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That is the reason ID/IQ “supercontracts” such as LOGCAP were designed, as a kind of umbrella under which task orders for different projects can be issued in that company's area of expertise...but those were all competitively bid to begin with. LOGCAP, in fact, was designed to cover "emergencies" such as natural disasters and terrorism. I know, I have worked under one of those types of contracts for the last 23 years (RDT&E), although we have to rebid every 5 years on ours. All award decisions are still based on market research and justification for any sole source procurement over $25,000 is scrutinized very carefully. Believe me, DCAA Auditors are very thorough, you don't want to get cross-ways with one.

That’s not the point I was contesting. You said (hate to use that phrase) that the first award was always competitive. That’s not true. There are about ten exemptions where any award can be non-competitive.

I do understand that LOGCAP was a competative award. The libs and freaks lied about the award of task orders issued under the original competitive contract, acting as if they new non-competitive contracts which they were not.

DCAA wouldn’t handle market surveys or J&As. Your government customer (user agency) would do that for the contracting officer.