Justification and Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition HFARD NBIC FE Redacted

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION

(41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(2))

J&A No: FY26-0237

Pursuant to the requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.103 (FAR Class Deviation 25-111) and in accordance with the requirements of RFO 6.104, the justification for the use of the statutory authority under RFO 6.103 is justified by the following facts and rationale required under RFO 6.104-1 as follows:
1. Agency and Contracting Activity.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), Department Operations Division III (DOAD III) in support of the Office of Health Security (OHS), proposes to enter into a contract on a basis other than full and open competition.
2. Nature and/or Description of the Action being Approved. (a) Nature of action
DHS/OPO/DOAD III intends to procure administrative, programmatic, systems engineering, research analysis, and scientific support to the OHS, Health, Food, and Agriculture Resilience Directorate (HFARD), National Biosurveillance Information Center (NBIC) on a sole source basis via task order under an existing OASIS+ contract. (b) Name and address of the contractor.
Noblis, Inc. (Noblis)
2002 Edmund Halley Dr
Reston, VA, 20191
(c) Contract type
The contract type is Firm-Fixed Price (FFP)

In this document, citations to RFO Parts 6, 10, 15, 25 are citations specifically to FAR Class Deviation 25-11 for FAR Part 6, FAR Class Deviation 25-06 for FAR Part 10, FAR Class Deviation 26-08 R1 for FAR Part 15, and

FAR Class Deviation 25-09 R1 for FAR Part 25, which were issued as part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), implemented in response to Executive Order 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, signed April 15, 2025.

(b) Details covering what events lead to the situation requiring use of other than full and open competition procedures including whether any portion of the work can be segregated to allow for competition;
The need for this exception to fair opportunity and associated justification derives from the need to support continuation of services resulting from statutorily mandated DHS component re-organizations, as well as resulting implications to appropriations, contract transitions, and workforce re-allocations, amongst others. Due to statutory reasons, it was not possible for DHS/OHS to make a competitive award in FY26. Planning is underway to award these services competitively as part of the OHS office-wide procurement for