GDAC J&A

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) issued a sole source contract to Mission Focus LLC for GEOINT Data Analytics Cloud (GDAC). The purpose is for integration, enhancement, implementation and sustainment of GDAC. The period of performance is five months, with additional 4 twelve month options and 1 seven month option. GDAC services are currently being performed by Mission Focus under task order HM0476-15-F-0806, and the current period or performance expires on 31 July 2016. This sole source contract will operates and sustains the GEOINT Data Analytics Cloud, configures and exposes new data types. The contractor shall maintain operationally deployed GDAC instances in C2S, install GDAC instances into SIPR Cloud and Unclassified Cloud data centers as directed by the agency; configure GDAC to enable user applications; and develop new capability to incorporate new phenomenologies and data sources to support analysis. The contractor shall ensure new data sources are integrated and apply approaches to ensure scaling of Big Data sets is preserved after each data source. GDAC represents a cloud computing approach that applies the science of semiotics to the data handling coupled computing environment. While other sources may be capable of developing or assuming these capabilities in the future, Mission Focus is the only source for this procurement due to their unique and highly specialized expertise. This Justification and Approval (J&A) is being published in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B). This sole source contract was awarded to Mission Focus. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 41 U.S.C 251, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) Limiting sources. 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.