25C0014 JA for Bridge Final Redacted.pdf

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority

The findings supporting the selection of the cited statutory authority are as follows:

The Government is currently working towards a competitive follow-on procurement for these services. Due to its estimated value of nearly the new acquisition requires an acquisition timeline of approximately 12 months to compete and award. There have been delays in the execution of the follow-on competitive procurement resulting from requirement changes, personnel shortages, and , all contributing to a six-month delay that the current competitive follow-on procurement is experiencing. These delays have necessitated a bridge contract be put in place to prevent a gap in service between when the current contract ends and when the follow-on competitive contract can be awarded, currently expected to be in March 2026. A short-term competitive bridge contract, valued at approximately , would require an acquisition timeline of approximately 9 months to award. With the current contract expiring on 13 September 2025, it is not feasible to award either a short-term competitive bridge contract or the longer term competitive follow-on contract on time to avoid a gap in service. Awarding this bridge to the incumbent contractor for the continuation of services under competitively awarded contract M9549420C0002 is the only way to avoid a gap in these vital services for MCICOM until the agency can award a competitive follow-on contract.

In addition to the timeline required to award a competitive bridge action valued at approximately , due to the nature of this action being a short-term bridge contract, it is impractical to award a contract of this magnitude and complexity to a new vendor. This contract provides a high volume of services supporting MCICOM’s UH program to meet its mission requirements. MCICOM Facilities Directorate (GF) requires UH support services across all regions and installations with performance locations across the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS), with contractor personnel. Awarding this bridge action to other than the incumbent for the period between the end of the current contract and award of the competitive follow-on procurement would require a transition period to allow a potential new contractor to provide sufficient staff in the required places of performance. A chart listing the places of performance and the number of contractor personnel at each location is below for reference (Table 1). Staffing efforts would include onboarding approximately contractor personnel, which require onboarding actions (e.g., obtain common access cards, complete system access requests, complete security requirements and any other applicable hiring actions), initial training, and relocation of employees to overseas locations. Additionally, the learning curve associated with having a staff of over contractors supporting all UH facilities is significant, given the magnitude of staffing support this contract provides and the vast spread of locations the contractors support. The transition period of getting staff into the required locations and getting them onboarded alone is expected to take a minimum of 60 days, which does not consider the time that it would take for the new contractor’s staff to reach the proficiency level of the incumbent contractor’s staff in performing the actual tasks themselves. The current contractor, ISN, has provided the necessary services for more than four years and has the immediate structure in place to support the UH facilities. In addition, they possess the requisite knowledge and experience managing the UH facilities and are familiar with the distinctive requirements of MCICOM. This expertise is necessary to be able to provide continued performance in a successful manner which is also crucial to aid in transitioning to the follow-on competitive contract. Continuity in support is key for MCICOM to retain these vital services that are provided to support mission-essential tasks within MCICOM, and continuing services with the current contractor for this bridge period is the most logical way to obtain the continuity of service. This bridge contract is being awarded simply to continue services with the same contractor only for the time needed to competitively award the follow-on five-year contract. Based on the foregoing analysis, this bridge contract must be issued on a sole-source basis to ISN, as they are the only responsible source that will satisfy the agency’s requirements.

Table 1 – Geographical Performance Areas & Personnel

Region Marine Corps Installations (MCI) No. of Personnel MCIEAST MCB Camp Lejeune, NC; MCAS New River; MCAS Cherry

Point, NC; MCAS Beaufort, SC; MCLB Albany, GA; MCRD Parris Island, SC

MCIWEST MCB Camp Pendleton, CA; MCMWTC Bridgeport, CA;

MCAS Miramar, CA; MCAS Yuma, AZ; MCLB Barstow, CA; MCAGCC 29 Palms, CA; MCRD San Diego, CA

MCIPAC Okinawa, Japan (Camp Gonsalves, Camp Schwab, Camp Hansen, Camp Foster, Camp Courtney, Camp Kinser, MCAS