24_JOFOC SAM Posting Redacted JOFOC.pdf

This is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition document for a firm-fixed-price contract procurement by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Procurement Department, on behalf of the Workplace Solutions Department. The procurement is for a new CyberFEDS subscription, a web-based federal employment law research, analysis, and news platform that PBGC has used since 2009. The contract will have a base year running May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027, followed by four one-year option periods (through April 30, 2031) and a six-month FAR 52.217-8 extension option (through November 1, 2031). The projected award date is March 2026, with fiscal year 2026 funds to be used.

The justification invokes the "only one responsible source" authority under 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) and FAR 6.302-1 to support a sole-source award. CyberFEDS is identified as the only provider of a specialized platform offering exclusive content critical to PBGC's legal and human resources operations, including Broida case histories, specialized HR and workers' compensation databases, proprietary features such as a Forms Library and News Archive, and exclusive web versions of foundational federal employment law treatises. The document asserts that no alternative vendor or reseller can provide the unique combination of resources, tools, and expert-authored materials necessary to support the agency's 27 users conducting EEO/HR and workers' compensation research. The contracting officer certifies that the anticipated cost is fair and reasonable based on comparison to previous purchase prices, current price lists, and comparison to an independent government estimate. The Contracting Officer Au Nguyen signed the certification on February 27, 2026.