National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) Consolidated Library (NCL)

1. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) intends to issue a sole source modification of the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) Consolidated Library (NCL) contract awarded to BAE Systems - Information Solutions, Inc. As a result of this modification the period of performance for the contract will not change, however the anticipated value of this sole source modification is estimated to be approximately $25 million. 2. This notice is being published in accordance with FAR 5.2 requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source modification to the NCL contract. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a). There is a reasonable basis to conclude that the supplies or services are available from only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. 3. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to response to the requirement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. NGA requires the addition of the NSG Application Schema (NAS) 7.0 ontology, version control for the ontologies, data releasability controls, geography based authorization for domestic data, and cross domain transfer synchronization capabilities to the current FCMS baseline. This includes the development and fielding of a fully populated multi-domain, releasibility-controlled SOM library.) NGA requires that this support be commenced immediately. 4. The NCL contract is a centrally managed, high-availability library architecture consisting of two National Data Libraries (NDLs) that manage the input, storage, discoverability, cross-domain transfer and dissemination of GEOINT data. GEOINT as defined by NGA is the use of imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial data to describe, assess, and depict features and activities and their location on Earth." GEOINT data types include but are not limited to National Technical Means (NTM), Airborne imagery, and Commercial imagery, motion video, vector data, and unstructured non-raster data such as intelligence reports, blogs, documents, spreadsheets, objects, features, and links between objects. BAE Systems - Information Solutions, Inc. is the current contractor for the NCL contract. 5. The NCL contract includes a requirement to interface with the NGA Resource Tasking Marketplace (RTM) 3.x contracts workflow management for "non-traditional" non-Raster data management tools known as FCMS and SOM. These "non-traditional" data types include intelligence reports, blogs, documents, spreadsheets, and a variety of other means of recording intelligence elements which enable interagency collaboration and big picture intelligence gathering. 6. SOM is an integral part of transformative SOA, with NCL requirements tightly coupled to operational effectivities of NES/Cedalion, NSG Application Schema (NAS) compliance and the retirements of legacy systems (STARE, GOWK, GERT, CASi). Costs to delay retirement of those legacy systems or o build an interim interface capability pending the outcome of a competition would be significant. Under the current baseline contract, NCL contractor as already established the foundational work to establish database repositories, interfaces and communications channels for the consolidation of those workspaces. Within the SOA constructs, these are services that are shared between the many capabilities organic to the NCL design. If NGA were to compete the work covered by the above-described modification to the NCL contract, it is the Government's opinion that it is likely that award of this work to a contractor other than the incumbent would result in a substantial duplication of costs not likely to be recovered through competition. For example, a different vendor may require a different technical solution, resulting in significant delays and cost in laying new groundwork within the NCL. 7. The software to establish a library that contains structured and unstructured data as well as dissemination across the globe is inherent in the baseline architecture for the library. As of 12 July 2015, the NCL program deployed the NCL 1.1 baseline to both NDLs at the East and West, providing the initial foundation of the NCL for NGA. These development, non-recurring costs are sunk costs and the remaining work on these items is for development, independent testing and operational transition of additional releases (NCL 1.1.1, NCL 1.2 and NCL 1.3), which will implement further capabilities in accordance with the NCL Requirements Document (NCLRD). 8. A new vendor would need to stand up a program office with the essential corporate infrastructure costs, and rebuild a subset of these basic, common library functions in order to operate as a library within the NSG. In addition a new vendor would have a substantial learning curve that would add significant cost risk to not only their system development but to the programs that are leveraging the known NCL interfaces and capabilities in their design, e.g. RTM 3.x. The NCL is designed to simplify and consolidate the NSG architecture. If multiple data stores were created, the impact to the NGS would be duplication of development and hardware costs and increased Operations and Sustainment (O&S) costs. This is especially critical as NCL is now deployed and operational; serving the GEOINT needs of NGA's warfighter customers. 9. While the operational NCL itself could be provided as Government Furnished Equipment in a new competition, certain services, architectures and functions would require duplication in a developmental test laboratory. Additionally, a new vendor may have a new/different technical solution for the FCMS/SOM activities; therefore, in addition to costs for replication of foundational library services, the cost of infrastructure and software licensing would need to be incorporated as unknown costs in a new design. A new contractor will have to invest in infrastructure and software necessary to support their technical solution. Integration of a new design resulting from competition for FCMS and SOM into the existing NCL framework introduces interface, database and cost risks to the enterprise. The current NCL vendor has the infrastructure and some of the software necessary to complete the required tasks. 10. As a result of the discussion herein, the Government acknowledges that while other vendors may possess the technical capability to deliver these requirements for the NCL contract, the significant duplication of costs that will not be recouped via competition, the necessary learning curve for complex FCMS and SOM requirements and an establishment of a new vendor infrastructure make BAE the only source that can provide this support immediately, as required by the Government. 11. Lastly, an open competition for future NSG requirements is planned to be conducted and awarded before the NCL contract ends on 31 July 2017. An RFI, soliciting preliminary ideas and innovation from industry for the follow-on activity is anticipated to be released in October 2015. 12. The points of contact for this action are Mr. Demetrius R. Green at Demetrius.R.Green@nga.mil and erik.j.rodriguez@nga.mil.