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JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENT

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Program: United States Army Sustainment Command at Rock Island Arsenal

Authority: FAR 6.302-1 (a) (2) (ii) (A)

Amount: Total with option:

Prepared by:

Contracting Officer:

Technical:

Requirements:

Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support other than full and open competition.

Program Manager:

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JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENT

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

VTC Maintenance Services

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

2. Description of Action: Headquarters (HQ) Army Sustainment Command (ASC) requests a Firm Fixed Price modification to Contract W52P1 J21 C4001 with iSOFT Solutions LLC. ACC-RI projects award no later than funding. An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at Defense Federal Ac uisition Re ulation Su lement DFARS 207.103 d i B .

3. Description of Supplies/Services: This is a service contract needed to meet continuing IT support requirements of The Army Sustainment Command. The G3 Conference Center is a newly updated facility in building 390 and will receive the same in-scope services as the initial eight (8) facilities under contract. The Video Teleconferencing (VTC) Facilities Maintenance services contract provides maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment and upgrades to all firmware/software associated with the command's VTC suites located in Buildings 350 and 390 on Rock Island Arsenal.

Description Standard Maintenance

Su ort Services

Standard Maintenance Support Services

4. Authority Cited: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 (a) (2) (ii) (A).

5. Reason for Authority Cited: As authorized by FAR 6.302-1 (a) (2) (ii) (A), supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition ..

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Contract is in and, when competed, Market research was conducted via the CHESS ITES-3S vendors via Chess RFI No.

uested service was found to be available, out of the 135 ITES-3S

Experience required was with integrating AMX panel programming capability/functionality in multi-rooms; Cisco-based VTC equipment (maintenance, configuration and installation); experience with integration and operation of encryptors used to provide secure VTC capability; integrating additional video and audio inputs/outputs as required; experience that would lend itself to being able to quickly learn end-to-end configurations in order to perform troubleshooting of equipment and integrated functionality; experience with Video Over IP Connectivity; experience with CISCO SX80 CODEC or CISCO SX20 CODEC. See attached "Vendor Submission Summary" document). There were hat were found to have the knowledge, skills, experience, and capabilities for this effort.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: Given the above, and the results in CHESS, no attempt was made to increase competition is envisioned at this time due to the custom nature of the maintenance and configuration. If new VTC equipment and software is procured for this requirement, it will be purchased competitively.

8. Market Research: Market research was done for the initial contract and looked at companies that could complete the development, what were the comparable costs and timelines for initial develo ment and what were the estimated annual

The previous research determined that there were could do the work for a fair price, and the Contracting Officer

However, the Government determined the following after requesting capability statements and after issuing CHESS RFP NO. 314534, Summary findings in provided bids:

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9. Interested Sources: In accordance with FAR 5.202 (11) The proposed contract action is made under the terms of an existing contract that was previously synopsized in sufficient detail to comply with the requirements of 5.207 with respect to the current proposed contract action. To date, no other sources have expressed a written interest in this requirement.

10. Other Facts:

Procurement History:

Contract: W52P1 J21 C4001 Contractor: iSOFT Solutions, LLC Award Date: 01-FEB-2021 Competitive Status: SB Competition via ITES-3S

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

12. Requirements Certification: The requirement herein described is a valid requirement for the activity named in this Justification. The technical and requirements information contained in this Justification represent the minimum needs of the Government. The only way to satisfy this requirement is by limiting the competition as described herein.

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination~ I hereby determine that the anticipated price for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based on an analysis of the proposal price against historical pricing of this order. The techniques identified at FAR 15.404-1 (b) will be used to ensure award will be at fair and reasonable prices. The Contracting Officer used a comparison of industry cost for similar work. The Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) will primarily be an analysis of the contractor's proposed cost. Additionally, IAW FAR 15.404(b )(2)(vi), the Government compared proposed prices with prices obtained through market research for the same or similar items. IAW FAR 15.403-4(a)(1) certified cost or pricing data is not required because the exception at FAR 15.403-1(b)(5) applies, when modifying a contract for the acquisition of a commercial service.

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

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Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of an additional Color MFD on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (a) (2) (ii) (A), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, subject to the availability of funds, and provided that the services herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

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