J&A_FBO_Redacted.pdf

Transportation Security Administration

Justification and Approval Template FAR Part 13

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

(Cite authority, e.g., 41 U.S.C. 1901 or 1903)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) as implemented by the

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13. 5 the justification for the use of the statutory authority under FAR Subpart 13. 5 is justified by the following facts and rationale required as follows:

1. Agency and Contracting Activity. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (RCA), Innovation Task Force (ITF) procured

. This procurement was in support of the Administrator's directive for "Better Screening, Faster", now referred to as the "Future Lane Experience (FLEx)".

2. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Approved.

Once the , the ITF coordinated with TSA stakeholders to produce a Capability Demonstration Plan (CDP), outlining the strategies and associated Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for a field demonstration. During the demonstration planning phase, TSA's Chief Counsel (CC) noted that procured TSE has privacy risks associated with the Graphical User Interface (GUI). The TSA Administrator then made the request for the vendor ( e.g., . This requirement could not have been foreseen nor planned for, and as a result, ITF is requesting to modify the existing contract with a scope change.

The following information is associated with this effort:

Contract Name

(a)

(b) Contract Type

( c )Firm Fixed Price Contract Contract Need Statement

( d) Funds needed for software research and development FY Funds

(e) FY19 Previous Contract Number

(f) Contract Justification

(g) Request to execute a modification to the previous firm fixed price contract, in order to accomplish unforeseen requirements from the TSA Administrator

3. Description of Supplies/Services.

The requirement is to provide upgrades and support for enhanced privacy software at a total cost of

The enhanced privacy software will mitigate risk of TSA utilization of this technology in a live environment, ensuring TSA is in compliance of the AIT Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 49

CFR 1540.107(d).