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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 FBO #5424
DOCUMENT

D -- Sustainment of CWINRS - Attachment

Notice Date

9/27/2016
 

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

T4NG0054
 

Archive Date

12/22/2016
 

Point of Contact

Lisa Martikes, lisa.martikes@va.gov
 

E-Mail Address

lisa.martikes@va.gov
(lisa.martikes@va.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Award Number

VA118-16-D-1010 VA11816F10100001
 

Award Date

9/14/2016
 

Awardee

ELLUMEN, INC.;1401 WILSON BLVD STE 1200;ARLINGTON;VA;22209
 

Award Amount

2,189,903.55
 

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 (TO) 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-1010 with Ellumen, Inc., to provide sustainment of Corporate, Waco, Indianapolis, Newark, Roanoke, Seattle System (CWINRS). 3. Description of the Supplies or Services: The proposed action is to provide CWINRS with project reporting, sustainment, Data Dictionary support, Tier Two and Tier Three help desk support, Authority to Operate support, security support, and 508 compliancy in support of VA, Office of Information & Technology, Product Development. The CWINRS application was designed into separate modules that allow for processing of critical factors, such as, Generated Eligibility Determination Processing, Case Management, Voucher Processing, Setup and Administrations, Subsistence Allowance Awards Processing and a Benefits Delivery Network (BDN) Transaction Manager to assist with transaction processing until the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Service transactions are fully moved to the corporate environment for processing. CWINRS provides access for system users at VA Central Office and 57 of VA's Regional Offices, their outstations, and for VR&E case Contractors. The Contractor will ensure that CWINRS is sustained throughout the period of performance allowing accurate information for service-connected disabled Veterans participating in the VR&E program to be maintained. In addition, this effort includes three optional tasks for the transition of CWINRS off of the BDN and removal of Chapter 31 index processing with a 6 month period of performance; an optional task for 45 days of transition out support; and an optional task to convert CWINRS application code from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2013 with a period of performance that shall not exceed 10 months and may extend the overall task order period of performance depending on when this optional task is exercised. The period of performance for this proposed action is 12 months from date of award, however, if all of the optional tasks are exercised, the overall period of performance could extend to 22 months from date of award to allow sufficient time for the optional tasks to be completed. 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 Ellumen, Inc., 1401 Wilson Boulevard Suite 1200, Arlington, Virginia 22209. 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-four 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 Ellumen, Inc. to satisfy the minimum guarantee. Ellumen, Inc. has been determined by the Government's technical experts to meet all aforementioned sustainment of CWINRS requirements. The determination included a review of the selected awardee's technical capabilities. The proposed FFP TO includes optional tasks in order to support the Government's requirement to transition CWINRS off of the BDN to include removal of Chapter 31 index processing as well as an optional task to convert CWINRS application code from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2013. Specifically, these tasks are being included as optional tasks due to the uncertainty of when VA will require the work to be performed within the next 12 months. Once the tasks are exercised they will require the Contractor to provide seamless support and bringing new people in midstream would negatively impact the CWINRS project. Specifically, including optional tasks will allow VA to avoid any issues that a new Contractor would have in regards to a learning curve of the CWINRS applications. Further, these optional tasks will prevent an unnecessary gap in service due to onboarding and obtaining the required clearances for new personnel. 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, for a total of 28 T4NG contracts. Ten awards have been made competitively, resulting in the minimum guarantee being met for six of the T4NG contractors.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA118-16-D-1010 VA11816F10100001 VA118-16-D-1010 VA11816F10100001_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3029282&FileName=VA118-16-D-1010-000.docx)

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Record

SN04289153-W 20160929/160927234848-3b5455230bcb2df8fd143b2ba65f2dcd (fbodaily.com)
 

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