Notice of Contract Award Combat Track II Sustainment Ceiling Increase

This announcement constitutes a Notice of Proposed Contract Action (NOCA) for a non-competitive follow-on acquisition for Combat Track II (CTII) System Cryptographic Modernization Initiative (CMI) to be negotiated with The Boeing Company, 15059 Conference Center Drive, Chantilly, VA 20151-3802, for the purpose of extending the current ordering period for three (3) months from the current end date of 26 June 2016 to 30 Sept 2016. This action is being accomplished non-competitively based on 10 USC 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, because the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source. The contract extension is to provide for the Cryptographic Modernization Initiative (CMI) Retrofit efforts supporting the B-52H platform, with the current contractor to include the procurement, integration, and testing of all components and materials necessary to deliver retrofitted CTII Systems to the user. This includes, but is not explicitly limited to: configuration control and management of hardware/software baselines; engineering changes necessary to comply with specified DoD and service mandates; and continued interoperability with external CT II interfaces. CMI Retrofits shall be defined as engineering and management activities necessary to retrofit fielded CT II transceivers from their current configuration to a CMI-compliant configuration. In total, the CMI Retrofit effort is planned to upgrade sixty-three 63 CT II transceivers. The current ceiling of $XXX will increase to $XXX. The CTII system uses worldwide-capable, military controlled relay satellites to transmit GPS positions, two-way message text, and small text and/or imagery files via an encrypted, near real-time, burst communication scheme. CTII is an enhanced Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA) system that can serve hundreds of users per dedicated narrow-band or shared wide-band channel per continent. The CT II airborne suite is comprised of the following elements: a laptop computer with Tracker Software; an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) transceiver with embedded cryptography and internal GPS; an external UHF antenna diplexer; and a set of connecting cables. The airborne suite is a mobile, transportable system, and can be used on any aircraft that has the requisite antennas and power source. The ground suite is technically identical to the airborne suite, but is typically employed in a stationary environment to facilitate the relay of information throughout the mobility fleet, and maintains an external connection to the Air Force Network. Interested parties wishing to comment on this action shall notify the the Procurement Contracting Officer, Walter Ronten, at walter.ronten@us.af.mil or Mr. Khanh Nguyen at khanh.nguyen7@us.af.mil within 15 days of the posting of this notice. The final Justification and Aproval for Other Than Full and Open Competition will be posted to FedBizOps within 15 days of award of this modification.