Brand_Justification_PSA_DC_IT_Program_Office_MARCH_2018.pdf

Brand Name Justification CISCO Equipment for Cloud Connectivity

1. Contracting activity:

This justification supports a brand name procurement action to be conducted under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 8.4 – Federal Supply Schedules. The procurement action is generated by:

Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia (PSA) Office of Finance and Administration / Procurement 633 Indian Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2908

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved:

This document supports the acquisition of Cisco Cloud Managed security appliances, Switches, Controller licenses and subscription on a BRAND NAME basis manufactured by Cisco.

3. Supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs:

Item

Product Mfg. # Quantity

1 Cisco Meraki Mx84 Cloud Managed – Security appliance

MX84-HW 3

2 Cisco Meraki Advanced Security subscription License – 1 Appl. (5 years)

LIC-MX84-SEC-5YR 3

3 Cisco Meraki MR52 – wireless access point MR52-HW 10 4 Cisco Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller license – 1 AP (5 years)

LIC-ENT-5YR 8

5 Cisco Meraki Cloud Managed MS220-8P, 8- Port gigabit Ethernet Switch

MS220-8P-HW 3

6 Cisco Meraki Enterprise – subscription license

– 1 switch (5 years)

LIC-MS220-8P-5YR 3

4. Authority permitting acquisition using limited sources:

FAR 8.405-6(b) - Items peculiar to one manufacture. An item peculiar to one manufacture can be a particular brand name, product, or feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacture. A brand name item, whether available on one or more schedule contracts, is an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

5. Demonstration that the contractor’s or manufacturers unique qualifications to support the authority cited:

PSA’s information technology environment utilizes CISCO equipment as recommended standardized WAN architecture adopted by CSOSA for the past several years. PSA’s network is tied to CSOSA WAN network through the same CISCO network switches and controllers. Not utilizing the same CISCO brand products could lead to system incompatibilities and increased security vulnerabilities.

Introduction of equipment from multiple manufacturers could result in increased costs to the agency due to disruptions in the WAN network as well as the additional cost to train personnel on and manage two separate vendor systems. Maintaining a homogeneous IT environment allows for a more stable system, reduced management and support costs, and better security management.

This requirement for CISCO switches and Access Points is to implement Test and Development in the cloud environment for DTMS3 and supportive applications. This equipment will be connected to the Comcast internet service through 8 port Gigabit switches and security firewall appliances. Similar CISCO equipment is currently in use across PSA and CSOSA in the WAN network architecture.

In order to avoid any incompatibility or security issues that can come up when equipment is moved between the cloud environment and the production environment or when applications and data are moved into production, it is recommended that the same hardware/software platform be utilized as we currently have at all of our existing sites.

6. Determination by the contracting officer that the anticipated order will represent the best value:

Competition on this acquisition will be limited to vendors holding a GSA contract for the specific brand name or manufacture identified. Based on the market research conducted, it is anticipated adequate competition is available. The contracting activity will post the requirement on GSA e- Buy, seeking competitive quotations from sources holding GSA contracts. By placing an order against a schedule contract using the procedures in 8.405, the contracting officer has concluded that the anticipated order will represent the best value.

7. Description of the market research conducted and the results or statement of the reason market research was not conducted:

The CISCO products for this requirement are commercially available from multiple sources including through the General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule 70, SIN 132 8.

Although this requirement will be issued specific to CISCO products, multiple small business distributors are available to quote on a competitive basis through GSA eBuy.

8. Other facts supporting the justification.

None

9. Statement of actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made:

The requirement for CISCO products is based on the current IT environment and the agency has no plans in the near future to change its IT infrastructure.

10. Certifications:

Technical or Requirements Personnel Certification:

I hereby certify the supporting data that is the responsibility of technical or requirements personnel (e.g., verifying the Government’s minimum needs or requirement or other rationale for limited sources) and which form a basis for the justification are complete and accurate.

David Mullings Date Software Architect, Office of Information Technology

Contract Specialist and/or Contracting Officers Certification:

I hereby certify that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date Contracting Officer

Date Competition Advocate mullingsd Typewritten Text mullingsd Typewritten Text 02/01/2018