36C10B20C0019-001.pdf

Control Number T AC-20-57706

JUSTIFICATION

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

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

2. Description of Action: The proposed sole source action is for a firm-fixed-price contract for the renewal of brand name RSMeans Online Complete Full Library On Premises Installation software and maintenance from RSMeans Company LLC, doing business as Gordian, located at 1099 Hingham Street, Suite 201, Rockland, MA 02370-3319.

3. Description of the Supplies or Services: VA, Office of Information and Technology, Center for Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health (CEOSH), has a requirement for the renewal and continued support of the RSMeans construction and maintenance cost estimating software that is currently operating on VA servers behind the VA firewall. The projected current users for the base and option periods is 750; however, the software shall be capable of serving a maximum of 800 active unique VA users. The Contractor shall allow additional users to be added throughout the base and option periods up to the quantity of "not to exceed 50 users" via exercise of an Optional Task in each period. The Contractor shall provide technical expertise to assist VA with updating the existing RSMeans Online Complete Full Library On-Premises Installation software on VA computers/network.

The Contractor shall also assist VA on the cost data updates and all required software updates. The Contractor shall provide software updates to operate on future versions of Internet Explorer when VA changes the Operating System and Web Browser during the contract period or be backward compatible. The period of performance shall be 12 months from date of award with three 12-month option periods and one optional task for additional software licenses

4. Statutory Authority: 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) 6.302-1 entitled, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements."

5. Rationale Supporting Use of Authority Cited Above: Based on extensive market research, as described in Section 8 of this document, it was determined that competition is not viable, as RSMeans Online Complete Full Library On Premises Installation software and maintenance is the only software that meets the required functions and features for CEOSH. No cost estimating software other than RSMeans has the performance capability to provide the vast amounts