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OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT

ICE Acquisition Manual 3006.301-90

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS

NOT EXCEEDING THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITON THRESHOLD

(INCLUDING BRAND-NAME)

J&A-21-00366

1. Agency and Contracting Activity.

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Acquisition Management, proposes to enter into a contract on behalf of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Division 6 on a basis of other than full and open competition.

2. Nature and/or description of the item/service being procured and anticipated cost.

(a) Type of action: Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order

(b) Amount the current J&A is justifying (must be $250,000 or less):

(c) Brief Description: OAQ intends to procure, on a sole source basis, software license for

1-year. The vendor listed below is the only company that can provide the required services due to the unique nature of the software.

Sayari Analytics, LLC 829 7th Street NW FL 3 Washington, DC 20001

3. Sole Source Justification Rationale in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and (ii).

(Check one and provide rationale below):

Only one source reasonably available Urgent and compelling circumstances exists Exclusive licensing agreement exists Brand name - If the brand name requirement applies to a portion of the procurement, please identify that portion.

Industrial Mobilization Other

Rationale: The software collects and structures hard-to-access federal, state, and local public records data from high-risk frontier and emerging markets around the world, as well as the top global offshore financial centers. This proprietary Sayari Search engine unlocks hundreds of millions of records, previously unsearchable due to the difficulty of accessing hard target foreign government databases, across dozens of languages and jurisdictions.