MODES Bridge Extension - JEFO (Redacted)
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JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION
TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY
UNDER INDEFINITE
DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY
(IDIQ) CONTRACTS
Task Order 47QFCA25F0008
Military Community and Family Policy
(MC&FP) Outreach and Digital Enterprise
Services (MODES) Bridge Extension
in support of:
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Military Community and Family
Policy (MC&FP)
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
Federal Acquisition Service
Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) Defense
Interagency Agreement Number 47QFCA24S0091
Version 02/28/2025
The General Services Administration (GSA) Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) makes this justification for the issuance of a modification to extend a Task Order (TO) under an Exception to Fair Opportunity pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO)-2025-16 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.5.
a. Identification of Agency and Contracting Activity:
Agency:
GSA AAS acting in support of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP)
Contracting Activity:
GSA AAS Contracting Office (QFAE)
1900 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20415
b. Nature and/or Description of Action Being Approved:
The MC&FP and AAS Contracting Office propose to formally add Option Periods 3, 4, 5, and 6 to the current MODES Bridge TO which was awarded under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Unrestricted Pool 1 IDIQ contract vehicle and consists of Time-and-Materials (T&M) labor, Other Direct Costs (ODCs), and Long-Distance Travel CLINs, extending the performance from 22 October 2026 to 30 April 2027 if all options are exercised. The total estimated value for the additional option periods is
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On July 22, 2026, GSA AAS awarded MODES III Task Order #47QFCA26F0027 to DecisionPoint Corporation (DecisionPoint) under Solicitation 47QFCA26R0003. On September 2, 2026, a post-award protest for this solicitation was filed with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The protest was filed within the timeframe that triggers an automatic Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) stay under RFO-202533 FAR 33.105-3. As a result, the timeline to transition performance from the MODES Bridge TO to the MODES III TO has been delayed up to 190 days, which includes the GAO protest period of up to 100 days and the required 90 days to transition to a new MODES III awardee, if applicable.
Due to this delay, AAS has determined that an extension of the MODES Bridge TO with
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