Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Contract to Metron, Inc.

Revised 11/29/2016 to include signed Justification and Approval (J&A) for solicitation number N66001-17-R-0023. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific (SSC Pacific) intends to award a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract on a sole source basis to Metron, Inc. for software and training materials development services in support of Executable Architecture Management System (ExAMS) project from Metron Inc., Scientific Solutions Division. This effort encompasses systems engineering, software design, software development, integration, testing, installation, training, life cycle maintenance, management support, and system documentation for ExAMS. ExAMS has been under development for over 5 years with the sole source contractor. ExAMS is a very complex system with millions of lines of code encompassing multiple: architectures, engineering and user interfaces, analysis algorithms, framework interface designs, and software testing suites & procedures. In order for the Government to take charge of this system within the next three years, it must understand and have a working knowledge of all ExAMS software design & code base, statistical analysis algorithms, application & database components, web & internal interfaces, testing systems & methodologies along with all the various end user analysis techniques. The sole source contractor has internally developed all software and operational processes. The single source facility is currently the only location in which ExAMS can be maintained and/or operated. There is currently no documentation available to the Government for building, configuring and operating this highly integrated & complex system. The sole source contractor currently retains all developmental and operational knowledge. The applicable NAICS Code is 541511 and the business size standard is $27.5M.