Metron Inc.,* Reston, Virginia, is awarded a $31,872,180 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N6523623C8020) for a Joint Mission Planning System. The end product delivered will be an integrated Mission Planning System for the Joint Force. The contract includes a 10-month base period for a risk reduction effort starting in 2023, followed by three 12-month option periods for spiral developments for a total period of performance of 46 months. The option periods, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $81,650,955. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,523,457 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Work will be performed in Reston, Virginia (94%); Honolulu, Hawaii (3%); San Diego, California (1%); Oceanside, California (1%); and Okinawa, Japan (1%), with performance through April 2027 if all options are exercised. This contract was not competitively procured because it is a sole source acquisition pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1), Only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements (Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1). Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina, is the contracting activity.
