Facilities Life Cycle Management

Added: Jun 14, 2016 10:58 am

J&A No: 15-001716

Contract No: HQ0147-15-R-0048

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Introduction.

Upon the basis of the following justification, I, as the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Competition Advocate, hereby approve the issuance of the contractual action discussed

below using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority cited

herein.

2. Agency and Contracting Activity (FAR Part 6.303-2(b)(1)).

This Justification and Approval (J&A) is for the MDA Consolidated Support Program

Office to procure Facility and Life Cycle Management Support for a period of one year

in order to maintain operational and site activation schedules for the Facilities, Military

Construction, and Environmental Management Directorate (MDA/DPF). The contracting

activity is MDA/DACM. The point of contact for this action is,

Contracting Officer, at.

3. Nature and Description of the Action Being Approved (FAR Part 6.303-2 (b)(2)).

The action being approved by this J&A is award of a Sole Source, Cost Plus Fixed Fee

(CPFF) contract to Parsons Government Services, Incorporated for 12 months to

support execution of European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) site activation

activities in Romania, support completion of construction award EPAA Poland, support

construction of Missile Field 1 Mechanical-Electrical Building (MEB), initial design

activities for Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR), and to ensure audit readiness of
MDA real property accountability. This effort is currently performed on contract

HQ0147-10-D-0024-0006 which expires on June 21, 2016. This follow-on contract is

necessary to allow for continuity until June 2017, in order to support completion of

sustainment planning for the Aegis Ashore Complex in Romania (December 2016),

support completion of the construction of the Mechanical-Electrical Building in Missile

Field 1 (Spring 2017), support the award and initiation of construction activities for the

Aegis Ashore Complex in Poland (May 2017), and support final site activation of the

LRDR site inclusive of related facility planning and sustainment activities (May 2017).

4. Description of the Supplies and/or Services Required to Meet the Agency Needs

(including the estimated value) (FAR Part 6.303-2(b)(3)).

The Missile Defense Agency's Director of Facilities, MILCON, and Environmental

Management requires the continuation of support from Parsons on the following

tasks:

a. Facility and Infrastructure Planning, Programming, and Real Property Asset

Management: Support the infrastructure planning for the EPAA, site activation

for the Aegis Ashore Complex in Deveselu, Romania, site security evaluations

and implementation of punch list and seam/gap requirements against the initial

construction phase of EPAA in order to ensure smooth transition from construction to

warfighter occupancy and system stand-up/operations. Support the completion of the

design work and construction contract award already started for the $200M Aegis

Ashore Missile Defense Complex in Redzikowo, Poland. Supports completion of the

Mechanical-Electrical Building construction in Missile Field 1, and completes the design

concept for the LRDR facilities.

b. Real Property Asset Management: Supports the Real Property Financial

Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) requirements. Supports completion of

property accountability MDA-wide in response to Government Accountability

Office (GAO) audit requirements and recommendations. Research Memorandum

of Agreements (MOAs), Inter-Service Support Agreements (ISSAs), Service

Support Agreements (SSAs), and Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) for

external support requirements and transactions regarding MDA's Life-Cycle

Facility support requirements.

c. Support to Procurement and Government Purchase Card Transactions and

maintain associated facilities, infrastructure, environmental operations, and

integration databases.

Estimated cost for this effort is $9.88M for 12 months.

5. Statutory Authority Permitting Other than Full and Open Competition (FAR Part

6.303-2(b)(4)).

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 USC

2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2),

Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency

Requirements.  Continued provision of these specialized services are required to

prevent a significant increase to program costs, unacceptable delays in program

schedules, and adversely affect continuity of the MDA mission.

The Presidentially mandated and Congressionally supported EPAA site initial design

and sustainment activities and MDA-wide facility support requirements are on-going

projects for which Parsons has provided highly specialized services to MDA to assist

with the completion of the initial design for the Aegis Ashore site in Poland and the

LRDR concept design activities; completion of site/facility sustainment planning for the

Aegis Ashore site in Romania; and completion of the MEB construction in Ft Greely for

Missile Field 1. Delays resulting from transition from Parsons to another contractor

would severely impact the operations of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)

and the successful deployment of EPAA and other operational assets.

6. Demonstration of Contractor's Unique Qualifications or the Nature of the

Acquisition Requires Use of the Authority Cited (FAR Part 6.303-2(b)(5)).

Parsons has both intimate knowledge of the experience in managing the design,

construction, fit-out, check-out, and sustainment of the Romanian and Polish Aegis

Ashore facilities. Aegis Ashore is a unique, one-of-a-kind facility adapted from an Aegis

deck house to land based operations for the targeting, tracking, and firing of Standard

Missile Interceptors in the defense of the U.S. Homeland and our Allies. Parsons has

the unique knowledge and combined expertise in local (international) construction

contracts and sub/prime relationships, the political landscape, and intimate knowledge

of the construction of the Aegis Ashore facility. Parsons is intimately involved with all

aspects of facility/site related Congressionally/ GAO mandated MDA facilities and

activities.  The Agency is at a schedule and program stage for these efforts that the

loss, even temporarily, of this expertise would result in significant schedule and cost

increases associated with the Site Activation, Operation, and sustainment of the EPAA

sites and the completion MDA Facility construction and related documentation.

7. Description of Market Research Conducted (FAR 6.303-2 (b)(6)(8) and (10)).

a. This sole source action is follow-on for continuation of existing work. Market

research was conducted at time of initial contract award for the MiDAESS contract.

Since that time, Parsons has been the contractor providing the specialized services.

b. A notice of intent to sole source was published on the FedBizOpps website on 12

August 2015. No responses/comments were received.

c. Per FAR Part 6.305(a), the MDA will also electronically post a copy of this approved

justification to the FedBizOpps stating the Agency's intent to award a sole source

contract to the incumbent for mission-essential professional, scientific, engineering,

technical, and support services for a period of up to 12 months.

8. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost (FAR 6.303-2 (b)(7)).

The Government retains detailed data on the incumbent contractor's performance on

current contracts and has access to cost/pricing data on other contractors who perform

similar service contracts using comparable labor categories. Thorough price analyses of

proposed prices for the bridge period will be conducted. This analysis will include

comparisons of proposed prices to prices previously incurred under these contracts, as

well as market analyses for similar services performed by other contractors. These

efforts will provide the Contracting Officer with sufficient data to determine overall

price reasonableness of the intended sole source award.

9. Actions Taken to Remove Barriers to Competition (FAR 6.303-2(b)(11)).

There are no known barriers to future competition. MDA will re-compete this effort

using competitive procurement procedures under the TEAMS acquisition strategy. The

extension of current work proposed in this J&A for a sole source, 12 month follow-on

contract, will allow an opportunity to complete critical Agency activities without unduly

impacting cost or schedule while also supporting the transition to the competitive

TEAMS acquisition in 2017. The TEAMS acquisition is ongoing and the positive

feedback from over 400 participants in the February 2015 industry day indicates an

understanding of and support for the TEAMS acquisition strategy.

Approved for Public Release

16-MDA-8704 (8 June 16)