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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (JOFOC)

Business Applications Solution (BAS) Contract for Financial Management System Modernization
Identification Number: 1331L520C13OS0005
1. Identification of the agency and contracting activity. The Shared Services Procurement Office (SSPO) within the Office of Acquisition Management in the Department of Commerce (the Department) proposes to modify contract number 1331L520C13OS0005 (the “Contract”), commonly referred to as the Department’s existing Business Applications Solution (BAS) contract, on the basis of other than full and open competition.
2. The nature and/or description of the action being approved. The Department requires modernization of financial systems and development and maintenance of an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) for the entire Department of Commerce, excluding only the Patent and Trademark Office. The period of performance of the Contract consists of a base year and 19 option years, for a total cumulative period of performance if all options are exercised of 20 years. The Contract was competed on a full and open, unrestricted basis, and awarded to Accenture Federal Services LLC (AFS) on April 24, 2020. The total value of the Contract at the time of award was $340,914,621.69. The period of performance began on April 24, 2020, and the Contract is currently in the middle of option year six. This document justifies a modification that increases the total value of the Contract above which was originally contemplated. 3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated value).
The BAS program is a Department information technology modernization initiative to deploy an integrated suite of financial and business management applications in support of the Department's mission using a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud-computing environment. The Department requires comprehensive enterprise services for the BAS ecosystem including a phased implementation, solution advancement, stabilization, operations, maintenance, and hosting support to integrate, optimize, and advance the BAS platform as a mature Department-level shared service.
This program is currently in the final phase of a three-stage implementation that included transitioning BAS-related systems for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, then the U.S. Census Bureau, and currently the National Institute of

Standards and Technology1. Based on key findings from the previous implementations,