18Months Bridge Contract Extensionsahpr Services Tender - 139492469

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Country: USA

Summary: 18Months Bridge Contract Extensionsahpr Services

Deadline: 28 Apr 2026

Posting Date: 14 Apr 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 139492469

Document Ref. No.: NSF260001

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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The U.S. National Science Foundation intends to award a sole source interim 18 month bridge contract to LDSS for the continued provision of Sexual Assault and Harassment Prevention and Response (SAHPR) support services under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).
This bridge action is being conducted under the authority of FAR 6.103-1. Due to the integrated and operationally embedded nature of the SAHPR services within USAP, only one responsible source can meet the agency requirements without unacceptable risk to continuity of operations and satisfy agency requirements during this interim period.
Specifically,
1) The Antarctic Support Contract (ASC) is the overarching contract that provides logistics and infrastructure support for all U.S. scientific operations in Antarctica. The expected transition end date for this contract has been delayed until September 2027. The SAHPR contractor both serve to educate the contracted personnel of ASC as well as being part of the operational posture of the ASC in support of the scientific operations in Antarctica. The ASC is currently in a transition phase, with the incumbent ASC contractor transitioning out and a successor contractor will be establishing its own operational framework, processes, and support systems. Introducing a new SAHPR contractor during this same period would result in a dual-transition environment, in which:
A new SAHPR contractor would be required to integrate with the outgoing ASC contractor-s processes and systems, while those processes are simultaneously being phased out; and shortly thereafter, that same SAHPR contractor would need to re-integrate into an entirely new ASC contractor-s operational framework, requiring a second transition effort. This sequential re-integration would be inherently inefficient, duplicative, and operationally disruptive, as it would require: (1) re-establishment of coordination protocols, communication channels, and response procedures twice within a compr...
Notice ID: nsf260001

Department/Ind. Agency: national science foundation

Sub-tier: national science foundation

Office: office of polar programs

Product Service Code: r408 - support- professional: program management/support

Inactive Dates: apr 28, 2026

Inactive Policy: manual

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