United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (JOFOC)

FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS/SERVICES OVER THE SIMPLIFIED

ACQUISITION THRESHOLD (SAT) USING SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES

AUTHORITY: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.102(b) and 41 U.S.C. 1901

PR/SOL/CONTRACT No. NAS/TRB Sponsor Membership

Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition.”

This document is a Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition for the Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), for the Department of Interior (DOI), Office of Acquisition and Property Management (PAM).

Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

This requirement is for the Office of Acquisition and Property Management (PAM) to procure a Sponsor membership to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Transportation Research Board (TRB).

The TRB is a community of practitioners, researchers, public officials, and other professionals that create credible, high-quality information and research results to address the transportation challenges of the 21st century. TRB is one of seven program units of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Academies, which provides independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation;

and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public of policy decisions. The Academies also encourage education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science, engineering, and medicine. TRB’s varied activities annually engage more than 7,000 engineers, scientists, and other transportation researchers and practitioners from the public and private sectors along with academia, all of whom contribute their expertise in the public interest by participating on TRB committees, panels, and task forces. The program is supported by state transportation departments, federal agencies, including the component administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation. The TRB is funded by agencies through the membership costs. The activities conducted by the TRB to achieve its mission include the development of a technical study, workshops focused on critical transportation needs, and specifically designed and tailored roundtable meetings. The benefits of TRB membership includes the unique

PR/SOL/CONTRACT No. NAS/TRB Sponsor Membership opportunity to leverage resources and influence policy decisions on the impact of transportation to facilities and infrastructure, networking with Federal peers and the opportunity to share best practices.

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

As a Sponsored member, DOI/PAM will have access to the following:

Unlimited registrations to the TRB Annual Meeting for all Sponsor employees.

Meeting Facilities and one (1) exhibit booth at the Annual Meeting (based on availability) Sponsor employees have free access to all collected Annual Meeting technical content Sponsor employees are eligible for free registration for TRB sponsored webinars on a wide range of transportation topics.

Sponsor is represented on the TRB Executive Committee.

One hard copy of nearly all TRB publications (approximately 100 per year) will be provided to the Sponsor library or other designate as identified. Sponsor employees are eligible to obtain printed copies through the TRB Bookstore, although it encourages Sponsor employees to take advantage of the electronic versions that will be readily available on our website.

Sponsor employees receive full online access to all the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board papers published since 1999.

TRB maintains standing committees in subject areas of interest to the Sponsors.

TRB will also establish appropriate new committees as the need is demonstrated and to respond to changing issues facing the transportation industry.

Sponsor employees are eligible for discounted registration fees for many conferences sponsored by TRB standing technical committees.

Sponsor employees have access to TRB’s Library and to the Transport Research International Documentation (TRID). TRID is indexed with a standardized vocabulary from the Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT). The Research in Progress (RiP) records in TRID are also available as a separate searchable database through TRB.

Estimated Cost:

Period of Performance Estimated Cost Base Year - October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 Option Year One - October 1, 2027 through September 30, 2028 Option Year Two - October 1, 2028 through September 30, 2029 Option Year Three - October 1, 2029 through September 30, 2030