NNG15SD27B-076.pdf

Oracle Multitenant Software Licenses Control Number: TAC-19-56644

JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Procurement, Acquisition & Logistics Technology Acquisition Center 23 Christopher Way Eatontown, New Jersey 07724

2. Description of Action: The proposed action is for a firm-fixed price delivery order issued under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for the procurement of brand name Oracle Multitenant software processor licenses inclusive of update rights and technical support for the Integrated Financial & Acquisition Management System (iFAMS) in support of VA's Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) Program.

3. Description of Supplies or Services: VA, Enterprise Program Management Office is seeking to acquire 152 Oracle Multitenant software processor licenses inclusive of update rights and technical support for the FMBT Program. Oracle Multitenant software processor licenses enable running many pluggable databases on a single database virtual machine. This feature will support the FMBT program by enabling the consolidation of databases to a smaller number of servers to reduce underlying infrastructure and reducing operational complexity, as well as enabling rapid database cloning and backup to support the multiple iF AMS test and development environments required for successful execution of the FMBT program.

The aforementioned items do not include hardware. The procurement of these software licenses shall include update rights and technical support, which is comprised of program updates, fixes, security alerts, major product and technology releases, critical patch updates, and assistance with service requests 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. The base Period of Performance (PoP) for the base period shall be September 16, 2019 through March 13, 2020, with two Option Periods.

Option Period One PoP shall be March 14, 2020 through May 21, 2020. Option Period Two PoP shall be May 22, 2020 through August 21, 2020. This PoP structure will allow the performance of the required Oracle Multitenant software processor licenses to align with existing Oracle licenses procured under a separate order and will also coincide with the award of VA's Oracle Enterprise Licensing Agreement (ELA) in March of Fiscal Year 20.

4. Statutory Authority: Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 16.505(a)(4 ), the following brand name requirement is being justified and approved as an exception to fair opportunity under the statutory authority of Section 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(2) as implemented by FAR Subpart 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B), entitled "Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or