# Simple Interface for BOSS

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa857925q0003

- Solicitation number: FA857925Q0003
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as combined synopsis and solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Curtiss-Wright Ds, Inc. for $15,803.84
- Department: Department of the Air Force
- Agency: Department of the Air Force
- Contracting office: FA8571 Maint Contracting AFSC Pzim (FA8571)
- NAICS: 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Product or service code: 7A21 Business Application off-the-shelf software delivered by perpetual license, which also encompasses enterprise level software enabling mission capability and business operational support.
- Place of performance: Warner Robins, Georgia
- County: Houston County (FIPS 13153). https://abierto.us/counties/houston-county-ga-13153
- City: Warner Robins. https://abierto.us/cities/warner-robins-ga-1380508
- First posted: December 11, 2024
- Last posted: December 20, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d0599c58daf843a795233bd7aab76965/view

## Description

The Air Force's minimum needs can only be satisfied by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Tactical Communications Group, LLC (TCG), a Curtiss-Wright Company, listed in the market research. From this market research, it is proven that TCG is the only known sole source that can fulfill this procurement.

Due to the nature of this acquisition and the proprietary design of the SIMPLE Interface for BOSS ID TCG0979 System, TCG does not have any authorized distributors and is the only source that can fulfill this award The C-130J software integration lab already owns a BOSS system and needs to purchase the additional SIMPLE addon. The add-on is only available from Curtis-Wright, the owner of the commercial BOSS software.

Curtis-Wright does not allow third party plugin development, thus there are no alternatives for purchasing add-ons. The only possible alternative would be to replace BOSS with a different vendor's commercial software packages. Similar solutions range from $500k to $2M. In addition, switching software would incur an additional $1M in cost to retrain personnel, and rewrite existing test processes and procedures.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Curtiss-Wright Ds, Inc. (UEI TZLLBMTVPHL4)
- Contract: FA857925P0007, purchase order
- Obligated: $15,803.84
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number FA857925P0007 equals the contract number; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA857925P0007_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- December 11, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due December 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM EST. Notice 31f1902b5ad24e788a3633ef4e1153b4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/31f1902b5ad24e788a3633ef4e1153b4/view
- December 11, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due December 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM EST. Notice 90c924cf0cec465784ba16d24689c1b9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/90c924cf0cec465784ba16d24689c1b9/view
- December 20, 2024: Award notice. Notice d0599c58daf843a795233bd7aab76965. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d0599c58daf843a795233bd7aab76965/view

## Points of contact

- Adam Hudson, adam.hudson.4@us.af.mil

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