The SPAWARSYSYCENs are Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) Engineering Centers who support the DoD and other Federal agencies based on respective mission requirements. The primary mission is to enable knowledge superiority for the Joint War fighter through the development, acquisition and life cycle support of effective and integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Capabilities. As part of its mission, SPAWARSYSCENs must also deliver “speed-to-capability” in support of DoD and the global war on terrorism.
Problem:
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Centers (SPAWARSYSCENs) required an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ), Firm Fixed Price (FFP) multiple award contract (MAC) for the procurement of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), communications equipment and incidental services. The SPAWARSYSCENs are responsible for the acquisition, integration, fielding, and logistics support of network and communications systems for the DoD and Civil Federal Agencies.
Solution:
The purpose of this contract was to provide SPAWARSYSCENs with rapid access to turnkey solutions for the war fighter with the objective of fostering improvement initiatives that include mission effectiveness, efficient utilization of resources, and volume discounts. This contract required compliance with the Net-Centric Enterprise Solutions for Interoperability (NESI) to build information systems conforming to the Net-Centric Warfare (NCW) environment. The SPAWARSYSYCENs are Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) Engineering Centers who support a wide variety of DoD and other Federal agencies based on respective mission requirements. The primary mission is to enable knowledge superiority for the Joint War fighter through the development, acquisition and life cycle support of effective, integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) capabilities. As part of its mission, SPAWARSYSCENs must also deliver “speed-to-capability” in support of DoD and the global war on terrorism.
The scope of this contract included the procurement and delivery of relevant Communications Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) equipment and associated incidental services necessary to perform the SPAWAR mission within the SSC LANT Command and Control Competency 5.5 Area. Tasking included the following:
1. Equipment/System/Supply Procurement (PWS Para 3.1)
2. Technical Support Services (PWS Para 3.2)
3. Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) (PWS Para 3.3)
4. Program Management (PWS Para 3.4)
