20D5037_JA26-39 Bridge_10Dec25_Redacted.pdf

J&A No. 26-39 topographical survey, geotechnical investigation, hazardous material survey, Munitions of Explosive Concern survey, hydrographic survey, and others; Collateral Equipment Buy Packages; Comprehensive Interior Design (CID) including Structural Interior Design (SID) and Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF&E); and Post Construction Award Services

(PCAS).

FAI is performing work under existing task orders issued under this A-E services IDIQ to support the

It is anticipated this work will require mission-critical modifications with expected award amounts totaling as follows.

Table 1

Task Order Number

Description Amount

FAI is the designer of record (DOR) for the engineering assessment study. Modifications are required for additional geotechnical investigations ( ), to complete the DBB RFP consisting of plans, specifications, cost estimate ( ), and for PCAS ( ).

FAI is the designer of record (DOR) for the engineering assessment study. Modifications are required to complete the DBB RFP consisting of plans, specifications, cost estimate ( ), and for PCAS ( ).

TOTAL

The pending actions shown in Table 1 above will require an increase in the contract not-to-exceed amount by , rounded to $30,000,000 as follows:

Table 2

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

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is Title 10 USC § 3204(a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.302-1 – Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority.

A bridge contract is necessary to allow time for NAVFAC Hawaii to complete the ongoing procurement of the replacement IDIQ contract. The original synopsis action for the new procurement was posted in September 2025, with an SF330 response due date in October 2025 which was amended to November 2025.

ue to this delay, the new procurement is now anticipated to be awarded no later than May 2026. The SBSA Utility Engineering Services IDIQ contract is the only existing contract vehicle that allows for the procurement of

. Without this contract vehicle, there is a high risk of until the new SBSA Utility Engineering Services IDIQ contract is awarded. This contract is critical to ensure are executed in support of NAVFAC Hawaii’s mission and operational capability. It is necessary and will be most efficient and cost effective to use the existing contract, N62478-20-D-5037 to secure future projects until the new IDIQ contract is awarded.

The original contract awarded to FAI was set aside for small business pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 1101, Selection of Architects and Engineers, as implemented by FAR 36.6. The statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1) applies as an award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that are not expected to be recovered through competition and would create unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements as implemented at FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii) for the following reasons.

FAI has the requisite knowledge and experience to provide design and engineering services to complete the above projects. These projects involve specialized knowledge and experience with facilities and supporting systems for . FAI has provided similar specialized designs for these types of facilities in other locations and has extensive experience at JBPHH and Navy Region Hawaii. Continuing to use FAI would result in only one interpretation of the designs, thereby ensuring continuity and integrity of the design intent towards the final designs. Using a different A-E will incur unnecessary, additional delays and costs, and potential quality inconsistencies which may lead to the need for further normalizations. Failure to award these requirements timely will ultimately result in detriment to the mission to support our warfighters as there are no other contracting tools available within NAVFAC Hawaii that will satisfy these time-sensitive and critical requirements. In addition, the start-up costs for other A-E firms to familiarize themselves with the projects and customer requirements are prohibitive and cannot be recouped through the qualifications-based A-E Selection process. The start-up costs include meetings with end-users and other Government entities; site field investigations; environmental assessments; reviews of studies; and a complete revalidation of the concept design.

Award of task orders under this IDIQ contract can be accomplished in three to six months, whereas a stand-alone competitive contract action is anticipated to take from ten to 13 months, depending on the estimated value. The associated administrative cost for Government personnel (acquisition and technical) to re-procure and re-administer this effort would also result in a substantial duplication of costs estimated at a minimum of

. Duplicative time required to verify the original assessment and design are estimated to be approximately six to eight months and would create unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Navy’s mission need dates.

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

A synopsis of the proposed contract modification was not published in Contract Opportunities (at SAM.gov), pursuant to the exception FAR 5.202(a)(11), where this proposed contract action is made under the terms of an existing contract that was previously synopsized in sufficient detail to comply with the requirements of FAR 5.207. A formal market survey was not conducted as it is not practicable for the reasons discussed in paragraph 5 above, for any firm other than FAI to provide the required follow-on work for additional design and PCAS services, due to the highly specialized nature of A-E services.

The Government conducted market research by considering other A-E firms under existing current IDIQ contracts and A-E firms that have SF330s Architect-Engineer Qualifications on file with NAVFAC Hawaii as available sources to potentially solicit these design and PCAS requirements. After a technical evaluation of three firms’ qualifications, no firms were identified or determined to be more highly qualified than FAI for the requirements for these projects. It is also believed that no other firm will express a serious interest in the work if that firm is required to assume responsibility and liability for a design that was prepared by another firm.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost.

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

8. Action to Remove Barriers to Future Competition.

NAVFAC Hawaii anticipates removing barriers to future competition through award of a new IDIQ for Utility Projects, which will be solicited on a small business set-aside basis with projected award in the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026.