A16_JOFOC_FDOnline_FINAL_(1)_Redacted_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

LIMITED-SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

AUTHORITY: FAR 8.405-6 and 40 U.S.C 501

PR 40579449

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple Award Schedule Program.

Identification of the agency and contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Limited-Sources Justification.”

This is a Limited-Source Justification executed by the Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), Division V, Branch V in support of the Office of the Solicitor (SOL).

1. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

This requirement is for Financial Disclosure Online System (FDonline) Software as a Service (SaaS) requirement in support of the Office of Solicitor. This is a Limited Source Justification (LSJ) for a single award, Firm-Fixed Price, Task Order issued against the incumbent contractor, HRworx dba Intelliworx’s, General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) GS-35F-255BA to provide the FDonline SaaS that allows the relevant government employees and ethics officers to e-file and review annual Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Forms 450 and 278e. The current task order, 140D0418F0090, is set to end on December 31, 2022. Market research has indicated HRworx is the only authorized licensed provider of the FDonline, required as part of this procurement. The service is provided by HRworx LLC. 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 210, Sterling, VA 20166.

2. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated value).

FDonline is a SaaS platform that has been utilized by DOI/SOL since 2011. FDonline is a platform that provide a paperless solution for annual filing of the Official OGE 450 and OGE 278e financial disclosure forms. The solution secures and protects all privacy data in accordance with federal regulations while fully supporting the filing, tracking, reviewing and certification of an agency’s OGE 450 and OGE 278e financial disclosure forms in accordance with the federal regulations.

The requirement is for a single award task order for a total period of performance of five (5) years, which includes a base year with four (4) one-year option periods. The total estimated dollar value is .

PR 40579449

and Federal Prison System Acquisitions Office indicating their award of sole source procurement with HRworx for the FDOnline software. An additional search for potential vendors on GSA and Google search for FDOnline financial disclosure system produced only one (1) result for companies that could provide this software, which was HRworx. The Government was unable to locate any commercial products or services that provide the paperless filling, reviewing and certifying OGE 450 and OGE 278e financial disclosure forms through market research.

FDOnline is offered through HRworx (dba Intelliworx) through GSA MAS GS-35F-255BA.

Intelliworx has built the preeminent cloud financial disclosure system for the U.S. federal government with over 60,000 OGE-450 and OGE-278 filers from dozens of agencies. FDonline is provided as a SaaS that’s a turnkey e-filing solution for completing U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) financial disclosure forms.

HRworx confirmed in writing they are the sole source for FDonline and do not have any distributors authorized to sell the platform. A sole source letter documenting this assertion is located with the contract files.

6. Any other facts supporting the justification.

None.

7. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for supplies and services is made.

As outlined above, market research in conjunction with the DOI SOL has determined there are no other commercial applications available that’s capable of fulfilling the current requirement for FDonline. HRworx is the only vendor capable of fulfilling the requirement. The Government will base their acquisition strategy on future requirements on this market research and will continue to conduct market research for future procurements for new sources that enter the commercial market place.

8. The ordering activity contracting officer’s certification that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the contracting officer’s knowledge and belief.

I certify this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.