Sole Source Justification - Northwind Redacted.pdf

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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Section A: General Contract Information

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan? Yes No

Contracting Activity: 1 SOCONS/PKA

Project/Program Name: Advanced SERE Training

Purchase Request / Local ID Number:

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options):

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

Culmination exercise to incorporate techniques learned using each of the devices.

on vehicle acquisition operations to include vehicle entry, small boat, aircraft, trucks, and heavy equipment to include hot wiring, device construction, domestic and foreign variants, cache operations and vehicle escape. Conduct training on foreign restraints. to plan for and conduct a tactical evasion and recovery exercise that allows the practice of every technique learned throughout the course and that spans over at least one day and one night allowing students to see cradle to grave capture, escape, recovery operations.

Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source or Brand Name

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Specialists are continually deployed, deploying, or preparing for a future operations. Due to time constraints and availability, this training must be accomplished prior to

Market research results have validated that only one source is capable of satisfying this requirement through their ability to meet all 20 of the major Advanced SERE training objectives. Northwind Security Consultants is the only company that meets the requirements of the Advanced SERE training objectives that mirror the austere environments and devices found in the countries that . Other companies were surveyed and evaluated. The other companies did not offer foreign device training, vehicle training, and/or a combination of both with a thorough exercise and evaluation. Additionally, no other known vendor has a facility that exposes trainees to the required environmental conditions in a non-geographically separated facility. Any variation to the environmental exposure, tactics, techniques, procedures, or devices used in foreign environments will degrade the training experience and render it technically unacceptable.

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

Multiple sources were contacted to promote maximum competition. A sources sought notice was posted to BetaSAM commencing 10 February 2020 through 24 February 2020. The following five companies responded to the sources sought notice: It was determined by the technical SME that the aforementioned companies would not be able to fully satisfy all of the training objectives for this requirement. Refer to the Market Research Report, Section E for a detailed analysis/evaluation capturing specific technical elements of the SOW that each of the aforementioned companies were unable to meet.

The customer submitted their independent market research with the requirements package, highlighting that Northwind Security Consultants is the only company that can meet all of the required aspects of this requirement. The customer also surveyed Patriot Defense Group and Tate Inc. during their independent market research efforts. After a further evaluation of the capabilities and capacity of Patriot Defense Group and Tate Inc., the determination was made that both companies were unable to fulfill all of the required technical elements of this acquisition. Northwind Security Consultants was determined to be the only company that possesses the capabilities to meet all of the technical elements required to satisfy the Government's need for this acquisition.

Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source or Brand Name Awards

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The Government will continue to survey the market and confer with Functional Area Managers periodically to determine if additional sources become available on the commercial market. Additionally, the customer will conduct vendor searches via Internet search engines to identify potential sources capable of satisfying the Government's need for Advanced SERE training.

Section F: Contracting Officer's Determination

I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is reasonably available.