EFO - SAP Platform N+1 Environment Build and Validation

The Defense Logistics Agency intends to award a sole-source task order under contract SP4709-24-F-0079 to a contractor for SAP Platform N+1 Environment Build and Validation, valued at $980,418.02, on a limited sources basis.

The justification invokes FAR 16.507-6(b)(3) for a logical follow-on exception to fair opportunity. DLA argues that awarding to an established core SAP Platform contractor under the JETS 2.0 contract vehicle—identified as either Accenture Federal Services (SP4709-26-F-0019) or C5MI Insight LLC (SP4709-26-F-0020)—is necessary in the interest of economy and efficiency. The rationale centers on institutional knowledge: the incumbent possesses irreplaceable expertise in DLA's customized SAP architecture, system topology, HANA database administration, custom integration channels, and Transport Management System configurations. DLA asserts that introducing an outside contractor would consume three to six months of discovery and onboarding, disrupting the critical three-month validation phase and creating unacceptable risks to production systems, while duplicating costs.

The period of performance is nine months, from September 30, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Work includes SAP Basis and systems engineering support, NIST-hardened ABAP/Java server installation, production database cloning, system landscape configuration, integration validation, security baseline establishment, ATO coordination, performance testing, and six months of operations and maintenance support. The task order establishes a production-equivalent staging environment (N+1) to support DLA's Warehouse Management System and Federal Logistics Information System. Fair and reasonable pricing will be determined using pre-negotiated labor rates from the competitively awarded base contract combined with Independent Government Cost Estimate analysis. DLA requires knowledge transfer, training and certification support, comprehensive build playbooks, and a formal transition plan with retention of government data rights to enable future open competition.