Personnel Services Delivery Transformation Strategic Partnership contract ceiling increase

The Business Enterprise Information Systems Directorate, Human Resources Systems Division, Contracting Branch (HIGK), 1960 1st Street West, Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150 intends to issue a modification to increase the ceiling for the AF/A1 Personnel Services Delivery Transformation - Strategic Partnership (PSDT-SP) contract $175M from $234M to $409M.  The J&A increases the indefinate delivery/indefinate quanity contract ceiling to allow issurance of task orders for the remaining four contract option years ending 31 March 2016.  The initial ceiling was based on anticipated sustainment cost reduction from CY2012 deployment of an Integrated personnel and pay system which was delayed.  The PSDT-SP contract services consist primarily of IT technical support for the AF Personnel Center. The contract also provides support for the Air Force Personnel Service Center operations and business processes analysis to support Air Force Total Force process consolidation and reengineering.  This J&A will allow continuation of the IT services to sustain the MilPDS system and other HR systems through 2015.  The statutory authority applicable to permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition.   The basic 8 year, ID/IQ contract was a competitive awarded to Lockheed Martin in April 2008.