25-000044 JA Brand Name IBM BAWE 10.2.2024 redacted-1.pdf

b. Project background.

NIH is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and consists of 27 separate Institutes and Centers (ICs) principally located in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. NIH's mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

CIT's Business Application Services (BAS) supports the NIH by providing IT services for scientific research initiatives, administrative and business entities, and NIH infrastructure. Business Application Services provides skilled resources to be used for program and project management support, systems analysis, programming, subject matter expertise and database administration to the NIH ICs and other federal agencies, as well as consulting services to the NIH. This includes expanded IT program support for bioinformatics and other scientific research initiatives at several NIH Institutes.

This requirement is for the renewal of the IBM Business Workflow Enterprise Software Subscription and Support Services in order to provide a business process management solution for NIH Enterprise Directory system that automates NIH onboarding and offboarding processes and the authorizing of services such as badges, logical accounts, email accounts, etc.

for the NIH community.

Services are a recompete. Current Contractor – Tommy TQL. TommyTQL.

Contract No. 75N97024P00008. POP 11/1/2023 – 10/31/2024 (Base Year Only).

The new award is necessary to avoid a break in service. No other related projects/in-house efforts, including those by other HHS OPDIVs or other federal agencies, are currently known that would cause the award of this requirement to be a duplication of effort.

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

(including the estimated value).

a. Project title. IBM Business Workflow Enterprise Software Subscription and Support Services

b. Project description.

The purpose of this acquisition is to acquire annual IBM Business Workflow Enterprise Software Subscription and Support Services to support the NIH Enterprise Directory (NED).

Provide the following information:

• Requirement type.

Research & development (R&D) R & D support services Support Services (non-R&D) Supplies/equipment Information technology (IT) Construction Architect-engineer (A & E) services Design-build Other (specify):

• Type of action.

New requirement Follow-on: Tommy TQL 75N97024P00008 Other (specify):

• Proposed contract/order type.

Firm-fixed-price Other fixed-price (specify, e.g., fixed-price award-fee, fixed-price incentive-fee):

Cost-plus-fixed-fee Other cost reimbursement (specify, e.g., cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee):

Time and materials Indefinite delivery (specify whether indefinite quantity, definite quantity, or requirements):

Other (specify):

Completion Form Term form

c. Acquisition identification number.

An RFQ number will be identified when solicitation is issued.

Chamblee, GA 30341 Joe Wentworth - 603-508-0873 jwentworth@brytechinc.com

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

IBM Business Workflow Enterprise software was chosen as the platform to operate the NED core services by providing a business process management solution that automates NIH onboarding and offboarding processes and the authorizing of services such as badges, logical accounts, email accounts, etc. to the NIH community. Continued use of the IBM Business Workflow Enterprise software application will guarantee the timely technical support required to keep the NED operating, as well as the numerous business processes that rely on NED data. It will also permit existing business processes to continue unabated, and to extend NED support for other business processes. IBM Business Workflow Enterprise software is the only known product that can deliver all of the functionalities required by the NED in a software solution.

10. Listing of sources, if any, that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

No other sources have expressed written interest in the proposed acquisition.

11. Statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before any subsequent acquisition for the required supplies or services.

For the reasons stated above, currently, only the brands listed, and no other brands or services, will satisfy agency requirements for commonality, interchangeability, and interoperability. Market Research indicates other companies’ similar products are lacking the particular features, do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet the agency’s needs. Until it is fiscally justified to change the entire infrastructure, the current brands will continue to be utilized.