Cloud Environment Off-Premise Segment 1
Overview
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PSC
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
This document is a Justification & Approval (J&A) for an exception to fair opportunity, authorizing a sole-source, firm-fixed-price Task Order (TO) to Microsoft Corporation for Cloud Environment - Off-Premise Segment 1. This TO will be issued against the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
Scope of Work
The TO requires the provision of comprehensive cloud services and support for MDA's current and future cloud environment. This includes services across Unclassified Impact Level (IL) 5, Secret IL6, Secret//Special Access Required (SAR)/Top Secret (TS), and TS/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information/SAR/TS classifications. Key services encompass connectivity, compute, memory, storage, networking, security, databases, applications, DevSecOps, containerization, orchestration, Cross Domain Solutions (CDS), Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), and Anything as a Service. The services must support MDA's Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (RDT&E) and Next-Generation Missile Defense (NGMD) efforts, with a critical requirement for native compatibility with existing Azure-native integrations, specialized security architectures, and accredited CDS.
Contract Details
- Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price Task Order (TO) under the JWCC IDIQ.
- Awardee: Microsoft Corporation (sole source).
- Period of Performance: A 12-month base period, followed by one 12-month option and one 8-month option period.
- Estimated Value: The justification indicates the value does not exceed $500 million.
- Funding: Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (RDT&E) funds.
- Set-Aside: Not applicable, as this is an exception to fair opportunity, not a competitive solicitation.
Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity
The J&A cites FAR 16.507-6(b)(2), asserting that only Microsoft Corporation is capable of providing the unique and highly specialized services required. This is primarily due to MDA's significant five-year investment in its existing Azure environment, making a transition to another Cloud Service Provider (CSP) infeasible due to extreme complexity, prohibitive costs, and potential delays to critical national security missions. Market research confirmed that only Microsoft could meet the requirement for native compatibility and seamless integration without a complex re-architecture.
Future Outlook
MDA plans to continuously monitor the cloud market for agnostic tools and solutions to foster future competition for its cloud requirements.