A04 JOFOCWHS20251564 Amendment 1 Redacted.pdf

This is an Amendment to Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) under Federal Acquisition Regulation Far Subpart 6.3 for a sole source indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.

The Department of War, Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate is awarding a sole source IDIQ contract to the RAND Corporation, National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) to provide unclassified and classified research and analytical services for the Office of the Secretary of War, Joint Staff, Unified Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies, and Department of War Field Activities. The contract will address complex national security issues through data-driven analysis, case studies, statistical modeling, wargaming, and simulation. The total estimated ceiling is redacted, with a 10-year ordering period consisting of a 5-year base period (30 June 2026 – 29 June 2031) and an optional 5-year option period (30 June 2031 – 29 June 2036). Funding types include research, development, test and evaluation, operations and maintenance, and working capital funds. Contract types at the task order level include Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee and completion contracts. RAND NDRI is the sole qualified source because it is one of only 10 Department of War FFRDCs and the only one specializing in the required 16 core competencies vital to national security research. The Government received one response to the market research synopsis from T-Fox LLC, which was determined to lack the necessary experience. No other FFRDCs, for-profit contractors, universities, or in-house personnel can meet the requirements effectively. The comprehensive review required by FAR 35.407(a) confirmed the necessity of the long-term strategic relationship between the DoW and RAND NDRI. This is a non-competitive follow-on acquisition previously awarded on a non-competitive basis, and the actions to remove barriers to competition cited in the previous justification were not completed.