Notice ID: JA-2025-02-1158
- Contract Award Date: Nov 19, 2024
- Contract Award Number: 75N98118D00035
- Task/Delivery Order Number: 70T02019F3KOIA137
- Modification Number: P00009
TSA has extended the Enhanced Vetting and Discovery Element (EVADE) Support Services Task Order (75N98118D00035/70T02019F3KOIA137) to ensure continuity of services. This extension limits the number of sources eligible for fair consideration under FAR 16.505(b)(2). The modification is necessary to prevent any disruption in the required EVADE Support Services and to allow the selected contractor for the follow-on procurement to obtain the appropriate Facility Clearance. Terminating the current task order before the follow-on awardee is granted the necessary clearance would create operational gaps, hinder progress, and lead to inefficiencies in fulfilling mission requirements.
This action is seeking an exception to fair opportunity to extend firm-fixed price (FFP) TO 70T02019F3KOIA137 period of performance by 6 months (November 20, 2024, to May 19, 2025) to provide continued Enhanced Vetting and Discovery Element (EVADE) support services. (a) Name and Address of the Contractor: Strategic Operational Solutions Inc. (STOPSO).
Background: Strategic Operational Solutions Inc., known as “STOPSO,” is providing services under the existing Enhanced Vetting and Discovery Element (EVADE), task order 70T02019F3KOIA137. This TO was awarded under the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Small Business Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), specifically under the Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Task Area 8 – Digital Government.
The requirement is to provide on-site Subject Matter Expertise (SME) support personnel who can employ information technology tools and research methods, including big data searches, to conduct enhanced vetting of credentialed subjects using government provided and publicly available information. This SME support allows for the continuous operations and system critical initiatives, to enhance the existing vetting and security threat assessment processes. The services provided by STOPSO are vital to the operations of I&A and are deemed mission critical. STOPSO has the unique and highly specialized understanding of the scope of the effort requiring their continued work. Furthermore, STOPSO has the required facility security clearance and cleared personnel that can continue to accomplish this work given their existing knowledge of the EVADE tasks/requirements.
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