8(a) Award Notice - Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics (PM IS&A) Cybersecurity Operations Support - 6 Months

W56KGY-23-C-0007 is a contract opportunity awarded by Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) for cybersecurity support services including systems engineering, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), field service engineers, and other management support services for Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics (PM IS&A). The period of performance is six months total, consisting of a three-month base period (27 DEC 2022 to 26 MAR 2023) and three-month option period (27 MAR 2023 to 26 JUN 2023). This effort was awarded on a sole-source basis pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 19.8, and the current Partnership Agreement between the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Defense. The SBA Requirement Number is QA1671569011H.

This effort is below the $4.5M competitive threshold identified at FAR 19.805-1(a)(2), which authorizes award to 8(a) businesses on a sole-source basis. A sole-source contract of this dollar value also does not require a Justification and Approval document, per FAR 19.808-1(a).

This contract is awarded on a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) basis. The use of a CPFF type contract is determined to be the most appropriate method of acquisition for this contract opportunity. CPFF is intended to be used for the associated efforts required by the Contractor to provide ongoing and undefined systems support as there is a reasonable degree of uncertainty in contract performance and cannot be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use fixed price contracts. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.301-2, a cost type contract was selected due to the reasonable degree of uncertainty in contract performance and the services to be procured cannot be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use fixed price contracts.