150601_LSJ.pdf

Task/Delivery Order Number: GS-35F-0134V/DJ0211 BF11 006

LIMITED-SOURCES JUSTIFICATION FOR FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE

PROGRAM

Upon the basis of the following justification, I, Katona Bryan, as the Contracting Officer, hereby approve the use of sources limited to fewer than those required in FAR 8.405-1, FAR 8.405-2, and FAR 8.405-3 pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 251 as implemented by FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(A). This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple-Award Schedule Program (FAR 8.401 ).

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity.

Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Administration (OA), Acquisition Management Division (AMD), Washington, D.C.

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

The DOJ, OJP is increasing the ceiling of the existing Federal Identity Credentialing and Access Management (FICAM) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by $995,000.00.

The BPA ceiling increase is to allow additional funds to be committed to the existing FICAM BPA Calls to allow the services to be completed in accordance with the DOJ, OJP mission and to adequately prepare for the upcoming re competition to ensure the continuity of services.

3. A complete description of the supplies and/or services required to meet the agency's needs

OJP requires the support and services of a contractor/vendor for FICAM services and support. In recognition of the unique requirements related to a FICAM solution and its implementation, the support vendor must meet a special requirement by being an HSPD-12 Certified/Qualified vendor. The HSPD-12 Certified/Qualified vendor requirement is mandated by both the Office of Management and Budget enquiry (OMB) Memoranda M-05-24 and M-06-18 and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).

The services and support required include, but not limited to, the full System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) of activities related to the design, development, implementation, and operational sustainment of the OJP Enterprise FICAM solution.

4. An identification of the LSJ rationale, and if applicable, a demonstration of the contractor's unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service.

FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(A)- An urgent or compelling need exists, and following the FSS ordering procedures would result in unacceptable delays.

The current contractor, LS3 Inc., possesses the unique vendor requirements needed for this action which includes:

• The current vendor is a small business that has demonstrated complete success in supporting this ordering requirement during the lifecycle of the current contract.

• LS3 Inc.'s satisfactory performance is in compliance and supports OJP's Standard Operating Acquisition Procedure (SOAP) 14-02. LS3 Inc.

possesses the specific disciplines listed below that are necessary to OJP to obtain success.

• HSPD-12 Certified System Integrator and Support vendor.

• Enrollment and Registration Services and Products.

• Systems Infrastructure Services and Products.

• Card Management and Production Services and Products.

• Card Activation and Finalization Services and Products.

• System Integration Services and Products.

The urgent and compelling need for this action is defined as follows:

OJP does not currently have available the necessary and required skilled labor to address this requirement with other government staff or current contractors. Lack of the support from this vendor will create immeasurable risk and potentially lead to a crippling effect on the operation of all systems within the OJP enterprise because FICAM is now the central account and role management solution for the OJP. All account requests, modifications, or removals that occur in the OJP, for all internal users and business partners, is currently managed by the FICAM capability/solution.

Without LS3 Inc.'s support, OJP users and business partners will likely begin to experience a degraded user experience, an inability to establish new accounts (e.g., email, network account access, access to OJP major applications such as Grants Management System (GMS), GPRS, etc.), and denial of service to major business applications. DOJ, OJP's, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) does not have the specialized knowledge or capability to currently take over the operations or sustainment of the FICAM System. Should this vendor not be available to OJP, the degradation of OJP enterprise operations will be felt by all users in as little as 15 (fifteen) -30 (thirty) days. Should this vendor not be available for a period of 90 (ninety) days, the OJP enterprise users will suffer from enterprise wide denial of service issues and major service outages that will require extensive cost and schedule to recover from at a later point in time. Additionally, any disruption to the current support will yield major concerns and extensive costs for resolution in the area of enterprise-wide systems audit and compliant processes that OJP may not be able to recover from.

5. A determination by the ordering activity Contracting Officer that the order represents the best value consistent with FAR 8.404(d).

The vendor that is currently in place is utilizing the GSA Schedule 70, with approved labor rates and labor categories. The costs to the government have been determined as fair and reasonable and it does represent the best value for the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Program.

Without the BPA ceiling increase, it will reach its limit before the period of performance expires, which OJP will be forced to move forward without vendor support for a highly unique, critical, and agency-wide system. The impact or harm to the government can best be described as catastrophic.

6. A description of the market research conducted among schedule holders, and the results of the research, or a statement why market research was not conducted. A statement must be made that the supplies and services are available from the FSS.

OJP did not conduct any market research for the BPA ceiling increase. However, market research will be conducted for there-compete action.

7. Any other facts supporting the limited source justification.

Please refer to the response for# 4 (four).

8. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency will take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for supplies and services is made.

The competitive procurement for this contract is already in the planning stage, and it should be released on or about the summer of 2015 for Offerors to submit their proposals. The new contract is anticipated to be award by August 2015.

9. The ordering activity Contracting Officer's certification that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the Contracting Officer's knowledge and belief and evidence that the supporting data that form a basis for the justification have been certified as complete and accurate by technical/program personnel.

Certification

Acquisition Initiator:

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance, which are included in this justification and which form a basis for this justification, are complete and accurate.

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Contracting Officer:

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Katona Bryan (Contracting Officer) Date Signature bryank Typewritten Text 09/22/2015