36C10B19C0009-001.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition Operations Technology Acquisition Center 23 Christopher Way Eatontown, NJ 07724

2. This requirement will be accomplished via:

A new Firm Fixed Price Contract funded with IT Sustainment Funds.

3. Description of Supplies or Services

10 Photographs of Veterans to be used on the Vets.govN A.gov websites for a one-year Base Period and two one-year Option Periods.

4. Authority Cited

FAR 13.106-1 (b )(1 ): For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. 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.

5. Reason for Authority Cited

The proposed source for this action is:

F8PJ,LLC

OBA Veterans Portrait Project (VPP) Tax ID: 26-1372352

DUNS: 011949755

Vendor is a Small Business

The 10 photographs required by this effort have been used on the Vets.gov website for the past several years and are configured to work with the specific Va.govNets.gov website configurations. The use of any other photographs would require a significant level of effort and incur additional costs for reconfiguration to work on Va.govNets.gov, costs that are not anticipated to be offset by competition. Additionally, given that the Vets.gov website will be incorporated into the soon to be updated VA.gov website, use of other