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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 FBO #5413
DOCUMENT

R -- UCP Program and Project Management Support - Attachment

Notice Date

9/16/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541512 — Computer Systems Design Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;23 Christopher Way;Eatontown NJ 07724
 

ZIP Code

07724
 

Solicitation Number

T4NG0074
 

Archive Date

12/20/2016
 

Point of Contact

David Sette
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Award Number

VA118-16-D-1018 VA11816F10180001
 

Award Date

9/12/2016
 

Awardee

INFORMATION INNOVATORS, INC.;7400 FULLERTON RD STE 210;SPRINGFIELD;VA;22153
 

Award Amount

$1,242,933.36
 

Description

JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY 1. Contracting Activity:Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition Operations Technology Acquisition Center 23 Christopher Way Eatontown, NJ 07724 2. Description of Action: This proposed action is for a one-year firm-fixed price (FFP) task order that will be issued under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG) Program, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Contract Number VA118-16-D-1018 with Information Innovators, Inc. to provide program and project management support. 3. Description of the Supplies or Services: The proposed action is to provide program and project management support services to the Office of Information & Technology (OI&T), Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO), Enterprise Project Management Division (EPMD), Program Administration Office (PAO), Unified Communications (UC) Program. The mission of the EPMO EPMD PAO UC Program is to develop, monitor, and implement projects and programs that deal with Unified Communications within VA. The Government requires contractor support for the following program and project management tasks: drafting of project artifacts, status reports and white papers; risk management support at the program and project levels; development of risk mitigation strategies at the project level; project planning and schedule management support to include collaboration with UC Project Managers in the development of a program-level integrated master schedule; requirement gathering and formulation support; acquisition support services to include subject matter expertise in the development of required documentation; and transition and orientation support to include the development of a transition plan and working with other support contractors and Government personnel to ensure seamless knowledge transfer. The period of performance for this proposed action is 12 months with one 30-day optional task for transition support. 4. Statutory Authority: The statutory authority permitting an exception to fair opportunity is Section 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(4) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 16.505(b)(2)(i)(D), entitled "It is necessary to place an order to satisfy a minimum guarantee". 5. Rationale Supporting Use of Authority Cited Above: The proposed source is Information Innovators Inc., 7400 Fullerton Road, Suite 210, Springfield VA 22153. Solicitation Number VA118-15-R-0558 was issued competitively, utilizing the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website on November 19, 2014. The solicitation closing date was December 19, 2014. Twenty-eight offerors were chosen for an award in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Basis for Award of the solicitation. Included in the solicitation was FAR clause 52.216-22, Indefinite Quantity, which stated the minimum guarantee that would be satisfied for each resultant contract award under the T4NG contract. This order is being issued to Information Innovators to satisfy the minimum guarantee. Information Innovators has been determined by the Government's technical experts to meet all aforementioned program management and project management requirements. The determination included a review of the selected awardee's technical capabilities. A minimum guaranteed order under an IDIQ contract must be placed during the same fiscal year as the IDIQ is awarded to avoid a bona fide need violation (31 U.S.C. Section 1502) and until it is placed, there is no enforceable contract. Once the IDIQ contract has been awarded, an obligation is created. Given the time remaining in the fiscal year, it is not possible to compete the orders with an expectation that each remaining T4NG contractor not meeting the minimum will be awarded one. 6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: In accordance with FAR 5.301 and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D), this action will be synopsized at award on the FBO page and the justification will be made publicly available within 14 days after the award. In addition, this justification will be posted with the solicitation to notify all the T4NG vendors. 7. Actions to Increase Competition: There is no competition anticipated for this action as it is being issued to meet the mandatory minimum guaranteed value for this IDIQ contract. It is expected that any future requirements will be awarded on a competitive basis. 8. Market Research: Market research was not conducted for this effort. The order is being issued to meet the mandatory minimum guaranteed value for this IDIQ contract. 9. Other Facts: Twenty-one of the T4NG contracts were awarded on March 7, 2016. An additional three contracts were awarded on June 10, 2016. Due to protests, these contracts were not available for use until June 21, 2016. An additional four contracts were awarded on August 2, 2016. Fifteen awards have been made competitively, resulting in the minimum guarantee being met for six of the T4NG contractors.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/d664ba00730f6241acbe195fb89f06bb)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA118-16-D-1018 VA11816F10180001 VA118-16-D-1018 VA11816F10180001_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3009444&FileName=VA118-16-D-1018-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3009444&FileName=VA118-16-D-1018-000.docx

 

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Record

SN04275617-W 20160918/160916235127-d664ba00730f6241acbe195fb89f06bb (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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