ESIP Call Order 80NSSC24FA484 Limited Sources Justification (LSJ)_Redacted.pdf

LSJ-2024-005

Rev.:7/2022

$10,000.000 per year for travel

Authority Cited and Rationale:

FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(A). An urgent and compelling need exists, and following normal procedures would result in unacceptable delays.

FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(B). Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized.

FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(C). In the interest of economy and efficiency, the new work is a logical follow-on to an original GSA FSS order provided that the original order was placed in accordance with the applicable GSA FSS ordering procedures. The original order or BPA must not have been previously issued under sole-source or limited-sources procedures.

FAR 8.405-6(b), Items Peculiar to One Manufacturer. An item peculiar to one manufacturer can be a particular brand name, product, or a feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer. A brand name item, whether available on one or more schedule contracts, is an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

Rationale:

BryceTech has spent the last year engaging with the Technology Transfer (T2) Team, using regular discussion sessions and intensive in-person engagements to gather the inputs necessary to write a strategic framework for the T2Program. The strategic framework consists of four major goals with multiple objectives corresponding to each goal. The next step in this process, drafting an implementation plan for the framework, is a continuation of that work.

BryceTech has provided expert advice in the development of strategies and programmatic priorities, which led to the development of the strategic framework along with a shared “future state vision”. This involved regular strategy sessions with the Program Executive to design a collaborative approach and develop a stakeholder analysis in order to identify and prioritize key stakeholder groups. These stakeholder groups worked directly with Bryce during frequent meetings to provide inputs, develop, monitor, and make progress on the strategic objectives.

BryceTech utilized a four-phase process that involves numerous working documents which captured program statuses, sources of data, existing performance metrics, and strategic goals and visions.

Having coordinated and written the strategic framework, BryceTech has the depth of understanding and established relationships necessary to implement the strategic framework in an efficient manner. BryceTech is knowledgeable of the scope, audience, purpose, data, and documentation behind the strategic framework. BryceTech has engaged with all field centers through facilitated sessions both onsite and virtual to ensure there is frequent engagement and

Rev.:7/2022 alignment. Their active oversight and monitoring approach assesses quarterly performance against the strategic framework.

Award to another contractor would cause inefficiencies the government, in that a new contractor would not have the insight of previous discussions, documents, planning, and monitoring that contributed to creation of the framework. BryceTech has developed virtual workshops that provides synergies across all of the stakeholder groups by encouraging brainstorming and problem solving techniques. The government has invested approximately $250K over the span one year on this Call Order. The first three months consisted of the vendor gaining knowledge on the complexities of NASA’s technology transfer and intellectual property landscape, including engaging all of the individuals who work within the program. The remaining time was spent coordinating with numerous stakeholders to develop the strategic framework. A new vendor, without the benefit of having performed the first part of the task, would take at least three or four months, nearly 25-30% of the time allotted for the effort, to learn about the NASA tech transfer program and gain knowledge of the work performed under the original Call Order. This would result in approximately an additional $100K to re-invest the time already spent. BryceTech has developed intellectual property that would either have to be inherited by NASA or re-produced by another vendor, which would result in additional costs to the government. In adition to the extra time and cost, this would be an unreasonable burden to the government staff to expend extra time to train another vendor on the work of the previous vendor and delay the project by several months.Leveraging BryceTech’s institutional knowledge would eliminate redundancy and allow resources to be allocated in the most economical manner. The nature of the work and intellectual capital gained throughout performance of the original call order cannot be transferred to another contractor without a result of duplication of time and costs and missed milestone deliverables. Continuing work with the same contractor allows for a seamless continuity of operations, as resources would not have to be expended to address any learning curves.

Determination by the contracting officer that the order represents the best value consistent with FAR 8.404(d):

The Contracting Officer’s signature on this document indicates that the Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated price to the government will be fair and reasonable. The Call Order was solicited on a competitive basis and the prices are considered fair and reasonable based on adequate competition and GSA pricing. BryceTech’s proposed labor categories are consistent with the labor categories in BryceTech’s GSA price list under Special Item Number (SIN) 541611. In accordance with FAR 8.405-4, BryceTech provided a discount on all BPA labor categories.

Market Research:

In accordance with FAR 10.002(b)(2)(ii), market research was conducted, and it was determined that the services are available to the agency through the existing BPA MAS. BryceTech was the only contractor that provided a quote in response to the solicitation of the original Call Order

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A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made:

The Agency will continue to examine the market in the future for alternative solutions or new sources before executing any subsequent acquisitions for the same requirements.