Brand_Name_Justification-VMware2019pgs1-2.pdf

BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

Agency/Office Name: HHS/Indian Health Service/HQ/Office of Information Technology, DITO

1. "Brand name" of product: VMware Virtualization Licenses

2. Description of "brand name" product: Enterprise Virtualization Software licenses

3. Name of manufacturer of "brand name" product: VMware

4. The "brand name" provided is to identify the standard of quality necessary. Equivalents will be considered. Yes No (If no, please complete Nos. 5 and 6.)

5. If the answer to No. 4 is "no," please complete the following.

Only the "brand name" item specified will meet the Government’s needs (select only one):

A. Because patent rights, copyrights, proprietary secret processes, control of certain materials or components providing a superior utility or capability that cannot be obtained from similar products.

B. Because program requirements cannot be modified so that competitive products or services may be used.

C. Because the product or service is unique and easily established as one-of-a kind.

Please explain:

This request is for the license renewal and maintenance of the VMware licenses used within the

HQ Data Centers. VMware vSphere has been the virtualization platform that has been established to provide the benefits of enterprise level private cloud computing while maintaining security, compliance and complete control over corporate assets (current utilization is more than 800 virtual servers and associated infrastructure to support OIT critical services). With an array of management and automation capabilities such as advanced resource pooling, automated resource allocation, role-based administration, zero-touch infrastructure and self-service portals for end users, vSphere dynamically aligns IT resources with business needs, making it possible to deliver IT as a service. The project to continue to provide support, licensing and services for the HQ Data Centers requires vendor consulting, design and technical expertise in conjunction with the use of virtualization licenses. The HQ Data Centers have been utilizing virtualization since FY11 to include support for testing, staging and production implementation efforts which have been continuing through FY18 in conjunction with the vendor through program consolidation efforts performed in the previous fiscal years. In addition to the consolidation of hardware in accordance with the 25 Point IT Reform Plan Part:1 “Achieving Operational Efficiency” through “light technology”, IHS will plan to continue to migrate the current systems within the Rockville Data Center to an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) with virtualization through the use of VMware and VMware services as the key component. Additionally, service offerings to Areas and Facilities will be planned for additional consolidation in support of the Data Center Optimization initiative.

6. If the answer to No. 4 is "no," please indicate other reasons for restricting competition:

Multiple vendors are capable of supporting the Enterprise licenses required.

7. Please indicate other reasons for restricting competition.

Since this request is for the implementation of a new Enterprise License Agreement to include both the existing VMware maintenance licenses as well as additional Enterprise licenses, it is not cost efficient to implement an alternative solution and migrate all VMs.

8. Please describe the market research conducted and the results.

Verification of items, quantities and support by multiple VMware vendors/partners to include sma businesses has been confirmed through on-line market research.