PIT JA Award Notice Redacted

JUSTIFICATION FOR EXCEPTION TO

FAIR OPPORTUNITY OR BRAND NAME

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Part 16.5 Justification & Approval (J&A)
CSS Tracking Number: 832675104
Funding Document Number: TBD
Contract Number: N6600125D0047
Task/Delivery Order Number: TBD
Procurement Title: PILOT INTEGRATION TEAM (PIT) – Accelerating to Flank Speed Estimated Value:
Regulatory Authority: FAR 16.507-6(b)(2) - Only one awardee capable because of unique or highly specialized
J&A Exception to Fair Opportunity Number: N/A

1. REQUIRING AGENCY AND CONTRACTING ACTIVITY:

Requiring Agency: Department of the Navy (DON) - Program Executive Office (PEO) Digital / Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Mission Systems
Contracting Activity: Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO): PS8311

2. NATURE/DESCRIPTION OF ACTION(S):

Type of Action: New Contract
Type of Contract: FFP

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES:

The requirement will provide specialized Pilot Integration Team (PIT) engineering services to transition critical software products from successful, standalone "pilot" phases into permanent, secure operation within the Navy’s Flank Speed cloud environment, at a total cost of ). This will allow the
PIT to meet the agency need of immediate, specialized engineering support to transition successfully piloted software products (such as
) into permanent operation within the Flank Speed
Azure (FS-A) environment.

4. IDENTIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY:

FAR 16.507-6(b)(2) - Only one awardee capable because of unique or highly specialized

5. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE

QUALIFICATIONS OR THE NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES USE OF THE

EXCEPTION CITED:

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J&A: PILOT INTEGRATION TEAM (PIT) – Accelerating to Flank Speed

UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS:

The cause of this sole-source situation is the profoundly complex, custom-engineered nature of the FS-A environment. Though deemed as “commercial,” FS-A is not a standard commercial Microsoft 365 or Azure tenant. It is a highly customized, Impact Level 5 (IL5) secure enclave that requires integration with a bespoke Zero Trust architecture, unique Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) federations, and custom network routing boundaries within the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN). Only a contractor possessing pre-existing, foundational knowledge of this specific, unique architecture can successfully perform the required pilot integration