UrgencyJandA W519TC23C0039.pdf

Control No: 23-057 Contractor: High Prairie Services, LLC

Supply/Service: Army Cybersecurity Support Est Dollar Value:

Department of Army Justification and Approval for Other than

Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI) Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL 61299-8000.

2. Description of Action: The U.S. HQDA, DCS, G-6 Cybersecurity Integration and Synchronization Directorate and the OCIO Cybersecurity Directorate requested a firm-fixed-price contract on 05 July 2023 with High Prairie Services, LLC (HPS) using Fiscal Year 2023 Operation and Maintenance, Army funding.

ACC-RI competitively awarded Task Order W519TC-23-F-0085 to HPS under VETS 2 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) 47QTCH-18-D-0004 for ACYS in February 2023. Following the award, there were two Small Business Administration (SBA) protests and two Government Accountability Office (GAO) protests, both requiring a Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) stay. The first CICA stay resulted in a temporary stop work order, which caused a further delay to the customer receiving the critical services they needed. When the second GAO protest was issued, it was imperative to not have a continued break in services, as it would be harmful to the Government. ACC-RI awarded W519TC-23-C-0039 to HSP so the OCIO Cybersecurity Directorate can obtain the services it needs while the protests are resolved.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The OCIO and DCS G6 lead Army network modernization to deliver timely, trusted, and shared information for the Army and its mission partners. It is the responsibility of OCIO and G6 to provide a secure, integrated, standards-based environment that ensures uninterrupted global access and enables collaboration and decisive action throughout all operational phases across all environments. This effort requires support for cybersecurity tasks that implement Army Regulation 25-2, Army Cybersecurity, and its governing Department of Defense Directives and Instructions, as the Department of the Army OCIO and DCS G-6 are both headquarters (HQ) levels of Military Service Directorates. The associated Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the ACYS provides for subject matter expertise that runs the gamut of both organizations, including but not limited to: providing Executive Assistant and Staff Action Control Officer (SACO) support for both Directors; providing vital support for the Army’s cybersecurity Risk Management Framework 2.0 via policy drafting and implementation; and assisting in scripting and shaping Zero Trust initiatives that currently influence most U.S. Intelligence Agencies.

The agency is procuring contractor support to assist the OCIO/DCS G6 in accomplishing its mission and the contractor is required to provide the following services:

Program Management (PM)

Supply/Service: Army Cybersecurity Support Est Dollar Value:

8. Market Research: Market research was conducted for the ACYS requirement in September of 2021 by releasing a Request for Information (RFI) to industry via General Services Administration (GSA). Based on a draft PWS, the USG asked industry how likely they would be to submit a proposal on the requirement and 157 companies indicated that they would potentially respond to a solicitation. The respondents indicated that this requirement could be awarded through multiple contracts vehicles, to include GSA Multiple Award Schedule, 8A STARS 3, Alliant 2, and VETS 2 GWAC.

An additional RFI was released on Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS), Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – 3 Services in November 2021, resulting in 29 responses. However, due to the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code being unavailable via CHESS, the applicable NAICS code for this requirement was not available on CHESS an Information Technology Approval System waiver was obtained.

However, as described in paragraph 5, no other contractor could meet the Government’s need in the time available.

9. Interested Sources: To date, no other sources have expressed a written interest in this requirement.

10. Other Facts:

Contract: W519TC-23-F-0085 Contractor: High Prairie Services, LLC Award Date: 17 February 2023 Competitive Status: Competed IAW Fair Opportunity Procedures

Contract: W52P1J-16-C-0074 Contractor: BAH Award Date: 28 September 2016 Competitive Status: Competed using Full and Open Competition

Supply/Service: Army Cybersecurity Support Est Dollar Value:

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of ACYS, after the fact, on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C.3204(a)(2), subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

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