1.Limited Sources JA FAR 8 Brand Name-Csigned_Redacted.pdf

Limited Sources Justification and Approval (J&A)

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Contracting Activity: United States Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center/PZBG

Purchase Request / Local ID Number: F2DCAH0104A102

Program / Project (and PE, if applicable): - IBM Rational DOORS Classic

Program Type (PEO or Other Contracting): PEO

Authority: Multiple Award Schedule Program (FAR 8.405-6)

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): $263,188.95

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan? Yes No

Description of Limitation:

Follow on Software licenses (to match existing) to support .

COORDINATION (AFFARS 5306.304(a) )

Date

08 May 2020

Project Lead / Program Mgr / Requiring Activity

Kelly Squires

AFNWC/NICOT/801-586-8603

Signature

APPROVAL (AFFARS 5306.304(a) )

Date

12 May 2020

Contracting Officer

Dawn Atterbury

AFNWC/PZBG/ 801-777-4485

Signature

SQUIRES.KELLY.A.151467

Digitally signed by

SQUIRES.KELLY.A.1514678070

Date: 2020.05.08 09:37:07 -06'00'

ATTERBURY.DAWN.M.116

8206743

Digitally signed by

ATTERBURY.DAWN.M.1168206743

Date: 2020.05.12 09:44:09 -06'00'

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I. Contracting Activity.

United States Air Force Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center/PZBG 6008 Wardleigh Road Building 1580 Hill Air Force Base, Utah 84056-5825 Contracting Officer: Dawn Atterbury, 801-777-4485

II. Nature and/or description of the action being processed.

A new Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Delivery Order will be issued against the GSA Advantage schedule for the procurement of IBM Rational Doors Classic software in accordance with Air Force Manual 17-1203.

III. Description of supplies/services required to meet agency needs.

has requirements for IBM Rational Doors software to purchase the following

- (15) Rational Doors Classic Floating: requirements management tool

- (15) Rational Doors Web Access Editor Floating: provides web based access to the requirements mgm't tool

Market Research conducted by the Program Manager revealed GSA Advantage as the mandatory use vehicle under Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 17-1203. A Firm-Fixed-Price contract award is anticipated.

IV. Identification of the justification/rationale for limiting sources and demonstration of the contractor's unique qualifications to provide the required supply/service.

The Fair Opportunity Exception Authorities are FAR 8.405-6(b)(1), an item peculiar to one manufacturer can be a particular brand name, product, or feature is essential to the Government’s requirements, and market research indicates other companies’ similar products, or products lacking the particular feature, do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the agency’s needs.

Doors licenses have been acquired in the past to support the team for requirement management. Transitioning to another software product suite represents significant risk to the program because the organic Government team, the two prime contractors, and multiple other support-constituents are currently using Doors licenses. A significant learning curve would be experienced by replacing the software and this would result in Government-caused delays, potentially leading to requests for equitable adjustment (REA) from the contractors. Significant time and engineering resources have been expended and they would ultimately need to be recapitalized to learn another system. Purchase of any other software would result in substantial duplication of costs to the Government, not expected to be recovered through competition, and create unacceptable delays in fulfilling the requirement. A change in software would cause an estimated 6-8 month delay in schedule and a cost impact to the program. This is based on the amount of time required to obtain deliveries of new software from contractors, learning a new software program, perform the necessary conversion of the data into a new format, and address issues in translation.

Incompatibilities in data deliveries will result in data loss or an inability to read file formats. Selecting software other-than Doors will result in the Government's inability to properly assess the requirements.

A delay in the schedule also affects RFP decision point and could affect the accomplishment of with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD/AT&L) if delays are significant.

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V. Determination by the ordering activity Contracting Officer that the order represents the best value consistent with

FAR 8.404(d).

GSA Advantage is a mandatory use contract vehicle under AFMAN 17-1203 due to other sources (ELA, JELA, ESI) not offering the product. Software can be solicited via GSA Advantage where market research has shown that at least 3 vendors will be able to provide quotes. It is expected a fair and reasonable price will be based upon adequate price competition.

VI. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or explain why market research was not conducted.

Program Manager performed Market Research on GSA Advantage and determined more than 3 sources are available to provide IBM Doors Classic software licenses.

VII. Other facts supporting the justification.

N/A

VIII. Actions the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services.

These licenses were purchased on GSA advantage in December 2019. At this time, there are no actions that can be taken to overcome the barriers. This will naturally occur over the life of the acquisition. FA821920F0002

IX. Certification by the Contracting Officer.

As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

X. Certification by the technical/requirements personnel.

As evidenced by my (our) signature(s) above, I (we) certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my (our) responsibility, is both accurate and complete.