CJA for NEMSIS KDA Redacted

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

2200 LESTER STREET

QUANTICO VIRGINIA 22134-5050

IN REPLY REFER TO:

4200
CT 2.1

CJ&A No. 24,173

(CLASS) JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL (J&A)

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity.
Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM)
Program Manager, Ground Weapon Systems (PM GWS)
Product Manager, Navy-Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (PdM NMESIS) 2200 Lester Street
Quantico, VA 22134
2. Description of the Action Being Approved.
The use of other than full and open competition to procure development, production, and sustainment support of the Navy-Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) Fire Control System (FCS) and Weapon Control System (WCS) subsystems. The anticipated action is for award of a sole source contract to Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (KDA), Kirkegaardsveien 45, 3616 Kongsberg, Norway. Authority to act under this class justification expires on 31 March 2027. 3. Description of Supplies/Services.
The three proposed contract actions provide development, production, and sustainment for the NMESIS Weapon System during fiscal year (FY)24 through FY32. MARCORSYSCOM requires the following: a) Initial spares package to sustain Low Rate Initial Production systems previously procured. b) Contractor logistics support, test support, and engineering services for the NMESIS program. This contract action will also include software development and hardware design improvements to achieve one-to-many fire direction, a critical requirement objective for the system. This development is additive capability to the current FCS and WCS configuration. c) The procurement of 213 full rate production FCS and WCS subsystems, along with ancillary support equipment, and spares all of which are a critical part of the NMESIS Weapon System. Regular system updates to manage obsolescence and software security, to include technical support and sustainment services for the FCS and WCS.

Code: CT-2.1
CJ&A Number 24,173

investment that, due to inflation and the need to reverse engineer technical data, would exceed the original , and it is unlikely that a competition to procure a substitute subsystem would allow the Government to recoup its investment. Additionally, awarding a contract directly to KDA allows the Government to avoid RMD’s contract management fees, anticipated to be an additional .
The Government also estimates it would take, at minimum, three years to qualify a new system. Any