7.+Single+Source+Justification+Australia_PNG_Warehouse+SIGNED.pdf

SINGLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR FAR SUBPART 13.106-1(b)

TO: Robert Hicks, Contracting Officer, OAA/T.

FROM: Umer Khan, Team Lead, BHA - SCM MENAE-A

SUBJECT: Approval for Single Source Justification for FAR 13.106-1(b)

1. Purpose : The purpose of this document is to document the circumstances for soliciting from a single source in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b).

2. Authority : FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b) states when soliciting from a single source “for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances deem only one source reasonably available.”

3. Description of the supplies or services required, estimated value, and justification: In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b), it has been determined that one source is reasonably available to provide warehouse management services in Brisbane, Australia and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Justification for this request is as follows: USAID/BHA seeks to utilize warehousing management services of Palladium Logistics, Inc in the two locations stated above. USAID has entered into an agreement with the Australian Govt’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in July 2023 to jointly preposition humanitarian commodities at the DFAT-owned warehouses. This MOU, in effect, creates a sole-source arrangement.

Prepositioning using the same contractor as DFAT will enable both USAID and DFAT to strategically combine resources for responding to humanitarian emergencies in the East Asia Pacific (EAP) region.

Palladium Logistics, Inc is the DFAT warehousing management service provider and the only entity in a position to provide USAID warehousing management services for its commodities co-located with the DFAT commodities in these locations. We estimate the annual cost of the contract for both locations not to exceed $35,000, or $175,000 including the base and option periods.

4. Technical or requirement personnel certification: Based on the above, I hereby certify that the technical statements included above and which form a basis for the justification are complete and accurate and your approval is requested.

5. Contracting Officer determination: I determine that the justification is accurate and complete and the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.