Avian Productivity and Survivorship

 

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

1. Agency/Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401

2. Description of Action:

Nature: New Requirement Follow-on Requirement
Mod to Existing Purchase Order/Contract Number I

Pricing: Firm-Fixed Price Time & Materials
Funds: OMA Other Funds:

Name of Proposed Contractor(s): Institute for Bird Populations
Street Address: PO Box 1346
City, State, Zip: Point Reyes Station, CA, 94956
Phone: 505-870-3735

3. Description of Services or Supplies:

The total estimated value of the proposed action is $ 156,056.00 for Base year and two option periods.

The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program comprises a continent - wide network of hundreds of constant-effort mist netting stations. Analyses of the resulting banding data provide critical information relating to the ecology, conservation, and management of North American land bird populations, and the factors responsible for changes in their populations. IBP is the proprietor of such data. Gathering baselin e
informat ion on existing biological resources is a critical step in the formulation of long-term monitoring strategies. To help decide how to best allocate scarce resources to avian monitoring efforts, land managers often require detailed information about the current diversity, distribution, and abundance of birds that depend on the lands they manage.
According ly, IBP has established its Avian Inventory Program which assists biologists and land managers overseeing national parks and other public lands by designing and implementing scientifically sound avian inventory projects. In 1990, Congress passed legislation establishing the Legacy Resource Management Program to provide financial assistance to the Department of Defense (DoD) efforts to preserve our natural and cultural heritage. The program assists DoD in protecting and enhancing resources while supporting military readiness. Since 1990, TBP has provided DoD installations with reports summarizing regional and program -wide results of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship {MAPS) Program using data from over 400 MAPS stations annually operated in a constant-effort manner and have detected significant findings in population dynamics among regions.

 

4. Authority: Action using simplified acquisition procedures:

FAR 6.302-3: IAW 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3).

(1) Full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order--

(i) To maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer, or other supplier available for furnishing supplies or services in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization,

(ii) To establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center, or

(iii) To acquire the services of an expert or neutral person for any current or anticipated litigation or dispute.

5. Reasons for Authority Cited: Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Stations contract identifies the following reasons for sole source: MAPS is a breeding bird monitoring program conducted on over 500 stations Nationwide. This program is a major component of DoD's Partners in Flight interagency songbird conservat i on initiative. DoD has a standing relationship with the nonprofit organization, the Institute for Bird Populations (IBP), to train volunteers for MAPS station .completion and oversight. The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) is the principle investigator for DoD/MAPS monitoring. They are a nonprofit organization who developed the protocol/database and are dedicated to establish, coordinate, and manage the data for the entire MA PS program. All MAPS monitoring must be conducted through this established program due to proprietary database. IBP has conducted fort Bragg MAPS stations via sole source contracts at both the DoD and Bragg levels since l 995. In such a capacity they have developed extensive volunteer assistance pools for use on Fort Bragg with this combination contract/volunteer program.

6. Actions to Increase Competition: The requirement of these services cannot reasonably be met by a new solicitation because of the lack of knowledge and availability of proprietary database. There is no other source equally qualified to provide necessary requirements.

7. Market Research: A sources sought was posted on Federal Business Opportunities website on March 3, 2018 and closed March 13, 2018. There were no responses from interested parties that could perform the work.

8. Procurement History:

Previous Purchase Order(s) or Contract(s): Yes No

If "Yes", for each purchase order or contract provide:
Purchase order or contract number: W912HN-16-P-0032

Was action competed? Yes No

9. Additional Facts and/or Information to support the justification. This is a purchase order requiring experience and access to a unique database for management of monitoring avian populations. In accordance with FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii), "For DOD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, services may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of follow-on contracts for the continued prov ision of highly specialized services when it is likely that award to any other source would result in (A) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition or (B) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements."

10. Technical / Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which is included in this abbreviated J&A is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Submitted by:

Thomas E. Woodie (Name -Typed)

Digitally signed by WOODIE.THOMAS.ERIC.1053458609 DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA,
cn=WOODIE.THOMAS.ERIC.1053458609 Date: 2018.03.30 15:34:08 -04'00'
Chief of Reimbursable Programs and Project Management
30 Mar 2018 (Date) thomas.e.woodie@usace.army.mil (Email Address)

11. Fair and Reasonable Price Determination: As contracting officer, I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. Basis for the determination is as follows: The price of this contract will be less than the price associated with W912HN-16-P-0032.

 

12. Small Business: I certify that I have reviewed this document and supporting data and concur with the findings.

Typed Name: Leila Hollis

Date: 02 Apr 2018

 

Digitally signed by HOLLIS.LEILA.1229930300

DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA, cn=HOLLIS.LEILA.1229930300
Date: 2018.04.02 12:31:40 -04'00'

 

13. Legal Review (IAW UAI 1.602-2-100 (b)): I have reviewed this justification and find it legally sufficient.

Legal Counsel

Typed Name: E.J. Colbert

Date:
Digitally signed by COLBERT.ELDRIES.J.1229985457 DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA, cn=COLBERT.ELDRIES.J.1229985457

Signature:

85457

Date: 2018.04.03 09:00:12 -04'00'

 

15. Contracting Officer's Approval (actions less than $650K): I hereby certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. Based on the foregoing, I approve this sole source justification subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services and supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

 

Digitally signed by GOOLSBY.ADRIAN.EUGENE.1066472376
DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA, cn=GOOLSBY.ADRIAN.EUGENE.1066472376 Date: 2018.04.03 14:39:59 -04'00'

NAME: Adrian E. Goolsby
TITLE: Procuring Contracting Officer

DATE: 3 APRIL 2018