JA 20-066 - EAGLE at Ft. Bliss - Redacted.pdf

Control No: 20-066 Contractor: Technica LLC

Supply/Service: EAGLE at Ft. Bliss, TX Est Dollar Value:

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FOR JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Supply/Service: Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) at Ft. Bliss, TX for transportation, maintenance and supply logistics support services.

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

Prepared by: Travon Aldridge DSN: 793-5402 Contract Specialist Email: travon.aldridge.civ@mail.mil

Contracting Officer: Benjamin L. Geringer DSN: 793-1784 Procuring Contracting Officer Email: benjamin.l.geringer.civ@mail.mil

Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support other than full and open competition.

Competition Advocate: Adelaide J. Tkatch DSN: 793-5313 Signature: TKATCH.ADELAI

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Supply/Service: EAGLE at Ft. Bliss, TX Est Dollar Value:

Department of Army Justification and Approval for Other than

Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI) Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL 61299-8000.

2. Description of Action: Army Sustainment Command (ASC) requests a Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee bridge modification extending Basic Ordering Agreement W52P1J-12-G-0018 Task Order 0004 with Technica LLC. ACC-RI projects award

Operations and Maintenance funds. An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 207.103(d)(i)(B).

This action is a bridge modification to ensure continuation of critical services for ASC until the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides its decision to a protest on the award of the competitive follow-on contract awarded under Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE). The deadline for the GAO protest decision is

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The Government has a requirement for Technica LLC to provide complete logistics support services at the Ft. Bliss, TX Logistics Readiness Center. The Readiness Center includes the Maintenance Division, the Supply and Services Division, and the Transportation Division. The Maintenance Division provides field and sustainment level maintenance support to tactical units and Government civilian activities. The Supply and Services Division provides supply and services support to include Central Issue Facility, Ammunition Supply Point operations (Class V), Retail supply operations through the Installation’s classes of supply I, II, III, IV, VII, IX supply support activity, and consolidated Installation Property Book Office operations. The Transportation Division provides Arrival / Departure Airfield Control Group operations, Personal Property Shipping Office operations, rail movement operations, container storage and repair operations, strategic and local material and personnel movements’ support, unit movement planning support, and transportation motor pool management for the Installation. Technica LLC will provide complete technical, operational, and logistical support functions required to maintain Ft. Bliss in mission ready condition.

The period of performance for this action

The current Ft. Bliss EAGLE contract (Technica’s Task Order 0004) The will allow for maintenance, supply and transportation services to continue until the GAO provides resolution to the protest of the follow-on contract, and for transition to the successful offeror under the competitive follow-on acquisition. If GAO sustains the protest, the Government will exercise while the Government conducts discussions and/or corrective actions. The estimated total dollar value is , . ACC-RI and ASC developed this estimate

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4. Authority Cited: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: As described in FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B), for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, services may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of follow-on contracts for the continued provision of highly specialized services when it is likely that award of any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements.

ACC-RI competitively awarded the current task order to Technica LLC on 13 November 2014 under the EAGLE program. Currently, this task order is in the FAR 52.217-8

ACC-RI awarded W52P1J-17-G-0090 Task Order W52P1J-20-F-0184 to Technica LLC on 03 March 2020 as a result of a solicitation using full and open competition. This task order was the follow-on to the current Ft. Bliss EAGLE task order. The period of performance for the base year of Task Order W52P1J-20-F-0184 was

On 20 March 2020, ASC’s legal office notified ACC-RI that an unsuccessful offeror, submitted protest B-418594.1 to the GAO in response to the award of Task Order W52P1J-20-F-0184. The GAO will have from the submitted protest date to give its decision. ACC-RI anticipates that the GAO will make a decision no later than

. If the GAO dismisses the protest, the Government anticipates the

If the GAO sustains the protest, the Government anticipates that discussions for the follow-on contract will need to be re-opened. Historically, discussions and corrective actions, if needed, Only Technica LLC can meet ASC’s requirement until the protest is resolved and transition is completed. Until GAO makes a decision, . As the incumbent,

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Technica LLC has the skilled and trained personnel on site and in place to continue mission essential services at Ft. Bliss. Technica LLC has multiple years of on-the-ground experience, providing supply, maintenance, and transportation services to Ft. Bliss throughout the last five years. Technica’s workforce already has installation access and security clearances to perform at Ft. Bliss with proper systems access. The number of deploying and re-deploying troops rely on all functions performed by Technica. Technica is the only source performing the Ft. Bliss EAGLE contract and no other contractor can provide the specialized requirements of maintenance for emergency vehicles and equipment without months of training.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: ACC-RI shall publish the notices required by FAR

5.201. Because this is a sole source action, effective competition is not applicable. The Government will achieve subcontracting competition by including FAR clause 52.244-5, Competition in Subcontracting in the contract, which states that the contractor shall select subcontractors on a competitive basis to the maximum practicable extent.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: ACC-RI awarded the Ft. Bliss EAGLE follow-on contract on 03 March 2020 after a competitive procurement action. The Government received a GAO protest on the award on The USG anticipates resolution to the protest

8. Market Research: Market Research performed to date indicates that there are a number of responsible sources that could potentially perform these services. ACC-RI issued the request for proposal for the follow-on Ft. Bliss task order in July 2019 and received proposals. Of the total proposals, The results of the competition indicate that other vendors are capable of providing the required services. However, as described in para 5, until the protest is resolved,

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9. Interested Sources: To date, no other sources have expressed a written interest in this requirement.

10. Other Facts:

a. Procurement History

Contract: W52P1J-17-G-0090/W52P1J20F0184

Award Date: 03 March 2020 Competitive Status: Full and open competition under EAGLE (currently under protest)

Contract: W52P1J-12-G-0018/0004 Contractor: Technica LLC Award Date: 13 November 2014 Competitive Status: Full and open competition under EAGLE

11. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my

12. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. Basis for this determination will be a cost analysis in which certified cost or pricing data will be required.

Date: _________________ ____________________________

Benjamin L. Geringer Contracting Officer

14. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date: _________________ ____________________________

Benjamin L. Geringer Contracting Officer

07 May 2020

07 May 2020

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Approval

Based on the foregoing justification and the authority provided by the U.S. Army Contracting Command memorandum subject “Delegation of Authority Number #18-50, Appointment of Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC)” dated 20 July 2018, and in accordance with the Department of the Army memorandum subject “Terminology change from Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting to Senior Contracting Official” dated February 21, 2019, I hereby waive the requirement to post a request for information/sources sought notice in accordance with DFARS 206.302-1(d) and DFARS PGI 206.302-1(d). Further, I hereby approve the procurement of logistics support services at Ft. Bliss, TX on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1), subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

Date: Signature:

JAY T. CARR

Senior Executive Service Senior Contracting Official

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