: 30 Jul 11 - 29 Jul 12 30 Jul 12 - 29 Jul 13 TOTAL Management Labor $3,478,691.02 $3,346,307.02 $6,824,998.04 Training Costs $1,247,059.80 $1,142,486.40 $2,389,546.20 Facilities $739,460.00 $705,006.00 $1,444,446.00 TOTAL $5,465,210.82 $5,193,799.42 $10,658,990.24 PD C-RAM utilized historical data based upon the existing task order to determine the duplication of costs provided in the table above. The management labor costs were calculated based upon the management labor a new contractor would require to support their personnel, which Northrop Grumman already has in place based upon the original award. The training costs represent the costs to bring in specialized subcontractors, which Northrop Grumman already has in place and bring the required personnel up-to-speed with the training necessary to implement the Government's schedule for the increase. Northrop Grumman's personnel currently have this specialized training, yet a new contractor would be required to attain it at an additional cost to the Government. The facilities leased by the Government through Northrop Grumman are in use, however, a new contractor would require a separate facility at an additional cost to the Government to be able to provide training and conduct operations in support of this program. c. Initial Acquisition. For the initial C-RAM requirement, a ll twenty-six ENCORE II contractors were solicited; h owever, only Northrop Grumman submitted a proposal. No bid responses were received from the remaining ENCORE II contractors. When non responsive contractors were queried as to why they did not submit a proposal, they replied with a variety of reasons including not having the necessary resources available, and not possessing the required expertise. d. Procurement History. Request for Proposal E200324 was issued 15 June 2010 to the 26 ENCORE II contractors. Only one proposal was received. HC1028-08-D-2023/0042 was awarded with a one year base period and two one-year options. Period of Performance, 30 July 2010 - 29 July 2011. Lifecycle value of $219,436,751.94.
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