Wilmington Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition Redacted

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1) IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND CONTRACTING AGENCY:

Contracting Activity
Job Corps Acquisition Services

Customer Agency
Employment and Training Administration
Office of Job Corps

2) NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING APPROVED:

This justification requests approval to award a short-term, sole-source, firm fixed price contract to Education and Training Resources (ETR) for the continued operation of the Wilmington Job Corps Center.
This sole-source action is to ensure continuity of operations at the Wilmington Job Corps Center while the administration of Job Corps program is subject to two federal court orders and while DOL assesses plans to issue a competitive procurement for a long-term contract to operate the Wilmington Job Corps Center. These issues will not be resolved before the incumbent contract expires on October 31, 2026, so, therefore, this sole source contract is necessary to continue to maintain the status quo of uninterrupted operations for this center during the re-procurement process.
The short-term contract will include a one-year base period, plus a possible extension of six months under Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 52.217-8: Period of performance

Total Amount

BASE: November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2027

$7,548,685.00

EXTENSION (under RFO 52.217-8): November 1, 2027
through April 30, 2028.

$3,057,697.00

TOTAL

$10,606,382.00

3) A DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET THE AGENCY’S

NEEDS (INCLUDING THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF ACTION):

a. Description of supplies or services:
The Wilmington Job Corps center is a 24-hour, 7 days per week operation that provides essential residential (including food and shelter), medical, education, training and career transition support to the students participating in the Job Corps program. The proposed short-term contract will enable the provision of these critical services through the continued operation of the Center.

b. Estimated value including the base and any options and extensions: $10,606,382.00

4) AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER

THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

The statutory authority permitting acquisition of this requirement by other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by RFO 6.103-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy the Agency’s Requirements.

5) A DEMONSTRATION THAT THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE

QUALIFICATIONS OR THE NATURE OF THE ACQUSITION REQUIRES USE OF THE