HR_RSA_JA_Posted_on_FedBiz.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

DoDEA Human Resources

Support for Restructuring for Student Achievement (RSA)

1. Contracting Agency: Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22350.

2. Nature and/or Description of action: DoDEA intends to award a firm, fixed-price contract directly to a woman-owned small business (WOSB) in accordance with Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) 19.1506 Women-Owned Small Business Program Sole Source Awards. The proposed contract is for a base year (12-months) and one (12-months) option period.

3. Description of the Supplies or Services Required: DoDEA Human Resource Division requires support services for seven (7) Human Resource (HR) task objectives in direct support of the restructuring of DoDEA to improve student achievement. Specific tasks are as follows:

1) Staffing improvements;

2) HR Information Systems (HRIS) documentation;

3) HR Policies and Procedures Updates;

4) HR Service Desk;

5) Suitability Support;

6) Employee Pay and Audit Development and Reviews; and

7) Ongoing status reports and briefings.

The estimated cost for these support services is $2,947,850.00 over two years in Operations and

Maintenance (O&M) funds.

4. Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(5) and 15 U.S.C. 637(m). (See FAR 6.302-5(b)(7) and 19.1506).

5. Proposed contractor: DoDEA identified Business Management Associates (BMA) Inc. from a request for sources sought as a woman-owned small business (WOSB) that is capable of successfully providing the required support services as identified above.

6. Efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as is practicable: Please see paragraphs 5 and 7.

7. Market research conducted: Preliminary market research was conducted which identified nine (9) companies who perform similar work as required by DoDEA for the HR requirement. Further research was conducted by posting a request for sources sought on FedBizOpps, which yielded responses from 10 sources. As stated earlier, as a result of the request for sources sought, only one woman-owned small business (WOSB) was identified as being capable of successfully providing the required support services as identified above.

8. Other supporting facts to use other than full and open competition: n/a

9. List of sources: Ten vendors responded to the request for sources sought as follows:

1) Arctic Information Technology, Inc.

2) Booz Allen Hamilton

3) Business Management Associates

4) Center for Organization Excellence

5) Deloitte Consulting

6) Dummars Consultants, LLC

7) Federal Management Partners

8) Granville HR Consulting, LLC

9) IBM

10) KPMG LLP

10. Technical Certification: The information provided in this request is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Roger D. Cotton

Director, Human Resources

DoDEA

Date

11. Legal Office Certification: This foregoing justification is legally sufficient.

________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Christine Choi, Assistant General Counsel, DoDEA

12. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that the facts and representations included in this

Justification and Approval are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. I further certify that the anticipated cost of this procurement will be fair and reasonable based upon price analysis.

________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Nina Lin, Contracting Officer, DoDEA

13. Approval: Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve this procurement on an other than full and open competition basis, using the procedures in FAR subpart 19.1506 in accordance with 10

U.S.C. 2304(c)(5) and 15 U.S.C.637(m), subject to the availability of funds, and provided that the supplies and/or services described above have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

_______________________________________ Date: ___________________

Denise Blevins, Competition Advocate, DoDEA