JEFO-ASRP-IO_Redacted.pdf

This is a Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity, a federal contracting document used to support the award of a non-competitive sole source task order.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Center for Preparedness (CP), and the Office of Mission Acquisition Solutions (OMAS), seeks to award a sole source task order to BryceTech under contract number 75A50121D00013/75A50524F65002 for professional administrative and technical staffing support. The services are mission-essential and directly support ASPR/CP's daily operations, disaster response, recovery, information management, data analytics, and logistics functions, as well as cybersecurity and risk management expertise for healthcare entities. The estimated value of the one-year base period action is redacted. Pricing is structured as both Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) and Time & Materials (T&M).

The justification cites urgency under FAR 16.507-6(b)(1) as the basis for the exception, with an award deadline of March 30, 2026. The rationale extensively documents organizational disruptions including multiple federal government shutdowns (October–November 2025, January–February 2026), staff reductions, consolidation of contracting offices, and Executive Orders that collectively prevented timely execution of a competitive procurement. BryceTech is the incumbent vendor providing these services since September 30, 2021, and possesses institutional knowledge and operational continuity capability that cannot be replicated without unacceptable service delays. The Contracting Officer determined that anticipated pricing is fair and reasonable by comparing labor category rates to the existing BryceTech task order, Independent Government Cost Estimates, and other OASIS+ awardee rates. The document requires approvals from the Program Manager, Contracting Officer, legal counsel, OPDIV Competition Advocate, OPDIV HCA, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Department Competition Advocate.