Sole Source Justification under FAR part 8.4 Redacted

licensing and regulatory requirements, workforce standards, and supports for quality and technical assistance across funding streams can reduce burden, improve program efficiency, increase parental access to ECE, and support child and family outcomes. This requirement will build on prior efforts to identify and elevate financing approaches for states that most effectively align funding streams to both reduce burden and increase the reach of ECE funding. This project will provide ACF with critical evidence to understand how federal early care and education programs can achieve the Agency’s mission and vision of (1) supporting federalism & local leadership by providing actionable insights into how states and localities can leverage Head Start and other federal funding streams for early care and education (ECE) to best meet local needs, (2) promoting quality early learning environments and improved child outcomes by understanding how to leverage existing funding sources to best meet the preferences of families with young children consistent with their unique needs, and (3) promoting work and self-sufficiency by exploring how leveraging funds can expand the availability of ECE services that allow parents to work. 4. Authority Cited and Rationale: Authority of the FSS Program, Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251, et seq.); Title 40 U.S.C. 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented at FAR 8.401 and GSAM/R 538.7104-3(b)(1). GSAM/R 538.7104-3(b)(1)(iii)- The order should be issued on a sole source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an FSS order already issued on a competitive basis.
Per the Federal Supply Schedule Ordering Procedures, the Contracting Officer can make an award on a limited basis when the new work is a logical follow-on to an original Federal Supply Schedule order and doing so would be in the interest of economy and efficiency to the Federal Government. The proposed requirement is a follow-on to task order Financing for Early Care and Education Study (47QRAA-20D-001M/ 140D0422F0154), which was awarded via the General Services Administration (GSA)’s Multiple Award Schedule under a competitive basis. The new requirement will build on work conducted under the prior task order, specifically to complete analyses of data collected under the prior task order that are only available to the incumbent, conduct a follow-up survey to the survey fielded under the original task order, and