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Control No. HNC-17-60-963

Justification Review Document For

Other Than Full and Open Competition

Program/Equipment: U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives (OEI) / U.S. Air Force Office of Energy Assurance (OEA) / U.S. Navy (USN) for Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Online Subscription

Authority: 10 USC 2304 (c)(1) & FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)

Amount:

Prepared by:

Name: _ Phone:

Title: Contract Specialist Date: _

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Contracting Officer:

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Signature: Date:

Technical Representative:

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Requirements Representative:

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

Program Manager:

Name:

Legal Counsel: “I find this action legally sufficient”

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Justification Review Document for

Other Than Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center (CEHNC) located at 4820 University Square, Huntsville, AL 35816-1822.

2. Description of Action: The purpose of this action is to issue a new Firm Fixed Priced (FFP) Commercial Contract to Bloomberg Finance L.P. located at: 731 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022-1331. This contract action will utilize Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Army, Navy, & Air Force Operation & Maintenance (O&M) funds for this requirement. The proposed total value of this action is to be with a period of performance for one (1) calendar year from the date of award of this contract.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: To provide to U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives, U.S. Air Force Office of Energy Assurance, & U.S. Navy (OEI/OEA/USN) Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Online Subscription Service. The BNEF online subscription service will provide an enterprise-wide approach to critical information needed to evaluate renewable energy projects for U.S. Army installations & U.S. Air Force sites worldwide.

OEI/OEA/USN online subscription service requirements are identified in the table below.

Item

DESCRIPTION Unit QTY (Users)

0001 BNEF on-line subscription – Army subscribers

(OEI)

EA 16 users

0002 BNEF on-line subscription – Air Force subscribers (OEA)

EA 8 users

0003 BNEF on-line subscription –Navy (USN) EA 1 user

0004 OPTIONAL ITEM

BNEF on-line subscription –additional subscribers

EA 8 users

The period of performance is 28 April 2017 – 27 April 2018.

4. Authority Cited: Authority is under 10 USC 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by paragraph 6.302- 1(a)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.”

5. Reason for Authority Cited: There is a continuing need for BNEF Online Subscriptions.

No other firm but Bloomberg Finance L.P. possesses the world-wide manpower capability to generate the required energy market data for the Government.

The OEI/OEA/USN utilize the BNEF online subscription service on a daily basis to assist with their commitment to employing an enterprise-wide approach to initiate, execute and manage large-scale renewable energy projects on U.S. Army installations and U.S. Air Force sites worldwide. The data subscription services will contain and cover the following contents: Daily News Watch; Weekly Clean Energy and Carbon Brief; News Archive; News and Analysis of Policy Developments and Industry Trends; Research Notes; Analyst Reactions; Quarterly Outlooks; Deep Dives; Focus Reports; Conference Calls; Insight Data; Policy Database;

Proprietary Models; Investment Database; Investment Directory; Investment Trends; Premium Analytics; Research Support; Data Mining; Consulting; Multi-Client Studies; NYSE-BNEF Clean Energy Indices; Sector Indices; Regional Indices; NEX Index; Solar Pricing Indices; a Wind Turbine Price Index; a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Index; in-depth industry and policy trends in key markets including China, India, and Brazil; Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) margins; sector specific models include demand forecasts; price indices; finance; import costs; supply; cost; and proprietary data sets.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: An Internet search was conducted in order to find vendors that can provide an online subscription to extensive data in the energy markets as outlined in 8.

Market Research below.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: CEHNC posted a pre-solicitation notice on 21 March 2017 utilizing FedBizOpps. No vendors wrote to express interest or capabilities for this requirement.

8. Market Research: On 8 June 2016, Market research for this requirement was conducted in accordance with FAR 10.002(b)(2). The query revealed one (1) firm capable to provide only a portion of the data requirements, but cannot provide analysis specifics to the numerous and varied energy sectors which are necessary to satisfy this requirement. In addition, the vendor cannot provide the proprietary price indices for renewable energy markets. Further queries into the United States Army Corps of Engineers IDIQ database also searched for existing contracts providing similar products, but no sources were revealed. Therefore, IAW FAR 10.002(b)(1), an open market procurement to only one (1) available source, Bloomberg Finance L.P., will satisfy this requirement.

Bloomberg Finance L.P. is registered in the System for Award Management as a large business (CAGE code 51M77). They have no active exclusions.

9. Interested Sources: See section 7 above.

10. Other Facts:

a. Procurement history.

(1) Contract numbers and dates of the last award:

Purchase Order Number W912DY-16-C-0059 in the amount of $218,748.60 was established for this requirement on a sole-source basis, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements". The current purchase order Period of Performance for BNEF On-line Subscriptions is 28 September 2016 through 27 April 2017.

(2) Competitive status of these actions (competitive, sole source, limited source, etc):

Previous awards for this requirement have been only on a sole-source basis to Bloomberg Finance L.P.

(3) Authority previously used for less than full and open competition:

10 USC 2304 (c)(1) & FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)

(4) If a justification was prepared to support the procurement made before this one, a summary of the contents of paragraph 7 of the justification for that procurement and an explanation of the results and whether there have been any significant changes: No significant changes to the processes for this requirement.

On 27 April 2014, a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Number W912DY-14- A-0003 to Bloomberg Finance L.P. was established with a potential capacity of

. The BPA capacity was accomplished with Call Order 0003 in the amount of , issued on 14 April 2015 through 27 September 2016. On 28 September 2016, Purchase Order Number W912DY-16-C-0059 was awarded to Bloomberg Finance L.P. for one-year through 27 April 2017.

(5) If any prior award was accomplished by full and open competition, a detailed explanation of the changed circumstances: N/A

(6) An explanation of any unusual patterns which may be revealed by the history, e.g., several consecutive, urgent buys: N/A No unusual patterns exist.

(7) If a justification was prepared to support the procurement made before this one, briefly describe the circumstances justifying the buy and whether there have been any significant changes: There are no significant changes for this requirement.

See Section(s) 8, 10;(1);(4)

b. Other Facts:

(1) Subcontracting opportunities do not exist for this procurement.

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 knowledge and belief.”

Typed Name: Date: _

Title: _ Signature:

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

Typed Name: Date:

Title: Signature:

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based on adequate price competition and analysis techniques such as price analysis, independent Government estimate, etc. Certified cost or pricing data will not be required in accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b)(3) and this acquisition if for commercial items.

Title: Contracting Officer Signature: _ _

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

Title: Contracting Officer Signature: _ _

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of BNEF Online Subscriptions from Bloomberg Finance L.P. on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C 2304(c) as implemented by paragraph 6.302-1(a)(2) of the FAR, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement, subject to availability of funds, and provided that the supplies described herein have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

Contracting Officer

Date