40522315_single source justification (redacted)_2.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR ACQUISITION UNDER THE

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

1. Contracting Agency and Activity. The Department of the Interior (DOI), United States Geological Survey (USGS), plans to contract on a single source basis. This document sets forth the justification and approval as required by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

2. Nature of Action Being Approved. New Purchase Order to the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS), Oregon State University to continue to provide support for our climate model supercomputing environment. This is a follow on to G16PX01220.

3. Description of Supplies or Services. The Modeling and reconstructing past, present and future climate in North American project funded by the Land Change Science Research and Development Program (LCS R&D) is collocated in CEOAS where both project members are Affiliate faculty and have offices. All faculty pay a fee to help support the IT infrastructure of the College. We pay an annual fee based on our affiliation. The fee provides us with complete intra-and internet support to our offices including connectivity, maintenance of security, software, and other services.

4. Estimated Dollar Value. Base Year plus (4) Option Years = $37,500

5. Statutory Authority. The proposed action may be awarded on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) – only one source reasonably available. There is no other option for internet services given our collocation in CEOAS.

6. Rationale Supporting Use of Citation in No. 5. No other vendor commercial vendor is used for these services on the University campus. It is not possible for another vendor to perform the work. The USGS modeling process, from acquiring, installing and maintaining hardware and software, to running the models and strong, moving, analyzing and backing up the data has been built up over time to make use of and be integrated into the CEOAS/OSU computing facility and network.

7. Other Information. The services provided by CEOAS cannot be duplicated.

8. The Efforts to Identify Additional Sources Including the Market Research Conducted.

There is no other option for internet services given our collocation in CEOAS. No other sources are known to possess the unique and essential qualifications described above.

9. Future Plans to Permit Competition. Future requirements for same/similar items will undergo market research and be competed to the maximum extent practical. The technical requiring activity believes, though, this action will be a perpetual sole source and there are no/minimal actions the Government can undertake to permit competition in the future.

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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR ACQUISITION UNDER THE

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

10. Recommendation and Certification from Program Office

Based on the above, I recommend this acquisition be conducted on a single source basis and certify the above statements are true and accurate.

Steven W Hostetler Steven W Hostetler 2/8/2021 Program/Project Officer Signature Date

11. Certifications from the Contracting Officer:

a. Price reasonableness will be accomplished in accordance with FAR 13.106-3.

b. This justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

12. Approvals

Charlan Fejarang, Contracting Officer Date

Jennifer Kelly, Bureau Competition Advocate Date

Steven W Hostetler

Digitally signed by Steven W Hostetler Date: 2021.03.26 11:55:46 -07'00'

CHARLAN

JULIA

FEJARANG

Digitally signed by

CHARLAN JULIA

FEJARANG

Date: 2021.03.26 12:23:40 -07'00'

JENNIFER KELLEY

Digitally signed by JENNIFER

KELLEY

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