ED FSS SSJ Above SAT RFO Part 8

CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION

WHEN FILLED IN

U.S. Department of Education

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE (FSS) SOLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

(SSJ) REVOLUTIONARY FAR OVERHAUL (RFO)

ORDERS PLACED OR BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (BPAS) EXCEEDING

THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD (SAT)

CONTRACT INFORMATION

PROCUREMENT TITLE:

Pivot M - Mobile Devices Wireless Voice and Data Services

ACTION ID NUMBER:

8871

ESTIMATED VALUE:

$886,201.00

PRINCIPAL OPERATING COMPONENT (POC):

Federal Student Aid (FSA)

1. IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTING ACTIVITY.
Federal Student Aid (FSA) Contracts Operations Division (COD)

2. NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION

OF THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET THE AGENY’S NEEDS. The Government is urgently in need of the following wireless devices and services: 1) iPhone 16,128GB, Quantity 486. Services include, GOV Nation Unlimited Voice Anytime & Unlimited NW & UNL MTM; Unlimited MRC Data Add-On to eligible voice plan, Unlimited Domestic Data with tethering and Unlimited Domestic Messaging Feature. 2) Netgear M7 Pro Tablets, Quantity 15. Services include, GOV Unlimited MRC Data for MIFI and Tablet.
Federal Student Aid requires continued uninterrupted mobile devices and wireless services to support critical ongoing
operations.

TheSUPPORTING

requirement includes
wireless voice and data service mobile devices

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AUTHORITY

AND
RATIONALE.
account support and the related services needed to maintain reliable communications. The government The statutory exception supporting the placement of an order or an establishment of a FSS BPA that intends
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option. This approach provides immediate continuity while given the Government adequate time to plan and 538.7104-3(b)(i) – Urgency.
conduct a competitive follow-on acquisition.
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Provide
the provider
rationalehas
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selection
the favorable
above statutory
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using
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