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United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Justification and Approval (J&A) Document Template

December 2015

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

Authority: (10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1)

Project/Program Name: MARSOC Special Reconnaissance Contract

Component/PEO/Other: Marine Special Operations School .

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): $454,893.12.

Type J&A: (Individual or Class )

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1. Agency and Contracting Activity: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(1))

MARSOC Contracting, BLDG RR400, Stone Bay, NC 28460

2. Description of Action: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(2))

MARSOC intends to award a two (2) month bridge contract to procure Special Reconnaissance support from Jacobs, Mission Operations Group. 5401 W. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 900, Tampa, Florida 33609.

The two (2) month bridge contract will provide the Marine Special Operations School (MSOS) with contracted support to provide periodic (or episodic) qualified Subject Matter Experts (SME), qualified Role Players, support services, equipment, facilities, deliverables, consumables, and personnel to facilitate the Special Reconnaissance (SR) program of instruction (POIs) of the MARSOC Technical Surveillance Course (MTSC), SOF Level One (LVL I) Special Reconnaissance Course (SOF LVL I SRC), and MSOS Instructor Training Course (MITC).

A four (4) year SOCOM Wide Mission Support (SWMS) Task Order, utilizing Firm Fixed Price Contract Line Items is anticipated to follow this two month bridge contract. Place of delivery and delivery dates will be determined at the Delivery Order level.

The estimated award date of this two-month bridge contract will be Dec 2015. The first delivery order period of performance is expected to be 1 Jan – 29 Feb 2016, in support of the Marine Special Operations Forces (MARSOF) Technical Surveillance Course (MTSC), Marine Special Operations School (MSOS) SOF LVL I Special Reconnaissance Course and the SOF LVL II EOD Course.

Estimated Special Reconnaissance support service quantities are as follows:

MARSOF Technical Surveillance Course: The contractor shall provide service for (1) one iteration of MTSC consisting of thirty-six training days (6 week course) executed during a two month period of performance. Contractor instructor support requirements for the MTSC are seventeen training days, it is estimated that the first course will occur during the months of

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January – February 2016. Class size is expected to be 24 students. During the MTSC an average of 10 hour work days are expected for the contractor provided instructors.

Special Operations Forces Level Two EOD (SOF LVL II EOD): The contractor shall provide service for (1) one iteration of SOF LVL II EOD consisting of (17) seventeen training days, executed during the two month period of performance. Contractor instructor support requirements for SOF LVL II EOD are seventeen training days, it is estimated that the first course will occur during the month of January – February 2016. Class size is expected to be 4 students. During the course an average of 10 hour work days are expected for the contractor provided instructors

Special Operations Forces Level I Special Reconnaissance Course (SOF LVL I SRC)):

The contractor shall provide service for (1) one iteration of SOF LVL I. consisting of twenty eight training days (4 week course) executed over the two month period of performance.

Contractor instructor support requirements for the SOF LVL I require ten hours of in office coordination (logistic support) It is estimated that the first course will occur in February 2016.

MSOS Instructor Training Course (MITC) Support: The contractor shall provide service for

(2) two iterations Instructor training (MITC). Consisting of five (5) training days (1 week course), will be executed over the two month period of performance. Contractor instructor support requirements for the MITC are ten (10) days. It is estimated that the first course will occur during January 2016. Class size is expected to be 12 students. During the course an average of 10 hour work days are expected for the contractor provided instructors.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(3)) The Marine Special Operations School (MSOS) is tasked to provide formal training to individual Critical Skills Operators (CSO) in Basic and Advanced Special Reconnaissance (SR) skills in order to provide qualified CSO’s to the Marine Special Operations Companies (MSOCs). This requirement is accomplished through the MARSOF Technical Surveillance Course (MTSC), Special Operations Forces Level II EOD (SOF LVL II EOD), Special Operations Forces Level I Special Reconnaissance Course and the Marine Special Operations School Instructor Training Course (MITC). In performance of this task, the contractor shall provide capable personnel and logistic assets to best support Special Reconnaissance Training. The Contractor must be able to multi-task and perform basic, advanced and instructor sustainment Special Reconnaissance Training

The contractor shall provide logistics support in support of operational requirements to MARSOF Technical Surveillance Course and SOF LVL II EOD course. Contractor must provide the following kits One (1) Surveillance Expendable kit. One (1) Technical Surveillance Expendable kit, One (1) Basic Electricity Expendable kit, One (1) Information Security Expendable kit, One

(1) Close Target Expendable kit, One (1) Fabrication Materials Expendable kit, One (1) Commercial off the Shelf Expendable kit, One (1) Advanced digital collections Expendable kit, One (1) Method of Entry Expendable kit and One (1) EOD Expendable kit.

4. Authority Cited: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(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

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5. Reason for Authority Cited: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(5)) This requirement qualifies as a logical follow-on, as this order must be issued on a sole-source basis, in the interest of economy, efficiency, and uninterrupted necessary training, because it is a logical follow-on to an order already issued under the previous GBPS contract. All previous awardees were given a fair opportunity to be considered for the original order.

1. MARSOC has received its Special Reconnaissance training and program support, under numerous prime contract vehicles and by way of lower-tier subcontracted support, since 2006.

2. Current SR support is provided under the USSOCOM GBPS contract. The GBPS is being replaced by the SWMS contract and it is believed that follow-on support will fall under the contracts category referred to as SWMS B (the small business set-aside vertical providing for SOCOM training).

3. Current Special Reconnaissance support contract: H92222-10-D-0018 Task Order ZL55 (Base year with 1 option year) was awarded 1 August 2013 – 30 June 2015. With the announcement of SOCOM Wide Mission Support Group B and an anticipated start date of August – November 2016 USSOCOM directed the extension of existing Task Orders for up to 6 months and the establishment of Limited Sources Bridge Contracts until SWMS is in place.

Task Order ZL55 was awarded a 6 month extension 1 July 2015 – 31 December 2016 in anticipation of competing future Task Orders via SWMS Group B Awards.

4. The protests on the award of the SWMS Group B contract and the uncertain resolution date directed that MARSOC pursue another contract vehicle for the Special Reconnaissance Task Order. MARSOC Contracting initially focused on using the General Services Administration, One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (GSA OASIS) contract for a 1-year contract. RFIs were also submitted to the Army contracting Command to inquire about the existence of a current IDIQ contract for Technical Surveillance.

GSA OASIS was selected and a Task Order was prepared with MARSOC seeking USSOCOM approval to submit the Special Reconnaissance Task Order for Request for Proposals (RFP).

Anticipated issue of RFP on or about 23-26 Oct allowing a four week proposal development and submission process. Expected to complete Technical Evaluations during the week of 30 November – 4 December. This schedule would allow for award NLT than 15 Dec allowing for a two week transition if awarded to a new contractor.

5. MARSOC was notified on 28 October 2015 that a resolution to SWMS Group B was achieved allowing for transition to SWMS Group B vehicle NLT 28 Feb.

6. With USSOCOM desired end state of transitioning contracts to SWMS, MARSOC plans to execute a two month bridge contract in support of Special Reconnaissance Contract H92222-10- D-0018 Task Order ZL55 with Jacobs, Mission Operations Group. 5401 W. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 900, Tampa, Florida 33609. Two month period of performance of 1 January 2016 – 29 February 2016 with new anticipated SWMS Group B Task Order awarded mid-February 2016 to allow desired 2 week “transition” period for anticipated start date of 1 March 2016.

7. Given the importance of the SR training to the readiness of our MARSOC Operators, program continuity and uniquely qualified persons with subject matter expertise are paramount to meeting deployment standards.

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6. Efforts/Actions to Increase Competition: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(6) & (11))

A notice of intent to Sole Source was posted/ publicized (to Federal Business Opportunities – FBO), as required by FAR 5.2. GSA Oasis was considered as a contract vehicle that would allow competition. However, since the SOCOM SWMS program is coming online it does not make good business sense to lock the Government into a long term arrangement with GSA Oasis when the better alternative/option will be available in 60 days.

7. Market Research: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(8))

A market survey was conducted by the Government (MARSOC Contracting) and Jacobs was found to be the most fiscally responsible vendor who can meet all the requirements for this short-fused period of performance. After this follow on bridge contract, this requirement will be competed under the new SOCOM Wide Mission Support, Group B. There are 32 vendors in Group B and all will be given a chance to compete.

8. Other Authorities/Factors: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(9))

Not Applicable

9. Interested Sources: (FAR 6.303-2(b)(10))

A Notice of Intent to Sole Source was posted to FBO on 12/04/2015, and no other responsible, potential sources indicated interest in the requirement.