N4008513D4407_JA_13D4407_Redacted.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND, MID-ATLANTIC

9742 MARYLAND AVENUE

NORFOLK, VA 23511-3095

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

J&A ML-I 8-44

28 September 2018

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity: The contracting activity is Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia. The contracting office is the Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division of the Public Works Department Philadelphia, located at the Philadelphia a Naval Business Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2. Description of the Action Being Approved: Award of a six (6) month extension to Contract N40085-13-D-4407, West Virginia Naval Operations Support Center maintenance for custodial and pest control services in Eleanor, West Virginia. This extension is necessary for the continuation of services while a new 8(a) small business contractor is award the follow-on contract.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, material, supplies, equipment, tools and other items necessary to provide custodial and pest control type services for Navy Operations Support Center in Eleanor, West Virginia.

The extension will be a firm fixed price action for a period of six (6) months from 01 October 2018 to and including 31 March 2019 in the total amount of

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition: l O U.S.C.

2304(c)(2); FAR 6.302-2, Unusual and compelling urgency. Contracting without providing for full and open competition under this acquisition may be accomplished pursuant to the authority of IO U.S.C. 2304(c)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation paragraph 6.302-2, Unusual and Compelling Urgency. The agency's need for these services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals and waiver synopsis requirements pursuant to FAR 5.202(a)(2)

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority: The existing contract was an 8(a) set aside and awarded to TMG Services, Inc. for a contract term not to exceed 60 months.

Market research was conducted to determine if sources capable of satisfying the requirement exist, resulting in a reasonable expectation that competition would be obtained if the requirement was set aside for 8(a) firms. An offering letter was sent to SBA on 12 September 2018 and it has not been accepted due to the potential contractor, Action Facilities Management, Inc. having already graduated from the 8(a) small business program.