A04.1 Attachment 5 FAR 13 under SAT Limited Sources Hopgood 1012468.pdf

AOP No. 5, J&A-Other Than Full & Open Competition- Attachment 5 (Feb. 26, 2020)

Limited Source/Brand Name Justification United States Department of Agriculture

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) – Simplified Acquisitions

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting office.

United States Department of Agriculture, Departmental Administration, Office of Contracting and Procurement, Procurement Operations Division, 301 S. Howes Street, Suite 321, Fort Collins, CO 80521.

2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs.

Mr. Hobgood will provide USAID/Kenya with: (1) providing support in the design and assessment of GFSS activities related to the Journey to Self-Reliance (J2SR), agriculture, food and water security, resilience and resilience measurement, market systems, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning; (2) the development of procurement documents for Kenya GFSS market systems, resilience and learning programming; (3) contribution to the design and implementation of Regional and Kenya MEL activities that support measurement of GFSS programming; (4) providing technical support on resilience measurement, policy enabling environment at the bilateral and regional levels; and (5) other items as identified in the SOW.

3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.

Mr. Hobgood has more than 35 years of experience in analyzing, designing, evaluating, and administering agriculture development and food security programs. Mr. Hobgood excels in strategic planning, program design, and evaluation, especially in the areas of policy reform, agribusiness and market development, agriculture and nutrition integration, technology development, and rural finance.

Having been one of the architects of the World –wide Feed the Future program (FTF), by directly participating with Secretary Clinton’s staff in the design of FTF, Mr. Hobgood is uniquely knowledgeable about the original FTF objectives and overall intent of the FTF program. Mr. Hobgood served as Mission Director in Nigeria and Chief of the Office of Agriculture for USAID-world-wide which uniquely qualifies him to address overall USAID policy and management issues as well as high-level agriculture technical policy and strategy issues. His work to stand up the FTF program in Tanzania focusing on the integration and agriculture and nutrition, his recent work in Kenya on agriculture policy, agricultural transformation, scaling up technology transfer, the undertaking the evaluation the overall FTF portfolio, and support to USAID in the initial phase of the FTF strategy redesign makes him particularly uniquely qualified to contribute to FTF program development and design specifically in Kenya and the East Africa Region as he inherent working knowledge to fulfill the needs of the Statement of Work.

4. A description of the market research conducted and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

AMD and AED will continue to monitor various market information to include FedBizOpps, GSA Advantage, etc., to determine whether any other source(s) can meet a future requirement prior to any subsequent acquisition.

5. Estimated price, including all options, if applicable.

The estimated value is $117,318.00.

6. Recommended source(s).

Thomas D. Hobgood

Certifications

Supporting data that is the responsibility of technical or requirements personnel and which form the basis for this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Melissa Yeakley Martin

Project Manager

The information contained in this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief and in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1), I hereby determine the circumstances described above deem only one source, or limited sources, reasonably available and competition is precluded for the reasons indicated in this document.

James B. Edington Contracting Officer