Intent to Sole Source_TANF.pdf

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

Project Title: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data Portal (TDP)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and

Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is issuing a Notice of Intent to issue a sole source award to Raft LLC.

This is a 2-month extension for an existing task order under GSA MAS Contract

47QTCA18D003V/75ACF124F80007 for IT Professional Services under SIN 51451S. The period of performance of the current task order is January 13, 2024, to Mars 13, 2024. The task order will be for software development services as well as training and transition services. This follow-on task order period of performance is anticipated to be from March 14, 2024 – May 14, 2024, with options to extend services through November 14, 2024. The total estimated value, including all options, is $748,548.00.

A break in service with RAFT will immediately impact the TDP platform, limiting OFA’s ability to push any new code to production to address bugs, dependency vulnerabilities, or new, needed features. Ultimately this also has potential to impact OFA's ability to receive the data files to do our mission critical performance management work for the TANF program. The bridge contract action associated with this justification is necessary to provide the Government sufficient time to solicit, evaluate, negotiate, and award a new contract for TDP Development Services. The need is urgent given multiple data deadlines, an expiring ATO, the decommissioning of the legacy

TANF Data Reporting System, and new reporting requirements, all of which require a contractor in place to continue development and maintain the system until a new contract is awarded and transitioned in.

This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis for the requirement based on the application of FAR 8.405-6 (a)(1)(i)(A) Limiting Sources.

The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.

Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist Amadou

Tounkara at amadou.tounkara@acf.hhs.gov no later than Monday Mars 11, 2024 at 4pm. Please

Administration for Children and Families | www.acf.hhs.gov mailto:amadou.tounkara@acf.hhs.gov indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission the above subject title.

Thank you,