Sole Source Justification

This is a sole-source justification for a firm-fixed-price task order issued under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule under Special Item Number 54151S, awarded to a large business with no socioeconomic designations. The contract is for urgent strategic advisory services to assess the Genesis Mission, which spans 26 National Science and Technology Challenge areas, requiring immediate execution due to mission-critical timelines and the awardee’s unique institutional knowledge of the program, consortium structure, and stakeholder landscape. The period of performance is exactly 60 days from award, with key deliverables scheduled at weekly intervals including stakeholder and process maps by week one, mid-point and pre-synthesis findings reviews by weeks four and six, and a final integrated report and executive briefing by weeks seven to eight. Performance is to occur in Washington, D.C., at DOE Headquarters, with no physical shipping or packaging requirements. The contractor must handle Controlled Unclassified Information and Sensitive but Unclassified data in accordance with DOE protocols, and while an organizational conflict of interest exists due to pre-existing relationships, it is waived based on the urgency and irreplaceable expertise of the vendor. No formal evaluation factors, weights, or competition exist, as this is a non-competitive procurement justified under FAR Subpart 8.4 and GSAR requirements. The contract value is not specified, and there are no options, extensions, or follow-on tasks permitted. The award is determined to be in the best interest of the government based on price analysis and the unique capabilities of the contractor, with no alternative capable of achieving the required outcomes within the 60-day window. The contracting office is the Department of Energy’s Office of Headquarters Procurement Services, with primary point of contact listed as Kelley R. Vandecoevering, and no contracting officer representative or payment details are provided.