W911SA-17-R-0008_JA_reduacted.pdf

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Control No: 2017-22 Contractor: VSE Corporation

Supply/Service: Logistics Readiness Support Services

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR PART 6 JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR

OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Program/Equipment: Logistics Readiness Support Services for the 88th Regional Support Command.

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

Amount: $2,800,000.00

Prepared by:

DSN:

Contract Specialist Date: 27 Jan 2017

Procuring Contracting Officer:

Contracting Officer Date: 27 Jan 2017 Email:

Technical/Requirements Representative:

Phone:

Supervisory Maintenance Management Specialist Date: 27 Jan Email:

Management Representative:

Deputy Director of Logistics, 88th RSC Date: 27 Jan 2017 Email:

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Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support other than full and open competition.

Deputy Director of Logistics, 88th RSC:

Name: DSN:

Local Small Business Specialist:

Date: see electronic signature

Local Legal Counsel:

Division Chief:

Director, MICC Fort McCoy:

Name:

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FAR Part 6 Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity: MICC-Fort McCoy, 1108 South R Street, Ft. McCoy, WI 54656

2. Description of Action: 88th Regional Support Command (RSC) requests a firm-fixed-price with cost-reimbursement line items bridge contract with VSE, 6348 Walker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22310. The Government projects award for January 2017 and fiscal year 2017, OMAR funds will be used. An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 207.103(d)(i)(B).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment and transportation necessary to provide Logistics Readiness Support Services to perform and assist with Property Accountability, Vehicle Operations and Supporting Functions, Maintenance Management Services, and Storage Site Operations. at various locations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Utah, and Washington for the 88th RSC, in strict accordance with the terms and conditions specified within the contract and in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. The scope of work for the action will remain unchanged from the established contract W911SE-07-D- 0017-1U01.

Period of Performance:

Base Period: 1 Feb 17 to 31 Jul 17 Value: $2,708,915.37

4. Authority Cited: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: The incumbent contractor, VSE Corporation, is the only responsible source for satisfying the 88th Regional Support Command’s mission essential logistic readiness support services in the relatively short timeframe remaining before the expiration of the current contract W911SE-07-D-0017-1U01.

a. Authority Cited. As described at FAR 6.302-1, When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for.

On 14 March 2016, MICC – Fort McCoy received notification from GAO that a protest was filed on 14 March 2016 by XOTech, LLC for solicitation number W911SA-15-R- 0014, which was to satisfy Logistic Readiness Support Services for locations under the 63rd RSC area of responsibility. The notification required a stay of performance for W911SA-16-D-0004 which is a follow-on to contract to W911SE-07-D-0017-1U02. On

16 March 2016, another GAO protest was filed by White's Paint Blast, LLC. The government implemented corrective action which was completed on 29 June 2016. On 30 June 2016, offerors were notified of the results of the corrective action. XOTech requested and received information on why they did not receive the award 8 July 2016.

On 13 July 2016, MICC – Fort McCoy received notification from GAO (B-412852.3) that a protest was filed on 13 July 2016 by XOTech LLC. The notification required another stay of performance for W911SA-16-D-0004. The stay in performance and the imminent expiration of the current effort did not provide time to publish, assess market results, and to solicit and award a follow-on contract under normal processing. On 06 October 2016, the Outcome Prediction was received and the government initiated corrective action and began efforts to reissue the solicitation. The corrective action was to terminate contract W911SA-16-D-0004, re-evaluate the requirement, and re-solicit the requirement for a re-compete.

The requirement for the 88th Regional Support Command requirement is very similar and the solicitation was written in the same manner as the 63rd Regional Support Command requirement. At the time the Outcome Prediction was received, the solicitation for the 88th requirement completed the required reviews on 28 Sep 16 and was ready to post to Federal Business Opportunities. As a result of the Outcome Predication on the 63rd Regional Support Command award received on 6 October 2016, the government determined that it was necessary to change the recently reviewed 88th RSC solicitation to incorporate the same corrective action that was identified for the 63rd

RSC requirement.

The current contractor, VSE, has all required tools and highly trained employees on board that have been supporting the 88th RSC for the previous two contracts, over seven years in the multiple locations required for performance. There will be no delay of support at this critical location and the government is currently providing oversight.

The current contractor provides services at numerous Government Owned/Government Operated (GO/GO) facilities, to include 6 each Equipment Concentration Sites (ECS), the 88th RSC Headquarters, and 1 each Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA).

One of those ECS locations is ECS-67, Fort McCoy, WI, where the large scale exercises take place to include WAREX and CSTX. The contractor provides services that support these large scale exercises which require the issue and turn-in of thousands of pieces of equipment between March and August each year. Furthermore, the contractor provides administrative and technical functions which aid in the completion of day to day operations to include property book accountability, equipment work order processes, unit owned equipment inventories, repair parts procurement/issue and distribution, equipment PMCS, equipment exercises, equipment movement, and warehousing operations.

A lapse in services would cause an inability to maintain the current levels of maintenance support, storage support, and property book support throughout the 88th RSC region and put us in a situation that would not only place the large scale exercise support for FY17 in jeopardy, but also the support of our customers that utilize our ECSs for maintenance and storage support as well.

b. Alternatives. There are no alternatives that will meet this requirement.

Suspending contract support would bring mission degradation to all of our ECSs, the large scale exercises, and prevent efforts to increase unit readiness throughout the 88th RSC region. Decreased unit owned equipment readiness will not meet Army Leadership new training guidance in which unit readiness is a priority.

c. A six (6) month bridge contract is required to continue performance while the requirement is re-competed. As stated above, on 06 October 2016 MICC – Fort McCoy received an Outcome Prediction from GAO on B-412852.3 for the similar 63rd RSC requirement and at that time, it was determined that re-writing the solicitation for the 88th requirement was necessary.

d. Impact. A lack of contract support would cause mission degradation within the 88th RSC Region. It would have an adverse effect to property accountability, maintenance operations, and unit owned equipment readiness. If there was a break in service, the equipment readiness for the Army Reserve units supported by the 88th RSC would decrease every month that the contractor is not providing this service, the accountability of stored equipment would be degraded, the equipment support for large scale exercises would be at risk, and the 88th RSC would lose property accountability of the AMSA and ECS facilities which are currently scheduled for inventory.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition:

a. Effective Competition: This interim action is a result of the Outcome Prediction received from GAO on the similar 63rd RSC requirement and is anticipated to allow time for revisions to the solicitation for this requirement which will result in a competitive solicitation that includes effective competition and reflects the current requirement. As sources sought synopsis was posted 4 January 2017 and closed 8 January 2017.

b. Subcontract Competition: The current contractor is a Large Business and has performed adequately in accordance with their approved subcontract plan that emphasized optimal competition.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: The follow-on contract for this requirement will be fully advertised and will be competed as Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources. This interim action provides time to re-write the solicitation, and solicit the updated requirement as a result of the Outcome Prediction received from GAO on 06 October 2016 on the similar 63rd RSC requirement. This will ensure that the competition will be conducted correctly while fostering a competitive environment.

8. Market Research: Significant market research will be accomplished prior to the solicitation of the follow-on action. It is anticipated that there will be robust competition as evidenced by the fact that on the similar 63rd requirement had numerous offerors submitting proposals. Additional capabilities statements have been documented on behalf of the incumbent contractor.

9. Interested Sources: A sources sought synopsis was posted 4 January 2017 and closed 8 January 2017; three capabilities statements were received. All three vendors submitting capability statements appear to have the necessary experience to accomplish the requirement; however, due to the short timeframe in which full performance would be required (1 Feb 2017), it is unfeasible that these vendors will be able to ramp up in time to meet the requirement resulting in unacceptable delays for the agency.

10. Other Facts:

Procurement History:

Contract: W911SE-07-D-0017-1U01 Contractor: VSE Corporation Award Date: 20 Sept 13 Competitive Status: Fair Opportunity

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11. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Supervisory Maintenance Management Specialist

12. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the just ification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Deputy Director of Logistics, 88th RSC

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. The incumbent contractor has been performing the required services for the past five years with efficiencies gained while meeting changing mission requirements. This determination will be made using the price analysis conducted at the time of award of

W91 1SE-07-D-0017-1U01. As a part of this basis, certified cost or pricing data w ill not be required and the exception at FAR 15.403-1(b) applies since the prices that will be agreed upon are based on adequate price competition. At the time of award of

W911SE-07-D -0017-1U01, there was adequate competition and the new contract price is the same pricing that was evaluated for option period two on W911SE-07-D-0017-

1U01 with the exception of a wage determination and collective barging agreement increase .

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Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of interim logistic support services from VSE Corporation at an estimated amount of $2.8 million on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

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SCOTT D. KUKES

Special Advocate for Competition US Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Sam Houston, TX

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