Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) Sustainment (ECS)

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Space Logistics Directorate contracting branch (SMC/PKL) located at Peterson AFB, Colorado, is contemplating acquisition and award of a single contract for engineering support of Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) Sustainment (ECS). The Government intends to award contract with a six month base period and four one-year options periods. If all options are exercised, the period of performance would be from 23 August 2020 through 23 February 2025. The Government requires systems software and hardware sustainment support for the EPS payload. The ECS effort will include program management, software maintenance, baseline configuration and data management, regression testing and evaluation for all baseline upgrades, cybersecurity and processing of information assurance activities for network certification and accreditation, and conducting feasibility studies. The purpose of this Notice of Contracting Action (NOCA) is to announce the Government's intention to pursue a Sole Source procurement for ECS. This NOCA does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Government to release a competitive solicitation or award a contract. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The Government will not recognize any cost associated with submission of information in response to this or previous notices. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this notice. A subsequent Request for Proposal is expected to be sent to: Northrop Grumman Corporation Space Systems One Space Park Redondo Beach, CA 90278 Kevin Parr 310-812-1341 Based on market research, the Government has an approved justification to acquire these services on a sole source basis. A resulting contract will be awarded under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1(a)(2) as Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy the Agency's requirements. This notice of intent is for informational purposes only and is not a request for competitive proposals. A sources sought synopsis was posted on FedBizOpps (FBO) on 19 September 2019, titled Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) sustainment (Notice ID: 19-078), which was used for market research and the justification to acquire these services sole source. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330 with a size standard of $41.5M annually. The Service Code is: R425 Engineering and Technical Services. Only one firm provided a statement of capability in response to the FBO sources sought posting. Based on the technical assessment of the market research, it was determined that only Northrop Grumman Corporation could meet all of the Government's requirements. Northrop Grumman Corporation is the sole provider of EPS CAPS software, cybersecurity and maintenance services for the current fielded system and possess the capabilities required to perform the highly specialized sustainment services. The determination by the Government not to open the requirement to full competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within discretion of the Government. If the Government elects to do so, a projected Request for Proposal (RFP) release date for this effort is estimated to be no sooner than 15 calendar days after this NOCA and will be directed solely to the prospective source identified above. The projected RFP release date for this effort is July 2020. The estimated contract award date is fourth quarter Fiscal Year 2020. The contract types anticipated to be utilized are Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Reimbursable (CR). The notice expires 15 days after publication.