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Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) Operations, Sustainment, and Support (BOSS) IDIQ Period of Performance and Ordering Period Extension

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FA8726-21-D-0001Federal

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NAICS: 334220

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AI Contract Overview

The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) Operations, Sustainment, and Support (BOSS) IDIQ contract, originally awarded on January 21, 2021 under solicitation FA8726-21-D-0001, is being extended by one year for the Period of Performance and two years for the ordering period to maintain uninterrupted mission capability. The extension, justified under FAR 6.302-2 for unusual and compelling urgency, ensures continued sole-source support by Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, the only entity with full proprietary access to the BACN system’s Gateway Manager software suite, Systems Integration Lab infrastructure, and over two decades of institutional knowledge. The contract’s scope encompasses 24/7 global sustainment of BACN payloads, including maintenance, software patching, depot-level and field service support, DMSMS mitigation, site activations, and training of military personnel at key locations such as Robins AFB and Hanscom AFB. The primary place of performance is San Diego, California, with operations conducted both CONUS and OCONUS. The contract structure includes a three-year task order with one base and two option years, using mixed contract types—Cost Reimbursement, Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, and Time and Materials. The U.S. Government holds Unlimited Rights to certain hardware components but retains only licensed access to proprietary software, making transition to another contractor infeasible due to prohibitive costs, an 11- to 15-month lead time, and risk of catastrophic mission failure. Contract administration is managed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s ISR Sensors Contracting Office at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, with payment and invoicing processes aligned with standard DoD procedures, though specific remittance or accounting details are not disclosed. No formal evaluation factors, inspection criteria, packaging standards, or detailed pricing information are provided, consistent with the nature of a sole-source justification, and the only affirmatively reported compliance is the submission of small business subcontracting plans.