The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) (J&A) Office of Single-Family Housing, Office of Asset Management has a need of unusual and compelling urgency to extend current Field Service Management (FSM) contract/services under FAR 6.3, Other than Full and Open Competition, to provide FSM services for one month. Each of the seventeen (17) contract areas’ current period of performance expires on January 31, 2023, and will be extended through February 28, 2023, to meet HUD’s requirements during the pendency of the corrective action on the post-award protests of the FSM 3.12 awards and any subsequent corrective action (if needed). Out of the 17 contract areas, 14 were awarded to Guardian Asset Management.
For years, Guardian has demonstrated the ability to properly perform the requirements, on behalf of HUD, that virtually all other providers have failed upon which has many questioning the wisdom of HUD attempting to find new personnel to operate the FSM contract. In fact, HUD states as much in many of their consolidations away from Guardian’s competition.
Here is the J&A issued yesterday,




