FBO Notice of Intent for Bridge Nov 2010.pdf

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This is a revised notice of intent to award a sole source contract under statutory authority 10 USC 2304(c) (1), set forth in

Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), "Only One Responsible Source and No Other

Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The 377 th

Civil Engineer Group, Kirtland Air Force Base (Albuquerque) NM 87117 requires a bridge contract to succeed contract

F29650-00-D-0002 which expires on 31 Mar 11. The bridge contract will consist of an eight (8) month basic period of performance with four 1-month options. The AFNWC/PKOC (formerly

377th Contracting Squadron) intends to make an award to Chugach Management Services, Joint

Venture (CMSJV), 3800 Centerpoint Drive, Ste 601, Anchorage, AK 99503. Interested parties may e-mail susan.mcdaniel@kirtland.af.mil or fax 505-846-5744, Attn: Susan McDaniel, not later than 8 Nov 2010, 3:00 p.m. MST.

IAW FAR Part 5.207(c)15(ii), the proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one (1) source under the authority of

FAR 6.302. All responsible parties may identify their interest and submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation which will be considered by the government. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, all capability statements, proposals, or quotations received within five (5) business days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. Responsible parties must clearly demonstrate in the submitted documents that there will be no service interruptions and no added investment and start-up costs associated with award of a bridge contract to any contractor other than the incumbent contractor.

Documentation submitted will not exceed five (5) pages and will be submitted electronically to the cognizant Contracting Officer listed in the first paragraph above. A determination by the government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

DEMONSTRATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR'S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR

NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES THE USE OF THE AUTHORITY CITED

ABOVE (APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY)

CMSJV is the only company with the personnel, tools, equipment, vehicles, and materiel mobilized to perform these services which are essential and mission critical to Kirtland Air Force

Base (AFB), its nuclear surety mission, mission partners and the base population without a lapse in service or a duplication of significant capital investment (vehicles/equipment $5.01M, includes inflation for FY11) and start-up (transition-in, $387K) costs. Any contractor except

CMSJV would, of necessity, experience investment or start-up costs for this large operation, and the government would not recover such costs through competition of the bridge contract simply because of the extremely short contract term.

As the incumbent for the past ten (10) years, CMSJV appears to be the only contractor who is fully knowledgeable of the requirements and level of effort required to meet the needs of the base population to sustain the level of service required and ensure no Notice of Violations are received for failure to meet all federal and state regulations and requirements. This is important because Kirtland AFB has to provide a safe, secure, and healthy environment to support the nuclear surety mission, as well as the Kirtland mission partners, and residents, while supporting the war fighter, without any interruption of critical infrastructure services.

Changeover from the current contract with CMSJV to a bridge contract with CMSJV will be transparent to Kirtland AFB in terms of contractor performance. Award of the bridge contract to another contractor will not produce seamless performance. The result would be degradation of

Kirtland AFB’s nuclear surety program and an interruption of services which Kirtland AFB cannot absorb and still meet its peacetime and wartime missions.

In summary, several contractors can perform these services on a long-term basis as the October

2009 sources sought indicates; however, there is only one (1) contractor (CMSJV) who appears to be capable of performing these services on a short-term basis (i.e., bridge contract) with no service interruptions and without added investment and start-up costs.