JA Fire Accreditation_Redacted.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND ATLANTIC

6506 HAMPTON BOULEVARD

NORFOLK VA 23508-1278

J&A No. 25-13

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity.

Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), Atlantic (LANT), Norfolk, Virginia

2. Description of the Action Being Approved.

Authorization to award a contract on a sole source basis to the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization overseeing the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), for the facilitation of Department of Defense (DoD) Fire & Emergency Services Accreditation Program.

3. Description of Supplies/Services.

Per DoD Instruction 6055.06, the Navy is tasked with administering and maintaining the CFAI assessment and accreditation program for all DoD. As such, the contractor shall provide the following:

Registered Agency status for DoD fire departments.

Applicant and Candidate Agency statuses for DoD fire departments.

Accredited Agency status and Agency Renewals for DoD fire departments.

Training sessions and workshops to provide DoD fire department accreditation managers, and other DoD F&ES personnel, the basic knowledge and skills to achieve accreditation.

Three-day, on-site, concentrated facilitation session to DoD fire departments in Applicant Status.

Virtual Peer Assessor workshops.

Technical Advisor Program facilitations for DoD fire departments.

CPSE University workshops, webinars, courses and academies for DoD fire departments.

On-location validation and verification site visits utilizing a CFAI peer assessment team for those DoD fire departments in a Candidate status and meeting respective CFAI policies, procedures, and criteria.

Four (i.e., quarterly) virtual accreditation consortium meetings for DoD fire departments.

On-line accessible repository to facilitate accreditation document development, review, and sharing.

A DoD Fire Department Status tracking table (e.g., spreadsheet) monthly showing the status of each DoD fire department within the accreditation process, next due date for action or target expiration date, and projected on-site peer assessment visits.

The estimated dollar value of the procurement is .

The period of performance or completion date is 12 months from award.

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition.

The statutory authority for this acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a), as only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority.

Section 2.8 of DoD Instruction 6055.06 states that, in addition to the responsibilities set forth in Paragraphs 2.6. and 2.7. of the Instruction, the Secretary of the Navy will:

a. Administer and maintain the DoD NFIRS [National Fire Incident Reporting System]

Program, including associated standards and the summarization and analysis of F&ES data, for all the DoD Components. The DoD NFIRS Program uses the current version of the Federal Emergency Management Agency NFIRS standards as a basis.

b. Administer, maintain, and fund the CFAI Self-Assessment and Accreditation Program for all the DoD Components.

c. Provide CFAI self-assessment, peer assessment, and peer assessor team leader training for all the DoD Components.

As CFAI is a component of CPSE and is the only entity providing CFAI accreditation services, which market research provides evidence of.

6. Description of Efforts Made to Solicit Offers from as Many Offerors as Practicable.

A synopsis was posted to the Government Point of Entry (GPE), SAM.gov on 13 August 2025 with a response date of 20 August 2025, with no responses received. Market research confirmed that CPSE is the only contractor with the required technical capabilities, and the government does not know of any other contractors that can meet the Government’s needs. In accordance with FAR 6.305(a), the J&A will be posted within 14 days after the execution of the contract.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost. The Contracting Officer has determined the anticipated cost to the Government of the supplies/services covered by this J&A will be fair and reasonable.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Future Competition.

For reasons set forth in Paragraph 5, NAVFAC Atlantic has no plans at this time to compete future contacts for the types of services covered by this document. However, NAVFAC LANT will continue to conduct market research prior to awarding future requirements for this contract to determine whether another source is available. If another potential source emerges, NAVFAC Atlantic will compete the contract.