LSJ_2018-85_-_Redacted,_18P0000_095802_Ft_Bragg_USARC_FAAST_4_Sep_18.pdf

Control No: 2018-85 Contractor: Ganuch Inc.

Program/Equipment: FAAST

Version – March 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY posted to the FedBizOpps.gov website on 26 July 2018, requesting vendors who could provide the requested services. Only one response was received, from Stellar Innovations & Solutions, Inc. A review of the capability statement by the requiring activity determined they were not capable of providing the services, as they do not offer a tool that is capable of providing the functions FAAST currently provides and they do not possess the data rights to operate and maintain the Ganuch proprietary system.

8. Other Facts:

a. Procurement History:

1) This requirement is a follow on to services current being received under Task Order W91247-13-F-1N07, was awarded on a Sole Source Basis as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task order to Ganuch, Inc. a Small Business, under the General Services Administration (GSA) Contract GS35F0482W. The Task Order was awarded 1 September 2013, in the amount of $3,299,891.36.

Equitable adjustments based on GSA rate increases completed at the exercise of option increased the total award value to $3,472,617.74.

2) The previous task order, W919SE-08-F-0207, was awarded on 29 November 2007, as a result of limited sources justification, for a base year and four (4) one year options against U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract GS10F0469N to Xotech, LLC, in the amount of $3,812,451.27. The current order was awarded as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) with travel reimbursement Other Direct Cost (ODC) contract line item numbers (CLINs). The order was extended after utilizing the extension of services clause which increased the non-competed value of the order to $4,123,912.96. During performance of this contract, XOtech, LLC novated to Ganuch, Inc.

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of The Force and Assessment Tool (FAAST) for the U.S Army Reserve under Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251, et Seq.) and Title 40 U.S.C 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B), “Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized and provided that the services herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.” The estimated value of the contract is for a four year period of performance consisting of a base year and three option years, from approximately 1 September 2018 through approximately 31 August 2022. The approval is subject to the availability of funds, and provided that the services or property herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.