Mod 11 - JEFO

Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity
Exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold Pursuant to FAR 16.507-6(b)(3)

JEFO No.: FY26-0256

Date: September 9, 2026

PR Number: RSLF-26-00181

1. Agency and Contracting Activity.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) Science and Technology Acquisition Division (STAD) prepared this justification for an exception to fair opportunity on behalf of the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Office of Laboratories and Academic Centers (LAC). The planned, competitive follow-on vehicle to provide support to Departmental RDT&E laboratory priorities was delayed by 22 cumulative weeks of lost productive engagement between October 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026, because of the DHS budget lapse and furlough. Once the furlough ended, the process of planning a competition was further complicated by a protracted reshaping of S&T organizationally necessitated by realignment of Department priorities. The combination of the furlough delay and the subsequent S&T reorganization created a complex and rapidly changing environment that the current vendor supported alongside S&T. Under these circumstances, the current vendor is the only source capable of supporting S&T while it plans for the recompetition of future support to newly defined program priorities and structures. Continuity of efficient support to S&T’s laboratory management function for the next 6-month period requires the knowledge and experience uniquely obtained by the current vendor during the recent enterprise level transition period (2025-2026). This logic of the present circumstances demands that DHS S&T maintain continuity of program operations for a reasonable and minimal 6-month period while planning and conducting the re-compete and award; this will allow for both continuity of management and methodical transition to the new contractor eliminating risks to programmatic success from loss of resident knowledge or a rushed transition; and will allow for consideration of new requirements introduced from Divisions new to LAC.

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved. DHS OPO intends to extend task order 70RSAT23FR0000076, awarded against General Service Administration (GSA) One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Indefinite Delivery Indefinity Quantity (IDIQ) contract no. GS00Q14OADU141 for six months extension period to LMI Consulting, LLC., 7940 Jones Branch Dr, Tysons, VA 22102-3381without considering other awardees. In accordance with Federal Acquisition