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Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity Exceeding the SAT pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 16.507-6(b)

JEFO No.: FY27-0009

Date: November 3, 2026

PR Number: RSLF-27-00005

This Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity is prepared in accordance with the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.507-6 (b)(3), RFO FAR Class Deviation 26-04, Rev. 1 for RFO FAR Part 16. 1 1.

Agency and Contracting Activity.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) Science and Technology Acquisition Division (S&TAD) prepared this Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity on behalf of the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate’s Laboratories and Academic Centers.
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Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

DHS OPO intends to award a six-month extension modification without considering other awardees under task order 70RSAT18FR0000150 awarded against General Service Administration (GSA) One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Indefinite Delivery Indefinity Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. GS00Q14OADU108 provides administrative services and professional support. This task order supports both the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) operations and Plum Island Closure & Support (PICS) Program including execution of Program Management Office (PMO) functions, cost estimating, project management, technical program coordination, executive assistant support, procurement/acquisition support and budget support. Without this extension, PIADC would lose critical support services resulting in an unacceptable negative mission impact. 3.

A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s need (including the estimated value).

PIADC requires technical and administrative support services to assist with program operations to ensure continued mission execution as the PICS program advances toward facility closure. Services include support for media inquiries, Congressional visits, community engagements, stakeholder visits and coordinating actions with DHS Press Office and other public affairs-type activities to foster trust in relationships. The six-month extension will provide consistent communications and other required services as a logical continuation of the initial task order. The initial task order and the extension result in the same scope of work to be performed and a continuation of the same requirement.