Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Document Processing Support Services

NRC Division of Contracts intends to negotiate and award an extension to task order No. NRC-DR-33-08-301 with National Interest Advanced Solutions, LLC for a one year continuation of that task order until such time that a competitive follow-on contract is awarded and to allow a reasonable time for adjudication of any protest(s) that may result from that award.

This short-term "bridge" extension of the current GSA task order, pending completion of the competitive award of the follow-on procurement, is a logical follow-on to the original GSA task order in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C). The work to be performed is for the continued support for processing paper and electronic documents in ADAMS, and the original procurement was in accordance with applicable FSS ordering procedures and not done under sole-source or limited-sources procedures. Award to another source for this short term would most likely result in lapse of these vital services during the transition period and substantial duplication of costs to the Government that are not expected to be recovered through competition. It would be inefficient, uneconomical, and impractical to procure these follow-on services from, and transition to, another vendor for this short term, given the time required for personnel clearances and learning curve, only to turn around and immediately transition again to another vendor upon completion of the follow-on procurement.

As the incumbent, National Interest Advanced Solutions, LLC is the only source presently capable of providing continuity of these critical services during the "bridge" period. The services provided by National Interest Advanced Solutions, LLC under the aforementioned task order are vital to the agency's mission and assists the agency in managing unclassified, official programmatic and administrative records of lasting business value in an electronic system. National Interest Advanced Solutions, LLC has been providing service under this task order for over 5 years and possesses the in-depth comprehensive institutional knowledge to provide the uninterrupted and seamless transitional support needed until the follow-on competitive award is in place. Continuity of these services is critical to NRC until NRC can complete the competitive follow-on contract.