614 ACOMS IT Support

Contract Number: FA4610-15-C-0045 Notice Type: Special Notice Synopsis: Special Notice FA4610-15-C-0045_0001 Description: NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXTEND SOLE SOURCE AWARD The 30th Contracting Squadron (30 CONS) at Vandenberg AFB, CA intends to extend the existing 614 Air and Space Communications Squadron (ACOMS) Information Technology (IT) Support interim contract on a sole source basis with an effective date of 1 Apr 17 potentially ending 31 Aug 17 to InDyne, Inc. Reference FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Currently, the 614 ACOMS IT Support requirements are presently being performed under the 614 ACOMS IT Support interim contract, FA4610-15-C-0045. There is an acquisition currently being worked by 30 CONS to award a 5-year contract for 614 ACOMS IT Support requirements using NETCENTS. However, there may be a gap in performance from 1 Apr 17 until award of the new contract due to unforeseen delays in the acquisition process. Due to the critical nature of the 614 ACOMS IT Support requirements to national defense and the need for uninterrupted service it is in the Government's best interest to award a sole source short-term interim contract to InDyne, Inc. This contract shall support the 614 ACOMS in supplying 24/7/365 IT Support services for the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC). Additionally, the contract shall provide 614 ACOMS IT Support services for the Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF) and Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC SPACE) customers residing in multiple locations on Vandenberg AFB. The 614 ACOMS mission at Vandenberg AFB is to sustain, integrate, and protect the cyber infrastructure for the world's only JSpOC. The JSpOC is a synergistic command and control weapon system focused on planning and executing United States Strategic Command's JFCC SPACE mission. The purpose of the JSpOC is to provide a focal point for the operational employment of worldwide joint space forces, and enable the JFCC SPACE Commander to integrate space power into global military operations. The scope of this contract is to operate and maintain the IT infrastructure, consisting of multiple networks, numerous C4I systems, and client devices, required for continuous 24/7/365 JSpOC operations. Services provided shall follow Government approved standards such as the Information Technology Infrastructure Library framework. Mission assurance for the JSpOC necessitates no breaks in service. The loss of the 614 ACOMS IT Support interim contract poses an immediate risk due to the unique operations and maintenance of JSpOC's critical mission systems. InDyne Inc.'s intimate knowledge of the systems, configuration, processes and procedures is critical to the efforts associated with documenting system architectures, configurations, processes and procedures to mitigate the risk associated with transition to a NETCENTS contract in FY17. JSpOC cannot afford the time it would take to have another contractor become familiar with the systems architectures, configurations, processes and procedures, and be able to adequately develop the documentation so critical to mission assurance due to transition to the long term NETCENTS contract. Therefore, 30 CONS intends to execute this action as a sole source to InDyne, Inc. which is the only company capable of adequately providing the Range Operations Support in a timely manner and without a break in service. Also, InDyne, Inc. is the only company possessing the intimate knowledge associated with the architecture, configuration, processes and procedures critical to JSpOC which will ensure that the risks associated with the expiration of the 614 ACOMS IT Support interim contract and the transition to the NETCENTS contract can be mitigated. The closing date for any responses to this proposed contract action is 30 Jan 17. Any responses to this notice of intent shall be submitted to Cheryl Guiden Burns, Contract Specialist, at cheryl.guiden_burns.2@us.af.mil or Betsy Ann Matich, Contracting Officer, at betsy.matich@us.af.mil. Primary Point of Contact: Cheryl Guiden Burns, Contract Specialist Secondary Point of Contact: Betsy Ann Matich, Contracting Officer Contracting Office Address: 1515 Iceland Avenue, Bldg 8500, Room 150, Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437-5212 Place of Contract Performance: Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc, California, 93437, United States