SAM #M0026426P0030

USMC Bridge Contract Award for Specialized IT Services Supporting MIP System

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), through the Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region Regional Contracting Office (MCINCR-RCO) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, has awarded a sole source bridge contract for highly specialized IT Service and Support (ITSS) for the Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA) Manpower Information Portal (MIP) system. - Government Buyer: - United States Marine Corps (USMC) - Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region - Regional Contracting Office (MCINCR-RCO) - Vendor: - ECS Federal, LLC (sole source awardee) - Services Requested: - Highly specialized IT services for the MIP system, including: - Project management - Database administration - IT service management - Application development - Help desk support - Web design - Information assurance - Contract Structure: - Bridge contract to prevent service disruption during a delayed competitive follow-on procurement - Primarily fixed-price, with 25.4% of value as labor-hour and time & materials CLINs - Period of Performance: - 13 months total: 8-month base period plus three option periods (two at 2 months each, one at 1 month) - Place of Performance: - Marine Corps Base Quantico, Quantico, Virginia - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Sole source justification due to the highly specialized nature of the services and risk of unacceptable delays if transitioned to another provider - Services are critical for supporting both active and reserve Marine components

Description

Sole source bridge contract awarded IAW 10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1(c)(2)(ii); 

“services may be deemed as available from only one source […] when awarding a follow-on contract for […] the continued provision of highly specialized services, would result in […] unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements.” Specifically, an award to any source other than the incumbent would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements.

Resulting contract is primarily fixed-price with labor-hour (LH) and time & materials (T&M) CLIN's representing 25.4% of the overall value. LH & T&M CLINs are utilized IAW agency policy & FAR 12.104(b)(1)(i) and FAR 16.601-3(a).

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