A02 Red Hat Subscription Consolidation LSJ - Final_Redacted.pdf

Control Number: JA-20-E-381 Software Publisher: Red Hat

Program/Equipment: SEC and PM TN/Red Hat Subscription Renewal

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR 8.405-6 LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

UNDER THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL SUPPLY PROGRAM

Program/Equipment: Red Hat Linux Software Subscription for the Software Engineering Center (SEC) and Program Manager Tactical Network (PM TN)

Authority: Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41U.S.C. 251, et. Seq) and Title 40 U.S.C 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6.

Amount:

Prepared by:

Software Engineering Center (SEC) Date: 20 May 2020 Centralized Acquisition License Management (CALM), Action Officer

Contracting Officer:

Procuring Contracting Officer Date: 15 Jun 2020

Technical:

Contracts Team Lead (Acting) Date: 04 Jun 2020

Requirements:

Contracts Team Lead (Acting) Date: 04 Jun 2020

Reviews:

I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support limiting competition.

FAR 8.405-6 LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

UNDER THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE PROGRAM

1. Contracting Activity: Army Contracting Center - Division E 6565 Surveillance Loop, Building 6001 Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005

2. Description of Action: The Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) requests a Firm-Fixed-Price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Call for the procurement of the brand name Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Red Hat Software Subscriptions in support mission requirements. The applicable North American Industrial Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541519, Information Technology Value Added Reseller. This requirement is for a base year only. Due to efforts to co-term the various licenses with varying period of performances, this order has licenses with many different period of performances.

The anticipated award for this requirement is on or before 10 July 2020. Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA) funds and FY 2020 Other Procurement, Army (OPA) will be used for the base year.

The Government will compete this requirement on Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) website among the four (4) authorized resellers with Department of Defense (DoD) ESI BPAs: HC1028-18- A-0001 (Carahsoft Technology Corporation), HC1028-18-A-0002 (DLT Solutions, LLC), HC1028-18-A-0003 (Emergent, LLC), and HC1028-18-A-0004 (EC America, Inc.).

An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 207.103(d)(i)(B).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The Army uses Red Hat COTS software products in multiple fielded systems by SEC and PM TN. The Red Hat COTS software products have already been evaluated, qualified, integrated, tested, certified, and fielded throughout the systems under PM TN and SEC. SEC’s mission is to ensure supported Army systems continue to have their licenses and software maintenance agreements renewed so as not to impact system readiness. The following systems currently use Red Hat licenses and software support products:

• Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T Inc 1 and WIN-T Inc 2)

• Global Satellite Configuration and Control Element (GSCCE)

• Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2)

• System Deployment and Integration Network (SDIN)

• Tactical Network Management System (TNMS)

• Firefinder Electronic Upgrade (FF-Q36) TPQ-36 technologies with solutions for all facets of system, data, and communications security challenges. Red Hat Linux is being used by the ATNAVICS program on several processors. Red Hat Linux is an enterprise-class open source operating system. It provides a complete portfolio of security technologies with solutions for all facets of system, data, and communications security challenges and includes regular patch releases providing solutions to newly identified security vulnerabilities. Red Hat Linux supports Virtual Machines (VM) and Automated System Load (ASL).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation, Standard 9X5 Phone and Web Support

SKU# RH0958488RN

The Government uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system to host tactical GOTS and COTS applications to support warfighter mission C2 and SA. It is deployed across various configurations and FF-36 baselines in the tactical environment. RHEL sustainment environments are required to maintain the FF-36 baselines using RHEL deployed to the field.

each

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server with Smart Virtualization and Smart Management + Satellite, Standard (2 Sockets)

SKU# RH00840

Red Hat Linux is being used by the ATNAVICS program on several processors. Red Hat Linux is an enterprise-class open source operating system. It provides a complete portfolio of security technologies with solutions for all facets of system, data, and communications security challenges and includes regular patch releases providing solutions to newly identified security vulnerabilities. Red Hat Linux supports VM and ASL.

54 each

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server with Smart Management + Satellite

SKU#RH00837RN

Red Hat Linux is an enterprise-class open source operating system. It provides a complete portfolio of security technologies with solutions for all facets of system, data, and communications security challenges.

2 each

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Entry Level Self Support

SKU# RH00005RN

10 each

Engineering Verification & Validation

Information Assurance

Integration

Independent Verification & Validation

Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessment (IAVA)

Dept. of the Army Military Intelligence-Government Estimate (DAMI-GE) Certification

Fielding and Support

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF REENGINNERING EFFORT

Total estimated cost to change software and reengineer the program baseline of an integrated software system. This parametric estimating tool is based on multiple factors related to substituting different COTS software products for an existing COTS software product that has already been integrated and fielded in program. The reengineering factors, include but are not limited to, how the software is used within the baseline; how the software is distributed throughout the program; where the software is in the configuration of the integrated systems program; how many times the replacement upgrade needs to uploaded; where the upgrades need to be installed; the number of times the software has to be loaded in existing fielded equipment and or locations; and the level of effort required to validate the software is a true substitution that meets all minimum program requirements. The configuration management requirements and the security features required to maintain the Authority-to-Operate (ATO) in accordance with US Army Cyber Security standards and policy. The cost is determined by the engineer's knowledge of the program configuration management; the relationship of the software to the kernal, the core of the operating system; the ATO certification requirements; the historical data related to the original software applications integration decision or the last refreshment of the baseline; and other factors. The ATO certification is required to ensure the network remains secure and is compliant with the current DOD Cybersecurity policy, which require maintaining access to the latest software application patches, upgrades, and any required security related updates. The current software has already been tested, certified and determined to be in full compliance of latest DOD IT cybersecurity policy.

At this time, it is determined that only Red Hat’s software would be able to function within the Army’s current architecture. The Government will continue to search the marketplace for alternate COTS software solutions with the intent to evaluate and verify they will function within currently used Army program products. If the Government determines that the Red Hat Linux operating system software is no longer required or other operating system software can successfully meet the Government’s minimum needs, then the Army will seek competition to include all operating systems that meet

1 DLT

Solutions (703)773-

0S0H9 G A

X HC1028-18-A-0002

DoD ESI BPA reseller Authorized reseller

2 Emergent (757)233-

4J2K1 V A

X HC1028-18-A-0003

DoD ESI BPA reseller Authorized reseller

3 Carahsoft (703)673-

1P3C5 V A

X HC1028-18-A-0001

DoD ESI BPA reseller Authorized reseller

4 EC America (571)405-

1QTH6 V

A

X HC1028-18-A-0004

DoD ESI BPA reseller Authorized reseller

5 4 Star Technologies

0CL10 C

A

X X NNG15SD06B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

6 UniStar- Sparco Computer

1DFA6 T

N

X NNG15SC87B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

7 Bahfed Corp 6KZA1 O R

X X NNG15SD09B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

8 Aurora System Consulting

4ARC1 C

A

X NNG15SD79B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

9 DH

Technologies

6XKC9 V

A

X NNG15SC70B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

10 Federal Resources

1QBT0 A

L

X X NNG15SC61B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

11 SIRC 1PQ53 D

C

X X NNG15SD74B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

12 Fedstore 1VXF6 M D

X X NNG15SD21B

(NASA SEWP)

Interested party

13 Reliable Government Solutions

3G0C9 M D

X GS-35F-0218V

(GSA Advantage) Interested party

There are four authorized CHESS Linux resellers. Three (3) other than small businesses and one small business, Emergent, that hold CHESS contract vehicles.

There are nine (9) non-CHESS small businesses that showed an interest. However, this is a mandatory CHESS requirement and must be awarded to a CHESS contract vehicle holder. ACC APG cannot accept the proposals from non-CHESS vendors as they are ineligible for this requirement unless they have a CHESS contract vehicle.

The Army Contracting Command- Aberdeen Proving Ground- Division E will send a solicitation to the four authorized CHESS BPA listed above. A Sources Sought was posted on SAM.Gov to find alternate products and vendors, provided 2 (two) responses which was VCloud Tech and Federal Resources Corporation. These vendors were encouraged to participate in CHESS so they can be viable participants in the future requirements

8. Other Facts:

Procurement History: This is a consolidation effort that includes the requirements from the previous contract, Government Purchase Card, transition from PM, and new subscriptions. There is no contract or market research data for the transition requirement is available to SEC CALM.

The requirement for the Firefinder Electronic Upgrade (FF-Q36) TPQ-36 program is the only requirement that was previously processed by ACC-APG and it was awarded under

HC1028-14-A-003/KX04.

Contract Number Contractor Award Date Extend Competed /

Authority

HC1028-14-A-

0003/KX04

DLT Solutions, LLC 07/05/2016 Limited Sources-FAR 8.405-6

Call KX04 against Basic Purchase Agreement HC1028-14-A-0003 has a base year and three option years. The period of performance was from 13 July 2016 through 12 July 2020.

9. Technical Certification:

I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance that are included in this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

10. Requirements Certification:

I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

11. Best Value Determination/Fair and Reasonable Price Determination:

I hereby determine that the BPA Call represents the best value to the Government in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(c)(2)(v). Additionally, I hereby determine that the anticipated price to the Government for this BPA Call will be fair and reasonable.

This determination will be made using the following: Price analysis

In accordance with FAR 15.403-1 (c)(3)(i) - certified cost and pricing data is not required because the item and or services being acquired have been determined to be commercial.

The Red Hat Linux operating software and associated products have been determined to be commercial.

12. Contracting Officer Certification:

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

*Contracting Officer signature at paragraph 12 (Contracting Officer Certification) constitutes approval. Approval page not required.*