A02 - Army SSC Bridge JEFO 3 March 2021 Signed (Redacted).pdf

Control No: 21-045 Contractor: Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Supply/Service: ASSC Sustainment Staff Augmentation Support Estimated Dollar Value:

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FOR EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY

Supply/Service: Army Shared Service Center (ASSC) Sustainment Staff Augmentation Support Services Bridge

Authority: FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(G)

Prepared by:

Contracting Officer: Phone: (309) 782-3625

Technical:

Requirements:

John P. Hemmen Contracting Officer (ACC RI) john.p.hemmen.civ@mail.mil

Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support an exception to fair opportunity.

Program Manager:

Legal Advisor:

Competition Advocate: Stephanie M. James DSN: 793-0493

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Department of the Army Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity

Under Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contracts

1. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL 61299-8000.

2. Description of Action: The Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-Army) Program Office requests a modification to its labor hour task order W52P1J-19-F-0355 with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) to extend the period of performance (PoP). ACC-RI will execute this action against the Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – 3 Services (ITES-3S) contract, and projects award for

Operations and Maintenance, Research Development Test & Evaluation, and Army Working Capital Funds. An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 207.103(d)(i)(B).

The requirement prior to this action was not competed under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) as supported by Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity 19-015. That justification’s paragraph 7, Actions to Increase Competition, stated:

“The Government intends to competitively award the UERP (Unified Enterprise Resource Planning) contract in December 2019, which will be a multiple award IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract. The Government intends to award the follow-on SSC sustainment augmentation efforts as a task order competition under that vehicle.”

The acquisition strategy for the Unified ERP contract changed since approval of JEFO 19-015, from award of multiple award IDIQ, to a Task Order placed against Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3. Despite the change in strategy, the Army completed the actions to increase competition by competitively awarding the UERP contract to Accenture Federal Services (AFS) in December 2019. As further described in paragraph 5, the award subsequently received multiple protests. The revised milestone for award of UERP is . Task Order W52P1J-19-F-0355 currently expires on

. This extension will allow NGMS’ staff augmentation resources to continue supporting ASSC until the award of the UERP. At that time, the staff augmentation requirement will be provided by the UERP contract.

3. Description of Services: GCSS-Army is an ERP system that supports asset control/inventory and the financial operations links into General Fund Enterprise Business System for the entire U.S. Army. GCSS-Army enables Army leaders and

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6. Market Research: The UERP Request for Task Order Proposal was released on 6 June 2019 under the Chief Information Officer-Solution and Partners 3 Government-Wide Acquisition Contract. ACC-RI received four proposals. Despite the current protest, the results of the competitive RFP indicate other vendors are capable of providing these services given an adequate transition. However, for the reasons set forth in paragraph 5,

7. Actions to Increase Competition: ACC-RI anticipates no further extensions to this staff augmentation task order. Any staff augmentation requirements will be handled under the UERP.

8. Other Facts: Procurement History

Contract: W52P1J-19-F-0355, Modification P00005 Contractor: Northrop Grumman Award Date: 30 September 2019

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Competitive Status: Sole Source, JEFO 19-108 Authority: FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) Note: this modification added 14 full time equivalents to the task order

Contract: W52P1J-19-F-0355 Contractor: Northrop Grumman Award Date: 1 April 2019 Competitive Status: Sole Source, JEFO 19-015 Authority: FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C)

Contract: W91QUZ-07-D-0005-0001 Contractor: Northrop Grumman Award Date: 5 December 2007 Competitive Status: Competed among the 16 ITES- 2S contractors.

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9. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

10. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

11. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. The Contracting Officer will make this determination using price analysis and comparison to the Independent Government Estimate. The Government determined prices listed in CHESS ITES-3S vendors’ catalogs to be fair and reasonable at the base contract level.

The Government will not require submission of certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b)(3), because the services are commercial.

Date: ____________________ _____________________________ John P. Hemmen Contracting Officer

12. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date: ____________________ _____________________________ John P. Hemmen Contracting Officer

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Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of ASSC Augmentation Services using an exception to fair opportunity pursuant to the authority of FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(G), subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.