DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND EUROPE AFRICA CENTRAL

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J&A No. 2608

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe

Africa Central (EURAFCENT), Naples, Italy.

2. Description of the Action Being Approved. Award a Firm Fixed Price contract for minor construction design-build services to RA International.

3. Description of Supplies/Services. Design-build services for a hardstand lodging building to house , and bathroom, shower, and laundry facilities with a contract completion date 335 days from issuance of a Notice to Proceed.

The estimated total value of the contract is to be funded with FY 26 O&MN as authorized by 10 USC 2805 Unspecified Minor Construction. Site 2 is located in a declared

Contingency zone and inside a geographical area of a named operation

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

10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(2), Unusual and compelling urgency.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority.

This action supports a U.S. Navy operated facility in Somalia, specifically Contingency Site

Location Mogadishu “Site 2”. This United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) directed posture facility provides

, and a subset of essential BOS is ‘basic life support’ facilities providing lodging and sanitation.

As cited above, DFARS 206.302-2(b) directs Contracting Officers to consider criteria at DFARS

PGI 206.302-2(b)(i) for use of Unusual and compelling urgency, when “Supplies, services, or construction needed at once because of fire, flood, explosion, or other disaster.”

The circumstances provided in DFARS 206.302-2(b) exist at the US Naval facility Site 2 in

Mogadishu, Somalia due to catastrophic flooding which resulted in an Emergency Declaration issued by Commander Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). The flooding caused damage requiring total facility demolition. This resulted in degraded BOS capacity on Site 2, which included condemnation (non-useable) of nearly all troop lodging, where those buildings were subsequently demolished (previously completed) and require replacement (this action).

While the flood in question occurred in May 2025, CJTF-HOA needed the intervening time to demolish the existing facilities, execute drainage and utility work so that the site will not flood in the future, and engage in planning and design for this Design-Build effort for which the

Performance Work Statement (PWS) was finalized on 22 January 2026. This action represents the first opportunity that CJTF-HOA has had to solicit this construction.

As required by FAR 6.302-2, rapid construction of a replacement lodging facility is of utmost urgency to restore on-premises basic life support at Site 2. Without lodging, no meaningful operations can resume at Site 2, which

. Lodging built under this J&A will support tenants identified in the

Statement of Requirements. Priority tenants for lodging would also include the Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Team (FRST) members. These service members are required to reside on the same premises of the FRST medical facility to be on-call to provide

24/7 emergency care to US personnel. Those FRST personnel are currently residing and operating which does not meet their collocation requirement, thereby potentially delaying delivery of emergency medical care to -personnel.

Cost avoidance: The USG is currently incurring in costs by operating temporary lodging, basic life support and FRST medical facility at . A new contract is anticipated to be awarded in the near future to extend the off-premises lodging arrangements at an expected monthly cost of . To compete, award, and mobilize a contractor for the construction of these lodging facilities would take four

(4) to six (6) months. Based on the most recent cost estimates, to continue the temporary lodging, basic life support and FRST facility off-premises for the duration of that competition. Additional cost avoidance will be achieved due to the expedited nature of the sole source procurement process compared to a potential lengthy competitive process and what is expected to be successful performance in a compressed timeframe from a pre-vetted contractor that is mobilization ready with a track record of successful performance.

RA International is already mobilized to Mogadishu with permanent operational capacity, holds current SAM and JCCS eligibility for immediate contract award and project execution, and is the only firm with a significant workforce that is already cleared under the requirements of

AFRICOM Instruction (ACI) 3203.15 FORCE PROTECTION SCREENING AND VETTING

FOR UNITED STATES INSTALLATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. As the PWS was only finalized on 22 January 2026, to now begin a full and open competition for the required construction would take at least 4 months to complete a 2-phase Design Build procurement, to be followed by several months of mobilization by the selected contractor, a timeline which would not meet the USG’s requirement to be out of rented lodging and fully operational back at Site 2 as soon as possible. RA International is the only contractor that is capable to immediately start work and avoid the additional 4 to 6 months of reduced mission capability, increased risk in medical treatment, and additional cost from maintaining the temporary facilities.

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

Market research was conducted between October 8th, 2025 and March 20th, 2026 to identify contractors capable of performing major flood recovery and construction services in Mogadishu, Somalia. The research was designed to find sources that could mobilize immediately to restore operational capability at Site 2. The research consisted of the following actions:

System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Review: A query was run in November 2025 in

SAM.gov for all entities registered under NAICS code 236220 (Commercial and Institutional

Building Construction) with active registrations indicating a principal place of business in

Somalia. The search returned 6 vendors registered to the NAICS code and located in Somalia. A cross search was then run in FPDS.gov to review their experience before investigating the firms further. Of those six vendors, four did not have any federal contracts, one did not have any construction contracts, and one did have construction contract experience in Somalia. However, the one vendor with construction contract experience currently holds a rating of “Unacceptable

Without Mitigation” in JCCS. Therefore, this vendor would not be eligible for award. The results of the SAM.gov review did not identify any eligible vendors based in Somalia.

Consideration of Existing Contracts: The Africa First Multi Award Construction Contract

(MACC) was considered. The scope of this contract specially indicates that it was designed and intended for work on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti with task order awards allowable at other locations in Africa at the Government’s discretion. However, of the 5 MACC awardees, 4 of the awardees are located in Djibouti and one is headquartered in the United States with its Africa projects focused on Camp Lemonnier. Therefore, the workforce for all of the MACC awardees is located in Djibouti and they would require a full mobilization to Somalia which would add significant cost and time to the project. The Global Contingency Construction (GCC) Contract was also considered; however, each of the six contract holders are based in the United States. An

EDA search has not identified any contract awards issued for work in Africa. Further, the GCC contract was used in 2025 for a solicitation in Somalia for a significantly larger project, but the

USG only received meaningful engagement from one contract holder during the pre-proposal period and ultimately received only one proposal. Finally, for a non-technically complex structure, it is not believed that this project would garner interest or engagement from any of the GCC contract holders. Therefore, while these companies are capable of executing the requirement, the mobilization time would be significantly longer than RA International who has their established base of operations in Mogadishu and that it is unlikely that the GCC contract holders would find interest in bidding on such a relatively small project.

Inter-Agency Inquiries: Inquiries were made with the NAVFAC EURAFCENT contracting office, the U.S. Embassy in Somalia, and other federal agencies with a presence in Mogadishu to identify capable local or regional contractors. Discussions with federal partners consistently identified three vendors that have been performing construction work in the MIA Green Zone:

RA International, . RA International is a construction contractor with experience performing in remote and austere environments, including the MIA

Green Zone.

. While both have performed some construction work in the MIA Green Zone, they are primarily not construction contractors. The immediacy of the Government’s need and the continuing nature of the injury means that the Government needs to sole source this work to one contractor; any sort of competition, even a limited one amongst RA International, , would result in an unacceptable delay with a continuing injury of being unable to meet mission, increased medical risk to personnel, in additional costs.

This multi-pronged research effort confirmed that while several firms are capable of general construction in the region, only one vendor, RA International, combines the mandatory, pre-existing JCCS vetting required for contract award with the capability of immediate mobilization enabled by their Mogadishu operations facility and warehouse, as well as a workforce of at least across a range of labor disciplines who have already been vetted through the ACI

3203.15. This vetting is required to access any of the Installations in Somalia and is critical to timely execution as this clearance process can routinely take 6-12 weeks for each individual. RA

International has had a significantly higher success rate with getting their personnel vetted and approved.

. This has resulted in four firms, all local to Mogadishu, to be prohibited from base. This underscores the complexity of hiring vetted personnel that can perform construction work in Mogadishu. RA

International’s success rate with providing vetted personnel demonstrates their capability to be ready to perform on day one of contract award. Additionally, RA International has significant positive past performance with U.S. Government entities within the Mogadishu International

Airport (MIA) Green Zone.

Finally, a Synopsis of the proposed action was posted to SAM.gov on 05 March 2026, stating that the intended sole source awardee “is expected to be able to mobilize and begin performance immediately upon award as they have a physical presence in Mogadishu, a significant workforce that is cleared and vetted by AFRICOM Instruction 3203.15, and an acceptable rating in the

JCCS system”, and cited the Government’s need for construction to start immediately upon award. There were 10 responses received in response to the Synopsis. Each of the 10 responses were assessed against the stated requirements of the sole source award and each of the 10 was found to be not capable for one or more reason.

A copy of this J&A will be published on SAM.gov. Any capability statements received will be evaluated. Should a source demonstrate the ability to meet the requirement within the necessary timeframe, this justification will be reconsidered.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost. The Contracting Officer will make a fair and reasonable price determination after receipt of contractor’s proposal.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Future Competition. For the reasons set forth in Paragraph 5, NAVFAC EURAFCENT has no plans at this time to compete future contracts for the types of supplies/services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, NAVFAC

EURAFCENT will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.