JNA_15-608_AAS_Final_Redacted.pdf

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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY – J&A No. 15-608

United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Justification and Approval (J&A)

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Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (J&A)

Authority: (10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ), as implemented by FAR 6.302- ) Project/Program Name: Suicide Prevention Training Support

Component/PEO/Other: Preservation of the Force and Family Task Force Estimated Contract Cost (including options) : $720,000

Type J&A: (Individual or Class )

J&A No.

15-608

1. Agency and Contracting Activity: (FAR 6.303-2(a)(1)) USSOCOM, SORDAC-KH, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd., MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL 33621-

2. Description of Action: (FAR 6.303-2(a)(2)) The purpose of this J&A is to obtain approval to issue a contract to the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), 5221 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington D.C. 20015- 2032 (NAICS 923120) using other than full and open competition procedures. All contract items will be issued with firm-fixed prices. FY2015 or FY2016 O&M funding will be used as appropriate for the training courses based on the respective course start dates. FY2015 O&M funding will be used for the Psychological Autopsies Study. There will be three CLINs for training support and one CLIN for Suicide Autopsies/Data Collection services.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: (FAR 6.303-2(a)(3)) Psychological Autopsies/Data Collection and Analysis.

The contractor shall conduct comprehensive data collection relating to all suicides having occurred during the period of 1 January 2012 to 1 January 2016, which includes up to 80 suicide events. (B537)

- Six sessions (NTE 33 attendees per session) of the training program Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk: Essential Skills for Clinicians (RRSR). RRSR is an advanced, interactive training based on established core competencies that mental health professionals need in order to effectively assess and manage suicide risk.

- Six sessions (NTE 75 attendees per session) of the training program RRSR in Primary Care. Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk: Essential Skills in Primary Care (RRSR-PC) provides Physicians, Nurses/Nurse Practitioners, and Physicians Assistants with the knowledge they need in order to integrate suicide risk assessments into routine office visits, to formulate relative risk, and to work collaboratively with patients to create treatment plans.

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One Session (NTE 35 attendees) of the Psychological Autopsy Certification Course.

The contractor shall provide training to shall develop and implement a training program military behavioral healthcare professionals to conduct psychological autopsies. The training will encompass best practices in postmortem procedures to reconstruct the proximate and distal causes of an individual's death by suicide or to ascertain the most likely manner of death where that manner of death is equivocal and left undetermined by a medical examiner or coroner. (U004) One session each for the RRSR-PC and RRSR training programs will be held at each of the following locations, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Naval Air Station, Coronado, California; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Joint Base Little Creek, Virginia; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Psychological Autopsy Traning will be conducted in Tampa, FL.

4. Authority Cited: (FAR 6.303-2(a)(4)) 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, as implemented by FAR 6.302-1

5. Reason for Authority Cited: (FAR 6.303-2(a)(5)) AAS is the only organization that provides the required training and conducts psychological autopsies and accompanying data analysis to government agencies. Both of these programs are recognized as best practices by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and industry. AAS currently provides the same training throughout the Veterans Administration Health Care System. AAS uses an established and proven methodology for suicide related data collection services that are currently being provided to the U.S.

Marine Corps. Contracting with AAS for the required services that are currently being provided across DoD ensure congruence of data across services.

6. Efforts/Actions to Increase Competition: (FAR 6.303-2(a)(6)) A notice was or was not publicized as required by FAR 5.2.

A Procurement Notice was posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website ( www.fbo.gov ) on 22 June 2015. The purpose of the notice was to notify industry of the intent to issue a contract to AAS using other than full and open competition procedures. No responses were received by the closing date 13 July 2015. The notice was reposted on 30 July 2015 with the corrected NAICS and closed on 14 August 2015 with no repsonses received.

7. Market Research: (FAR 6.303-2(a)(8)) Market research conducted by the Veterans Administration was reviewed. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s best practices registry ( http://www.sprc.org/bpr ) was also reviewed. These reviews yielded no other vendors that offered comparable training or subject specific analysis capability as required by this command. Additionally, the USSOCOM Technical and Industrial Liaison Office (TILO) database and Contracting Directorate ID/IQ list were reviewed for potential sources. There were no other potential sources identified during this search.

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13. Legal: SOFARS 5601-1 I have reviewed this document and find the J&A legally sufficient to support other than full and open competition:

NAME: _ _____________ TITLE: __________________________

SIGNATURE: DATE: _________________

14. Competition Advocate General Approval (CAG): (If over Component Competition Advocate Approval Authority, [see SOFARS 5601-1 for your component’s approval authorities], up to $12.5M. Note CAG must also sign above $12.5M.) SOFARS 5601-1

I have reviewed this document and find the J&A adequate to support other than full and open competition:

NAME: ____________ TITLE: __________________________

SIGNATURE: ________ DATE: _________________ 8/20/2015