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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

FAR Part 6 Requisition Number: Insert Requisition Number

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 41 U.S.C. § 3304(C) Requisition Number: DJF-18-2000-PR-0009138

Date: August 1, 2018

1. Identification of the agency and contracting activity.

The U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Information Technology Acquisition Unit (ITAU), has prepared this justification for other than full and open competition for Cisco Wide Area networking (WAN) components and services for the Grey Wolf Data Center in Pocatello, Idaho on behalf of the Data Center Hardware and Operating Systems Section (DCHOSS), Information Technology Infrastructure Division (ITID)

2. The nature and/or description of the action being approved, i.e., sole source, limited competition, establishment of a new source, etc.

This is new procurement action under FAR 12. This is a brand name only requirement for Cisco Wide Area Networking (WAN) components and services for the Grey Wolf Data Center in Pocatello, Idaho. This requirement will be acquired through FedBizOpps (FBO) Specifically, for the reasons discussed below, the FBI seeks to establish a contract against FBO on a brand name basis in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(c)(1), for all Cisco Gold Partner resellers, for a base plus four option years for site support, installation, configuration and warehousing.

3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs.

This procurement request includes IT components, specifically the WAN systems, for the core Grey Wolf network in Pocatello, Idaho. This data center expansion is critical to the closure of a data center in an Undisclosed Facility. The closure of this data center will reduce the Bureau’s reoccurring data center costs by 14 million per year.

This requirement includes network WAN routers, switches, and firewalls with five years on-site support, installation, configuration and warehousing until the data expansion construction is completed. The specified models are commercially available and are currently considered standard models within the FBI.

The quantity and specifications of the devices were determined by ITID, Network and Data Center Hardware and Operating Systems Sections with the requirement that the equipment must support all network traffic at the Bureau’s new data center. All hardware is to have at least five years of support, provided by cleared staff with Top Secret clearances.

The list of network requirement includes the below items from Cisco:

- The Cisco Nexus 9372PX-E switch

- The Cisco ASR-9906 Router

- The Cisco ONE Nexus 9300 with 48 ports of 10/25G and 6 ports of 100G

- The Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series is an enterprise-class stackable Ethernet and Multigigabit Ethernet access and aggregation layer switches

- The Cisco ASA-5525-X Security Appliance with FirePOWER Services -Cisco Identity Services Engine. ISE simplifies the delivery of consistent, highly secure access control across wired, wireless, and VPN connections

- Cisco ASR1002-HX is a compact, 2-rack-unit (RU) router that delivers up to 100 Gbps total system bandwidth -The Cisco Firepower 2140 Series is a family of four threat-focused NGFW security platforms that deliver business resiliency through superior threat defense. They do this by uniquely incorporating an innovative dual multi-core CPU architecture that optimizes firewall, cryptographic, and threat inspection functions simultaneously. Their firewall throughput ranges from 2.0-8.5 Gbps, addressing use cases from the Internet edge to the data center

- Cisco Firepower 4100 Series. These appliances support up to a 40 GB interface -Maintenance services which must include the ability to keep non-volatile components such as memory and hard drives.

4. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 3304 (a)(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1(c)(1) entitled, “An acquisition or portion of an acquisition that uses a brand-name description or other purchase description to specify a particular brand-name, product or feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer.”

5. Demonstrate the unique qualifications of the proposed contractor or the nature of the action requiring the use of the authority.

Each network product is proprietary to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Due to the proprietary nature of the network products, direct support of the components can only be provided from the OEM’s. Approximately five (5) man years have been invested in the prior evaluation, testing, configuration, and accreditation of these components to ensure the vital security and integrity of the Bureau’s classified networks. Substitution of these components would require a minimum of two (2) man years in the re-training, configuration, testing, documentation, accreditation, and certification of the substituted components. Other components from other vendors could be substituted but would set back the closure of the data center by at least a year, with an estimated cost of 14 million dollars and require the investment of significant staff hours, travel and training, with the risk that the alternative solution would not meet security or operational performance requirements. The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements for documentation, accreditation and testing of IT are extensive and the process within the Bureau is controlled by the Security Division. For a different vendor’s product to be used on a classified enclave, several processes must take place, each taking several months and cause critical delays. In this specific instance, the Bureau uses Cisco devices configured for use with network encryption devices called TacLanes, using the dynamic multipoint virtual private network (DMVPN) protocol to establish a mesh network between all FBI sites. Changing this protocol to a non-Cisco alternative is estimated to require a minimum of one year in time, a dedicated staff of ten network engineers at an estimated cost of two (2) million dollars and an estimated travel budget of 2.6 million dollars to visit all 600 FBI sites that would need to be reconfigured.

6. A description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as is practicable, including whether a notice was or will be publicized as required by Subpart 5.2 and, if not, which exception under 5.202 applies.

For this requirement, a solicitation will be posted on Fedbizopps. The Government requires “Gold Partner” Cisco VARs to ensure the Government receives the level of support needed to manage the size and complexity of the RFP, and to provide certified secure supply chain management.

7. The anticipated dollar value of the proposed acquisition, including options if applicable, and a determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

There will be maintenance in the option years and no other cost will be required. The FBI has also conducted market research with independent commercial sources that have extensive experience with Cisco product pricing in the commercial and government sectors, including advanced engineering services. The Contracting Officer will make the final determination of price fairness and reasonableness based upon the comparison of previous procurements and the independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE). The Contracting Officer may also seek additional discounts prior to placing an order.

8. A description of the market research conducted and the results.

In accordance with FAR 10.002 (b)(2)(vii), the Government researched government procurement sources and determined, as explained in Paragraph 6 above, there are three viable Gold Partner sources – GSA, NASA SEWP V, and Open market – and Open Market provided the best source of qualified Cisco Gold Partner Value Added Resellers (VARs), the ability to add part numbers on short notices and the flexibility of a multi-year contract.

9. Any other facts supporting the use of other than full and open competition.

The specified network components are already installed and in use at several FBI sites. Introducing alternative components would require the migration and re-design of security settings and network protocols to new hardware and would be a substantial change to the networks requiring re-certification and accreditation by the Security Division. If non Cisco products are purchased for the Grey Wolf WAN, the Bureau would not be able to bring the data center online until the DMVPN changes take place, and all new devices are tested, documented, and accredited, as well as retraining of support staff. This will incur not only the cost of the DMVPN transition that is estimated at 4.6 million, but will also delay the closures of several DOJ data centers and the Undisclosed Facility. The minimum costs to continue operating the Undisclosed Facility is 14 million per year. Other DOJ data center costs are not quantified, but with the DMVPN and the Undisclosed Facility, this is a minimum of 18.6 million dollars and a one-year delay in DCOI mandated data center closures. Additional costs beyond this minimum are expected to be incurred if additional non-Cisco devices are introduced into the current operational network.

10. A listing of any sources that expressed a written interest in the acquisition.

No other companies have expressed an interest either orally or in writing. The solicitation will be posted to Fedbizopps to encourage responses from as many resellers as possible.

11. A statement of any actions the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition, if subsequent acquisitions are anticipated.

The FBI will continue to monitor the marketplace to identify any new sources that are capable of meeting future requirements. For new requirements, the FBI will conduct a thorough review of the marketplace to identify and remove any barriers to competition so that competition can be achieved to the maximum extent practicable.

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