J AMICC2015-8Redacted.pdf

MICC Control No.: 2015 - 8 Control Number Hood: 2015-02

JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENT

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Test Support Services for the United States Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC), Fort Hood, TX

1. CONTRACTING AGENCY: Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)- Fort Hood, Contracting Division, 1001 761st Tank Battalion Ave, Room W103, Fort Hood, TX 76544-5025

2. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: Request approval to extend the current Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) bridge contract for 100 days from 25 October 2014 to 3 February 2014 for test support services at Fort Hood, Texas. Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funds are available for this action upon contract award. The estimated value for the extension is

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: U.S. Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC) has a statutory mission to conduct independent operational tests for material and equipment prior to full scale production in accordance with 10 U.S. Code Section 2399. This contract provides services in support of USAOTC test mission. The contractor provides all labor, management, supervision, supplies, materials, equipment, and tools, not otherwise provided as government furnished property (GFP), to perform the non-personal services required to support the operational test, data collection, and experimentation mission of the USAOTC.

The contractor is also required to perform testing, data collection, and experimentation in support of combined developmental and operational test, joint and multi-service tests, training activities, and other Department of Defense (DOD) activities. The contract consists of the following general requirements:

a. Test operations support that includes test planning, field test support, data collection and reduction, data base management, and support for test report preparations.

b. Test operations logistics support that involves the preparation and maintenance, as required, of the test site.

c. Maintenance and non-developmental item (NDI) enhancement to existing test instrumentation systems that are provided to the contractor as GFP.

d. Maintenance and dispatch services for test support vehicles and generator fleet.

e. Design and build prototype instrumentation and brackets, and build or have built designed items. Write software and firmware as required.

4. AUTHORITY CITED: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Needs.

5. REASON FOR AUTHORITY CITED: The extension of this current contract is necessary to provide continued support for ongoing operational test activities and test support for multiple Army and Department of Defense level programs executed by USAOTC during the period required to complete GAO protest review of the competitive follow-on contract award.

a. Justification:

There are currently over fifteen (15) tests being supported by the bridge contract including the Business Information Training Modernization Auditability Program (BITMAP), Integrated Personnel and Pay System- Army (IPPS –A), Nett Warrior, Husky Mounted Detection System (HMDS), Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), Forward Operational Assessment (FOA), Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), Medium Mine Protected Vehicle (MMPV1), Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio (MNVR), Network Integration Event (NIE) Logistics, and the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T).

If the current bridge contract is allowed to expire USAOTC will be unable to continue operational testing in accordance with its program’s approved acquisition schedule – which would constitute mission failure in meeting its statutory requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.

Code sections 139 and 2399. Mission failure is not an option. Award of a contract to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition.

Direct test support for ongoing tests has an estimated cost of $6.8 million during this extension period. The incumbent contractor, Combined Technical Services (CTS) is in-place and performing the on-going tests and its personnel are familiar with required contract terms and conditions. There will be no degradation of services in this highly technical requirement.

Another contractor does not have sufficient equipment and trained manpower readily available on short notice to seamlessly assume the performance of these ongoing services. Additionally, award of a short term contract would result in substantial non-recoverable duplicative costs for verification of data, changes in personnel, familiarization with on-going tests estimated to be $6.8 million that would not be recaptured through competition. Extending this contract with CTS for 100 days is in the best interest of the Government .

b. Alternatives –

(1) Suspension of Contract support. The support services provided by the test support contractor are ongoing and critical to mission accomplishment. Suspension of the test support services would cause major, if not critical, disruption to the USAOTC’s mission. Therefore, this alternative is not viable.

(2) Use of In-House Resources. The USAOTC relies heavily on contracted test support services. USAOTC lacks sufficient manpower, technical expertise and resources to perform the required test support services. This alternative is also not viable.

(3) Award a competitive contract. A re-award of a competitive contract was awarded on

24 September 2014. A GAO protest of that award was filed on 6 October 2014.

6. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION: N/A. This is an extension on an interim bridge contract to continue services through the 100 day period required for resolution of a GAO protest of the recently awarded competitive follow-on contract.

7. ACTIONS TO INCREASE COMPETITION: See paragraph 6, above

8. MARKET RESEARCH: Market research was completed for this requirement on 15 April 2014, and sources evaluated for their ability to support this requirement.

a. This requirement is for non-commercial services. Therefore, FAR 8.002 and its subparagraphs are not applicable to this requirement.

b. AbilityOne impact study results – It was determined that AbilityOne resources would not be practical for this requirement. AbilityOne’s Program was considered for the motor pool operations requirement only (fleet management), during the follow-on market research.

AbilityOne appeared to be more than capable of managing motor pool operations. However, they did not appear capable of supporting other test support requirements such as the operational testing, experimentation and modeling/simulation mission support. The operational test support mission requires the contractor to manage motor pool fleet vehicle maintenance requirements, support test planning/test execution requirements and provide all logistical test support requirements. USAOTC’s test support vehicle management, logistical support, testing and evaluation are all so integrally linked they cannot be separated without losing responsive test support capabilities. AbilityOne is not capable of meeting all contract test support services requirements that are contained in the PWS.

c. GSA e-Library was searched and based on the test support services requirement being non-commercial, there were no contract categories found for utilizing the term “test support services.”

d. Market research was conducted on Thomas Register utilizing the terms “test support services,” there were no results returned for the term used in the search.

9. INTERESTED SOURCES: N/A.

10. OTHER FACTS:

a. Procurement History: There have been a number of interim actions issued periodically subsequent to the original follow-on award that have mitigated impact to protests.

b. Acquisition data availability: N/A.

11. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance included in this Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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12. MANAGEMENT REVIEW/APPROVAL: The requirement herein described is a valid requirement for the activity named in this Justification. The technical and requirements information contained in this Justification represent the minimum needs of the Government. The only way to satisfy this requirement is by limiting the competition as described herein.

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13. FAIR AND REASONABLE COST DETERMINATION: I hereby anticipated price for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. The rates will be based on those currently determined to be fair and reasonable for the contract, subject to adjustments resulting from revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor or other adjustments determined to be fair and reasonable considering that the contract has been in effect more than a year at the time of this extension.

14. PROCURING CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION: I certify that this Justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby confirm my verbal agreement for proceeding into negotiations on 14 Oct 2014 and approve the procurement of a 100 day extension for an estimated $6.8 million to the incumbent CTS for Test Support Services on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Needs, subject to the availability of funds and provided that the services herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

Signature:

Date: 10/22/2014 Dean M. Carsello Advocate for Competition US Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Ft Sam Houston TX

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