Informal_Sole_Source_Justification.docx

Informal Sole Source Justification 3303-18-1304

In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) the Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to fulfill this requisition with a Sole Source Item. SSA’s Center for Automation, Security and Integrity / Wilkes-Barre Application Programming Branch (CASI/WBAP) is seeking to renew the subscriptions to Accusoft Barcode, Scanfix and Imagegear software, which includes subscription to updates, upgrades and fixes as well as Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm technical support via telephone, web or email. Accusoft Barcode, Scanfix, and Imagegear software is used by the Wilkes-Barre Data Operations Center. This software is used extensively on our image-based workloads for Barcode recognition, Image cleanup and manipulation, and scanning features. As this is a critical component of our scanning and data capture process, it is important that we stay current with technical advances made within both of the mentioned components.

This software is proprietary. Only Accusoft has access to the source code necessary to provide the required subscription, which is comprised of updates, upgrades, fixes and telephone support. There are no authorized resellers. (see supporting docs). SSA has a requirement to continue maintenance support from July 01, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

The basis for this justification is within the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), “Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.”.