SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- High/Low Quadrant Elevation (QE) System Pre-Deployment Build Procurement
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2011
- Notice Type
- Fair Opportunity / Limited Sources Justification
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Microelectronics Activity, Defense Microelectronics Activity, 4234 54th Street, McClellan, California, 95652, United States
- ZIP Code
- 95652
- Solicitation Number
- H9400304D11-175
- Archive Date
- 9/3/2011
- Point of Contact
- Linda A. Baustian, Phone: 9162311658, Colten J, Murray, Phone: 9162311517
- E-Mail Address
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baustian@dmea.osd.mil, murray@dmea.osd.mil
(baustian@dmea.osd.mil, murray@dmea.osd.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- H9400304D0006
- Award Date
- 6/1/2011
- Description
- Exception to Fair Opportunity Justification and Approval Advanced Technology Support Program Ill (ATSP3) In definite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity(lD/lQ) Task Order Contract l. Contracting Activity: Defense Microelectronics Activity, Contracting Office(DMEA/MEE) McClellan, CA ll. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Approved: This is a new order under the basic IDlQ ATSP3 contract, H94003-04-D-0006 (Raytheon) to update and modify, build and test a High/Low Quadrant Elevation (QE)System. A cost plus fixed fee engineering services order is anticipated with FY11 2035 funds (3 year Army Other Procurement). The estimated program cost is $6,900,000. The estimated costs are broken out below. Program Funding Profile Initial Award Army Other Procurement Funding $6,900,000 (2035 appropriation) Initial Award - Total $6,900,000 Total Estimated Program Value $6,900,000 The basic ATSP3 contract is to develop solutions for the reliability, maintainability obsolescence, availability, supportability, manufacturability, capability and performance needs or deficiencies of items that range in complexity from discrete electronics through integrated circuits, circuit boards, modules, assemblies, subsystems, systems, and systems of systems. ATSP3 engineering approaches include advanced technology engineering and advanced hardware and software engineering lll. Description of the Supplies/Services or Nature of Construction: This task will modify the current High/Low QE System. lV. Authority Cited: FAR 16.505(bx2xiii)) Logical Follow-on J& A The order must be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency as a logical follow-on to an order already issued under the contract. All awardees were given a fair opportunity to be considered for the original order.) V. Reason for Authority Cited: BACKGROUND: The US Army Program Executive Office(PEO)(C-RAM) is developing a system to provide necessary force protection capabilities. RELATIONSHIP TO PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED CONTRACTS CET 10-0R7 analyzed these High/Low QE threats through a product improvement program. RATIONALE FOR SOLE SOURCE AWARD: CET 11-174 requirements for procuring a High/Low Quadrant Elevation(QE) System are unique because no vendor besides its developer could build them based upon the existing developmental drawings and other documentation without cost-prohibitive additional technical and schedule impacts. For another contractor to update and develop the required documentation to build the system would result in a prohibitive cost and unacceptable risk. The level of technical risk is prohibitively high for consideration of any contractor besides Raytheon, due to the multi system integration required across Hi-Low QE system. Due to the learning curve, a new start would include a high technical risk for the modification of the High/Low Quadrant Elevation(QE) System. This experience can be duplicated only with unacceptable increases to schedule and cost. lt is in the Government's best interest to leverage prior successful experience to ensure the best possible technical performance. lowest cost, lowest risk and to meet the required schedule. OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED: Posting the requirements for Fair Opportunity via DMEA's standard process for limited competition was our initial acquisition approach. However. upon further analysis and program definition. it became clear that if any ATSP3 contractors besides Raytheon requested an RFP, it would introduce unacceptable schedule delay to the acquisition effort and put the Government at risk of failing to meet the schedule requirements. Furthermore, a sole source award to Raytheon is the only feasible alternative due to the nature of the program. ln particular,the requirement to support initial system modification and testing is highly critical which made bringing on a new contractor infeasible. IMPACT IF THIS J&A IS NOT APPROVED: If this J&A is not approved, the Government will be forced to take on unnecessary schedule, technical and cost risk to award this program via DMEA's Fair Opportunity process for limited competition. Additional time would be needed for acquisition, to obtain a new test program and other contracting reviews and approvals. Additional time would be needed for review and evaluation of multiple proposals. These pre-award schedule impacts cannot be mitigated even if Raytheon were to be selected as awardee.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Plano, Texas, United States
- Record
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