SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- US NDC Purchase Order
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, 25th Air Force, 25th AF/PK OL-P, 10989 South Patrick Drive, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, 32925, United States
- ZIP Code
- 32925
- Solicitation Number
- FA7022-15-T-0003
- Archive Date
- 4/22/2015
- Point of Contact
- Holly Sopiak, Phone: 3214948354, Patricia K. Bosinger, Phone: 3214940998
- E-Mail Address
-
holly.sopiak@us.af.mil, patricia.bosinger@us.af.mil
(holly.sopiak@us.af.mil, patricia.bosinger@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT : The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) Treaty Monitoring (TT) Directorate, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, Contracting Office 25 AF/PK intends to solicit and negotiate with one source to Leidos. The statutory authority for this acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1 (b) (1) (ii), only one source is available for this acquisition, to support the detection, location, identification, assessment, and reporting of nuclear detonations through seismic arrays, infrasonic detectors, and hydroacoustic arrays. The scope of this specific effort is (1) to sustain current US NDC system (24x7 mission system) which includes the operational subsystem, alternate subsystem and training subsystem, (2) to maintain geophysical data acquisition, data processing, reporting and archiving capability for the United States Atomic Energy Detection System (USAEDS) operated by the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC); (3) to acquire data from a global network of seismic, hydroacoustic and infrasonic stations; and (4) to receive, process, archive and report events of interest in monitoring nuclear treaty requirements. The contractor shall perform highly specialized services to support mission-critical 24x7 operations sustainment of the US NDC, thus preserving essential treaty monitoring functions. This justification is based on the Government's requirement for the original provider of the contracted services to perform a continuation of services from contract FA7022-11-C-0006, which is currently in an extension of services under FAR 52.217-8, and, therefore, only one responsible source is capable of satisfying agency requirements in aiding AFTAC/TT in its mission of monitoring nuclear test ban treaties. The current US NDC software, now 20+ years old, originally was written and now maintained by Leidos, contains over 1.2 million lines of code, is written in nearly a dozen different programming languages, and includes many components that require unique expertise to maintain and support the US NDC mission. Because of the complexity created by how this software has been maintained over the years, awarding to any company other than Leidos would create an unacceptable risk of mission failure. Since AFTAC, at this time is not positioned to completely replace the US NDC software, it has come to the point that the only way another company could successfully provide the critical software support would be to either subcontract with Leidos, or directly hire via incumbent capture the current Leidos employees who understand this complex software system. The inability for any contractor to perform software maintenance on the first day of the contract will severely degrade AFTAC's ability to perform its treaty monitoring mission. Therefore, this acquisition is in direct support of these highly specialized professional services, i.e. experience with and knowledge of a multi-location seismic, infrasonic, and hydroacoustic data acquisition, processing, and analysis system to include hardware and software requirements, research and operational elements. The contractor shall perform these functions at AFTAC, Patrick AFB FL. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541511 Therefore, it has been determined that Leidos is the only responsible source capable of providing the support for the detection, location, identification, assessment, and reporting of nuclear detonations through seismic arrays, infrasonic detectors, and hydroacoustic arrays. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of this notice. 25 AF/PK will consider responses received by 12:00 P.M., (EST or EDT) on 07 Apr 2015. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Holly Sopiak (holly.sopiak@us.af.mil). No telephone requests will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No RFP will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 10989 South Patrick Drive, Patrick AFB, Florida, 32925, United States
- Zip Code: 32925
- Zip Code: 32925
- Record
- SN03676237-W 20150325/150323235724-668d87e425e4c25d90e2c20435a73023 (fbodaily.com)
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