Justification_for_Other_Than_Full_and_Open_Competition_Redacted_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

National Headquarters Washington, DC 20240 https://www.blm.gov

SOLE SOURCE (INCLUDING BRAND NAME) JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR ACQUISITIONS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

This document sets forth the justification and approval as required by 13.106-1(b).

1. Identification of the Agency and the Contracting Activity:

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Division of Wild Horses & Burros, requests Headquarters Acquisitions, Wild Horses & Burro team, to contract on a limited or sole source basis.

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved:

Award a bridge contract to Reed, Melvin & Ron (Reed) to continue services uninterrupted of IDIQ contract 140L0120D0007 which expires on 12/31/2024. The requested period of performance is 1/1/2025 – 12/31/2025.

3. A description of the Supplies or Services required meeting the Agency’s needs, including the estimated value:

The above contract provides off‐range pasture services for up to wild horses (+10%). The current contract expires on 12/31/2024 and this 12‐month contract is necessary to continue providing care for these horses until additional pasture space is made available through anticipated contract awards from RFP #140L0123R0007. The estimated total cost for this award is $1,384,080.00.

This will be a 12-month firm fixed price bridge contract with a period of performance of January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025. To ensure a continuation of services, the BLM WH&B Acquisitions requires a 12-month bridge contract. The 12-month bridge will allow for:

Step 1: Re-procurement cycle (Solicitation & Award) of requirement estimated at approximately $ .

Step 2: NEPA EA - required if incumbent is not the awardee.(can take up to 1 year for NEPA process as well as site visits to each area)

Step 3: Procurement cycle (Solicitation &Award) of contract to move horses from Reed to alternate contracted locations - required if incumbent is not the awardee.

Step 4: Relocation of approximately horses at 35-40 horses per truck - required if incumbent is not the awardee.

4. An identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition:

__X__41 U.S.C. 1901 – Simplified acquisition procedures (use when the simplified procedures for purchases of property and services for amounts

(1) not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold

____41 U.S.C 1903 – Special emergency procurement authority (applies when in support of a contingency operation as defined in section 101(a) of title 10 or to facilitate the defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack against the United States).

5. A demonstration that the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited:

Contractor has been providing off‐range pasture care for these horses under contract for nearly 5 years. There are no existing facilities available to receive all the animals currently at this facility. If a new contract cannot be awarded to Reed, Melvin & Ron (Reed) to continue providing ORP services, the government would need a minimum of 6 months lead time before the animals can be moved. This accounts for finding existing facilities that can take the animals, scheduling a veterinarian, arranging trucks, staff, etc. It would cost approximately $ /horse to relocate these animals to a pasture facility. At the current inventory of horses, this equates to an immediate cost of approximately $ .

6. A determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the

Government will be fair and reasonable:

Reed submitted a price proposal in the amount of $ .

The contracting officer determined that the price to be fair and reasonable. The determination is based on the CPI over 5 years relative to the previous contract price schedule. The previous contract price increased by 6% over the 5-year period, while the CPI increased 21.3% for the same period.

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