SAM #HM047626_GCD3_NOI

Sole Source Software Development for NGA GEOINT Capability Development 3 (GCD3)

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is planning a sole source contract for advanced software development services supporting geospatial intelligence: - Government Buyer: - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Department of Defense - OEMs and Vendors: - Omni Federal Inc (co-developer of the QAC application ecosystem) - Products/Services Requested: - Specialized software development and maintenance services for the GEOINT Capability Development 3 (GCD3) program - Focus on updating and maintaining the Quality Assurance Capability (QAC) application, which will replace the legacy Geospatial Analysis and Integrity Tool (GAIT) - Scope includes: - Programming and user-centric design coding - Test-driven programming - Continuous integration and deployment - Open-source software utilization - Quality assurance - Agile software maintenance - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Sole source justification based on Omni Federal Inc's role as co-developer of the QAC ecosystem - No specific commercial products or part numbers; procurement is for custom software development - Firm fixed price contract structure - Total period of performance is 24 months (7-month base, 12-month option, 5-month option) - Place of Performance: - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), 3838 Vogel Road, Arnold, MO

Description

Notice of Intent to Sole Source – GCD3

Under the authority of GSAR 538.7104-3(b)(iii), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) intends to issue a sole source contract to Omni Federal Inc for the GEOINT Capability Development 3 (GCD3) program.

Purpose: The GEOINT Capability Development 3 (GCD3) contract is the follow-on contract to GCD2. GCD3 will continue to support updating the Quality Assurance Capability (QAC) application. QAC will replace the Geospatial Analysis and Integrity Tool (GAIT) which will be sunset in FY28.  GCD3 is necessary to mitigate the risks of QAC not being ready to replace the legacy GAIT capabilities. Further, the external dependency of QAC, Technical Reference Document (TRD) 5.0 is still not complete.

Scope: The contract’s scope is to provide GEOINT Capability Development (GCD) teams with government-contractor effort in programming, user-centric design coding, test-driven programming, continuous integration and continuous deployment, open-source software, Quality Assurance (QA), and Agile software maintenance. NGA currently uses the Geospatial Analysis and Integrity Tool (GAIT). GAIT is the international and defense geospatial co-production of vector data application.

GCD3 will be established as firm fixed price contract with a 7-month base period, one 12-month option period, and one 5-month option period. The anticipated period of performance is 28 June 2026 – 27 June 2028 (24 months total).

NGA intends to award in accordance with GSAR 538.7104-3(b)(iii) – “The order should be issued on a sole source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an FSS order already issued on a competitive basis.”  GCD3 will complete the development of QAC that will replace the sunsetting GAIT tool. GAIT is used for international and defense geospatial co-production of mission vector data. If QAC is not ready to fulfill this requirement, NGA will be at risk with capability and mission gaps. It is anticipated that transitioning to a new provider at this stage to complete updates to the QAC application would delay the completion by 12 months. The estimate for a delay in service due to a transition would be substantial, increasing the required program cost by over $2.1M. Also, Omni Federal is the co-developer with NGA government staff and contract support of the QAC application ecosystem. The team developed expertise in the current application stack, architecture and domain-specific geospatial problem-solving methodology,

This notice is in accordance with RFO Subpart 5.101 and is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation in sufficient detail, which shall be considered by the NGA. A determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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