JA REM Services Approved_Redacted.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SYSTEMS COMMAND SOUTHWEST

750 PACIFIC HIGHWAY

SAN DIEGO CA 92132-5190

J&A No.

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity.

Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest

(NAVFAC SW), San Diego, California.

2. Description of the Action Being Approved.

Approval is requested to award a sole-source General Services Administration (GSA) task order via a bridge action to Lindahl Reed, Inc., for Resource Efficiency Management

(REM) services at Marine Corps Installations West and Navy Region Southwest locations.

3. Description of Supplies/Services.

The proposed REM Services task order will provide all labor, supervision, management, tools, travel, material, and equipment necessary, to perform REM services in support of energy and water resiliency, efficiency and conservation programs for Navy and Marine

Corps installations in the NAVFAC SW area. REM services enhance energy and water resiliency for critical missions by identifying, executing, and managing projects that ensure continuous power during primary grid disruptions. This capability directly supports mission continuity, warfighting readiness, and lethality. A secondary objective is to implement commercial solutions to manage and reduce energy and water consumption and demand. REM services include but are not limited to:

• Identification of energy gaps that affect critical mission requirements;

• Support of ; and

• Contributing to the annual Installation Energy Plan Summary document, which outlines an installation’s energy gaps, projects, and resiliency plans.

This task order will cover REM services across multiple installations, to include: Marine

Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

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Installations Command (CNIC). Due to evolving mission requirements , the acquisition strategy has changed multiple times, which compressed the acquisition timeline. With less than 30 days remaining in the current task order’s period of performance, a full competitive award prior to expiration is unachievable. The NAVFAC

PW Core Team has been directed to execute this 12-month bridge to allow time for CNIC to develop a requirement package to be sent to for the follow-on procurement.

REM services are essential to Public Works Department (PWD) operations and NAVFAC

SW mission requirements. A lapse in coverage will cause immediate, severe operational disruptions:

• Mission Readiness & Grid Resilience: Compromises continuous power reliability during utility outages and exposes critical control infrastructure— including Facility Related Control Systems (FRCS), Direct Digital Controls

(DDC), and microgrids—to operational failure or physical damage due to lack of visibility and coordination of specialized maintenance.

• Project Execution: Increases construction and delays contract awards across active energy resilience projects.

• Statutory Compliance: Results in non-compliance with mandatory federal energy data calls and reporting taskers.

• Workforce Strain: PWD lacks internal capacity to absorb these technical functions without inducing severe backlogs in primary facility engineering duties.

Lindahl Reed, Inc. is currently fully mobilized across all four installations and is the only source capable of delivering uninterrupted service. Transitioning to a new vendor requires a minimum 60-day phase-in period, making any immediate alternative infeasible.

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

Due to the unusual and compelling nature of this requirement, there is not sufficient time to solicit offers from other sources. Lindahl Reed, Inc. is currently on-site and fully mobilized; no other vendor can perform the REM services without a transition-related service gap. Comprehensive market research will support the subsequent competitive follow-on contract.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost.

The Contracting Officer has determined the anticipated cost to the Government of the services covered by this Justification and Approval (J&A) will be fair and reasonable.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Future Competition.

This sole-source bridge action is a temporary measure to prevent a critical service gap while finalizes a long-term, competitive follow-on contract for REM services

(projected award by July 25, 2027). This action creates no barriers to future competition;

rather, it secures the necessary procurement lead time to complete market research, refine requirements, and execute a fully competitive solicitation.