N6945012D1759_JA_TX.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEEERING COMMAND SOUTHEAST

JACKSONVILLE, FL 32212-0030

J&A No. N69450-18-0264

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity.

The Agency is the Department of the Navy. The contracting activity is Naval Facilities

Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE), Jacksonville, FL.

2. Description of Action Being Approved.

This justification requests approval to extend the contract completion date of the Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Medium Multiple Award Construction Contract (MACC) an additional 6 months.

Current completion date is September 11, 2018. Military construction project P5000, Consolidated

Communications Facility at Barksdale AFB, was programmed for this MACC and solicited on

January 2017. It was expected this project would be awarded in September 2017. However, bids received exceeded budgetary resources, thus delaying contract award date. Reprogramming of the project is currently underway but is not anticipated to be approved by the expiration date of this

MACC, on September 11, 2018. If this project was re-solicited, it would cause an unacceptable

18-month or longer delay in completion of this urgent and compelling project. Due to the current strong state of the construction industry in the Louisiana area, any delay would likely result in an adverse financial impact to the government, as there would likely be significant cost increases to the contractor proposals. The Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) would continue to operate with an unacceptable risk for communications interruptions due to partially substandard force protection.

3. Description of Supplies/Services.

NAVFAC SE procured a small business set-aside Design-build, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite

Quantity (IDIQ), Firm-Fixed Price MACC for the TX, LA, and MS area providing design and construction services to include labor, supervision, tools, materials and equipment, new construction, renovation, alteration and repair of facilities and infrastructure, roofing, demolition and routine renovations within the specified area.

The MACC was solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside. It was awarded September 12, 2013 comprising the following seven IDIQ contracts:

Komada, LLC (N69450-13-D-1767)

Kisaq, LLC (N69450-13-D-1768)

K-W Construction (N69450-13-D-1769)

Ikhana, LLC (N69450-13-D-1770)

Bristol General Contractors, LLC (N69450-13-D-1771)

LNV, Inc. (N69450-13-D-1774)

Engineering Design Technologies (N69450-13-D-1764)

The MACC has a base year period, four one-year option periods and is currently in the fourth option period. The contract expires on September 11, 2018.

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

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2), as implemented by FAR 6.302-2 – Unusual and Compelling Urgency.

5. Rationale Justifying use of Cited Statutory Authority.

No other courses of action will satisfy the requirement or be in the best interest of the Government in accordance with FAR 6.302-2 (b)(2), where delay in award of this project would result in serious injury, financial or other, to the Government.

The required services include design-build for Military Construction project P5000, Consolidated

Communications Facility at Barksdale AFB., with an estimated value of $26,000,000. This project is to construct an adequately sized and properly configured facility to house all the functions of the 2nd Communications Squadron. As part of the consolidation effort, the Command

Post and Crisis Action Team will also be located in this facility. This consolidation will provide the security of these two offices, as well as supporting their large communications requirements.

The existing facilities currently provide telephone and computer network service to over 7000 users. These users include the new Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Headquarters.

AFGSC is responsible for our nation’s intercontinental missile wings and the entire Air Force’s bomber force. If this project is not awarded, mission critical command and control (C2) communications which include Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN), Joint Worldwide

Intelligence Communications system (JWICS), Worldwide Secret Internet Protocol Router

Network and Local Secret Internet Protocol Router Networks, will continue to be subjected to an unacceptable risk for mission degradation due to substandard force protection and limited flexibility for future growth and expansion. This translates into a limited information assurance posture and the inability to operate and maintain critical C2 assets. These units provide direct support to the Nuclear Deterrence mission of the United States and the Air Force. No other projects will be awarded under this MACC.

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

The project identified herein will be continued to be competed among the seven TX, MS, and LA

MACC contractors. In accordance with FAR 6.305, the approved J&A will be posted on

FEDBIZOPS within 30 days after award of the contract modification.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost.

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost to the Government of the supplies/services covered by this J&A will be fair and reasonable based on the competitive nature of the action. This task order has already been competed among these responsible sources.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Future Competition.

A medium MACC (IDIQ) with a NTE amount of $99,000,000 is currently under source selection board review and expected to be awarded by 30 September 2018. Solicitation was issued using full and open competition after exclusion of sources. New projects that meet the requirements based on scope, location, and dollar value will be competed among the new MACC contractors.

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL N69450-18-0264

CONTRACT # N69450-13-D-1764/1767/1768/1769/1771/1774

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVALS

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS/FUNCTIONAL LEAD CERTIFICATION

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this

Justification and its supporting acquisition planning documents, except as noted herein, are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Technical Cognizance:

_____________________________ _(904) 542-6304___ ___________

William M. Bankhead Phone No. Date

Project Management Branch Head

Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:

I have reviewed this justification and found it legally sufficient.

____________________________ __(904 542-6653____ ___________

Javier Gonzalez Phone No. Date

Associate Counsel

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION:

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

____________________________ __(904) 542-6912___ ___________

Garry Murphy Phone No. Date

Contracting Officer

APPROVING OFFICIAL (NFAS 6.304)

Upon the basis of the above justification, I hereby approve, the solicitation of the proposed procurement described herein using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2), Unusual and Compelling Urgency.

____________________________ __(904) 542-6911____ ___________

Sandra White Phone No. Date

Chief of Contracting Office