TOAD_BNJ_11262018_SIGNED.pdf

BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – FEDERAL STUDENT AID

TOAD SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

This acquisition is being conducted in accordance with FAR subpart 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

1. Agency & Contracting Activity: United States Department of Education, Federal Student Aid

(FSA)

2. Purpose of Acquisition: The purpose of this acquisition is to acquire TOAD software maintenance. The software provides developers and DBAs an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) for Administrators and is used to perform queries via SQL on the FMS Oracle Database which allows for quick retrieval of data.

3. Software License & Maintenance and Subscription Services: The following software maintenance services are being acquired:

Software Product: TOAD for Oracle XPERT Edition License Type: SEAT Quantity: 24 Manufacturer SKU: XPT-TOD-KS

4. Estimated Price and Period of Performance: Federal Student Aid intents to award a four-year purchase order (base plus three one-year options). The total estimated price is approximately $54,297.23.

5. Basis for Name Brand:

Appropriate support provides assurance for Toad to perform day-to-day, complex and ad-hoc data extract and manipulation required to support FMS and PEPs. The Toad software would not have the support, upgrades, or patches required to assist FMS and PEPs to perform the ad-hoc data extraction. If there were any issues with the products, the vendor would not provide the support and patches required to support FMS and PEPs.

Toad for Oracle solution provides an efficient and accurate way for database professionals of all skill and experience levels to perform their jobs with an overall improvement in workflow and productivity. Oracle database management toolset will help the business user easily complete work with increased speed and accuracy. With Toad, developers can perform essential database development and administration tasks from a single, intuitive toolset. The Toad solution makes it fast and easy to generate queries and reports, perform SQL development and optimization, detect and diagnose database problems, automate administration tasks and more.

TOAD Software Maintenance Brand Name Justification

The TOAD software is meeting FSA’s business requirements. Moving to a new product at this time would be cost prohibitive. New licenses would need to be procured and users trained on the new software. The cost would exceed any saving achieved.

6. Technical Requirements Personnel Certification

I certify this requirement meets the Government’s minimum need and that the support data, which forms a basis for this justification, is complete and accurate. The requiring FSA program office has provided written supporting data, which is contained in the contract file, that verifies the technical requirements and support the government ongoing need to use the aforementioned brand name commercial items.

Anthony Booker Contracting Officer’s Representative FSA Technology Office

7. Certification

I certify that the data supporting this Brand Name Justification is accurate and complete.

Therefore, the Contracting Officer hereby determines that it is in the best interest of Federal Student Aid to move forward with this Brand Name acquisition.

Andrew Jernell Contracting Officer Federal Student Aid