1.5.1 JEFO Brand Name Justification 21-028 redacted.pdf

Attachment D3 Justification for Brand Name Exception to Fair Opportunity

Exceeding the micro-purchase threshold and up to the SAT pursuant to FAR 16.505(a)(4)

JEFO No.: 21-028

Date: February 3, 2021 PR Number: WX01413Y2021T

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

The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OCPO prepared this justification for an exception to fair opportunity.

DHS/FEMA intends to procure 50 (fifty) 16 MB 7490 Dell Precision 3551 Laptops and USB-C Mobile Adapters used by system developers within the Grants Technical Division (GTD) Grants Management Modernization (GMM). The anticipated cost of the procurement is $112,172.

2. Statutory Exception and rationale for brand name.

Only one manufacturer is capable of providing the supplies required at the level of quality required because the services ordered are unique and highly specialized pursuant to FAR16.505(b)(2)(i)(B) and is an item peculiar to one manufacturer. The Dell equipment must be used. Due to the specialized purpose of the laptops, they are being configured for developers’ use and they are approved on FEMA’s TRM site. If FEMA procures equipment from a different manufacturer (e.g Hewlet Packard) for each buy, the different manufacturers’ equipment will reduce interoperability and pose compatibility issues, and the new equipment might not be supported by the FEMA Enterprise Service Desk, nor properly tested by the FEMA Office of the Chief Technology Officer staff to ensure proper security protocols and standardization with the FEMA network.

3. FEMA intends to post this requirement on the DHS Marketplace for DHS First Source II -

Small Business providers, pursuant to FAR 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D).

Contracting Officer Date

JEFO No. 21-028