Limited_Sources_Justification.pdf

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

ACQUISITION DIRECTORATE

1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON

WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1155

LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

Upon the basis of the following justification, I, hereby approve the use of restricting consideration of the proposed contractual action pursuant to the authority of FAR 8.405-6.

JUSTIFICATION

1. AGENCY AND CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (i)]

Agency:

Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 1155 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1155

Contracting Activity:

Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Services Acquisition Directorate 1225 S. Clark Street Arlington, VA 22202

2. NATURE/DESCRIPTION OF ACTION(S): [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (ii)]

This justification approves a bridge sole source award to Camber Corporation for a three month period plus two one-month option periods to provide sufficient time for the Contracting Activity to compete the award of new Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts that will include the future support of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition as IDIQ task orders. The Department of the Interior awarded the current task order, N09PD10095, against GSA Schedule GS-10F-0050N. This order expires on 19 September 2014 without any further possibility for an extension. The order was awarded competitively. A bridge sole source contract action will support mission critical tasks since a competitive procurement cannot be completed in time to meet the required date of 19 September 2014.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (iii)]

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (OUSD(AT&L)) develops and leads key initiatives that provide recommendations to senior OUSD(AT&L) leadership to inform the Department’s strategic investment decisions and to ensure joint, integrated, interoperable, system-of-system combat capability is delivered to the warfighter. The estimated dollar value the three-month base period for this bridge is

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. The estimated dollar values for each one-month option period are and respectively.

Camber provides support services to assist with ODUSD(AT&L)’s mission to develop and lead key initiatives to support early strategic investment decisions that ensure joint, integrated, interoperable, system-of-system combat capability to the warfighter. Camber also provides strategic planning, capability-based road mapping, project coordination support, report and briefing preparation, and other program activities leading to the institutionalizing of a capabilities-based approach to the acquisition of warfighting capability within the Department of Defense (DoD). In performance of these tasks, Camber has a thorough understanding of the Department of Defense (DoD), the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), the Defense Acquisition System, and has a working knowledge of OUSD(AT&L) organization and processes.

4. AUTHORITY AND SUPPORTING RATIONALE AND A DEMONSTRATION OF

THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE THE

REQUIRED SERVICE: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (iv)]

In accordance with FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C), in the interest of economy and efficiency, Camber is the logical follow-on contractor to support the operations of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition.

The support services included in this LSJ will be a part of the requirements for an enterprise IDIQ contract. The acquisition planning for the new IDIQ contracts initially estimated an award date of 25 August 2014 to ensure the first task orders would encompass this work. However, an unplanned schedule delay occurred when it was discovered through market research some of the work being consolidated under the IDIQ was currently being performed by small business. The presence of small business therefore required a Bundling Justification. The drafting of this document is a lengthy process with many stakeholders needing to develop appropriate support documentation and requiring approval signatures up to the Senior Procurement Executive / Head of Agency level. Once approval of the Bundling Justification was given, an “Intent to Bundle” document was posted for 30 days before the solicitation was released. This unforeseen requirement caused the solicitation to be released on 03 July 2014, proposals were received on 04 August 2014. Due to the complexity of the IDIQ source selection and award process, the best-case award date is 25 September 2014. As a result, the subject support services IDIQ task order will not be competed as the first Task Order RFP amongst the IDIQ awardees until at least 25 September. As the first full Task Order RFP requirement, the Government must allow for a full three-month acquisition timeline. The two one-month option periods will mitigate the risk of the best-case scenario of 25 September IDIQ award date being delayed. A break in service would cause serious injury to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition with significant negative impact to matters of national security for the Department of Defense.

Camber provides unique expertise in electronic warfare and missile defense technology and systems. Their expertise is critical in the analysis of electronic warfare technology to support the acquisition and fielding of Department of Defense electronic warfare capabilities to meet the rapidly evolving operational threat. In addition, Camber provides critical expertise in missile defense systems, including the understanding of the complicated system of systems relationships

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In the interest of economy and efficiency, Camber should be the follow-on contractor because it is familiar with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition operations that are conducted on a daily basis, has the required staff, and has the proper security clearances to perform the work. To competitively award the bridge to a new contractor would result in unacceptable delays and mission risk due to issues in finding personnel with the specific technical expertise and TS/SCI eligible clearances. Given the short duration of the bridge, a sole source award to the incumbent Camber is the most reasonable approach to prevent a disruption in service and ensure program continuity.

It is neither economic nor efficient to conduct a full competitive solicitation for only a three-month (plus two one-month options) period of performance only to have another new competition to move the services onto the planned IDIQ task order such a short time after.

5. REPRESENTATION OF THE BEST VALUE: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (v)]

The Contracting Officer will ensure that the final negotiated price for this bridge order is fair and reasonable in accordance with the techniques listed under FAR 15.404-1 and the DPAP Deviation 214-O0011 dated March 13, 2014.

6. DESCRIPTION OF MARKET RESEARCH: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (vi)]

The Government posted a Sources Sought Notice on FedBizOpps with 42 responses in March 2014 and is currently competing the multiple award IDIQs. These IDIQs will be for Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) (OUSD(AT&L). The NAICS codes identified are 541990 “All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services” and 541611 “Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services”. The market research supported setting aside a portion of the PWS for small business.

7. ANY OTHER SUPPORTING FACTS: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (vii)]

The risk to the Government in terms of disruption of support in both the short- and long-terms, is too high to transition support to another contractor for such a limited time. The Government would incur a substantial duplication of costs due to multiple transitions from one contractor to the next. The new contractor would potentially only be on board for three months. As such, there would be a transition from the incumbent, Camber, to the new contractor, and a transition from the new contractor to the successful contractor of the follow-on acquisition (i.e. the first full Task Order RFP requirement of the IDIQ). This duplication of costs would be mitigated by awarding a three-month (plus two one-month options) bridge to Camber as there would only be one

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Furthermore, the administrative challenges involving hiring, building passes and security clearances (up to TS/SCI) simply cannot be done in this timeframe, thus preventing a new contractor from working, which will cause a disruption in critical services. Managing two contractors during the recompete of the work would be inefficient, costly, and unmanageable.

8. ACTIONS TAKEN TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO COMPETITION: [FAR 8.405-6 (c)

(2) (viii)]

The contracting activity is in the process of competing a solicitation that will be awarded competitively and include the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition’s task order as the first full Task Order RFP requirement of the IDIQ.

9. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (x)]

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this justification and which form the basis for this justification are complete and accurate.

Signature:

Program Office Date

10. CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION: [FAR 8.405-6 (c) (2) (ix)]

I have reviewed this Limited Sources Justification and find it to be accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature:

D. Wes Bennett Date Contracting Officer lisa.didden@osd.mil Digitally signed by lisa.didden@osd.mil DN: cn=lisa.didden@osd.mil Date: 2014.08.28 09:58:16 -04'00'

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Digitally signed by BENNETT.DAVID.W.JR.1023100246 DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=WHS, cn=BENNETT.DAVID.W.JR.1023100246 Date: 2014.08.28 10:29:54 -04'00'