HSFS II Bridge JA - RED.pdf

This is a Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity document for a bridge contract for Human Space Flight Support (HSFS) II services. The Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command (ACC) seeks to award a 6-month bridge contract to ManTech International, the incumbent contractor, from 10 September 2025 through 9 September 2026. The contract will ensure continuous mission-critical support for NASA's crewed spaceflight programs, including Artemis, Commercial Crew, and Soyuz missions, while the ongoing competitive source selection for the HSFS III contract is completed.

The bridge contract will be awarded under a firm-fixed-price modification to the current Task Order GSA OASIS contract, with a 1 six-month base period followed by three 2-month options. Services include planning, coordination, execution, human spaceflight mission support, logistics, airfield coordination, recovery operations, project management, communications planning, exercise development, and inter-agency coordination. A Sources Sought notice was posted on 15 May 2024, which received fourteen responses, with only a few deemed sufficiently responsive. The government determined that ManTech International is currently the only contractor capable of providing these highly integrated services without operational disruption.