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DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE

Contract Services Directorate

3990 E. Broad Street Bldg. 21, Room 2B029

Columbus, OH 43213-1152

Justification And Approval For Other Than Full And Open Competition - Brand Name

FAR 8.4 - Federal Supply Schedules - Limited Sources

COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Brand Name)

Purchase Request #(s)

CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: DFAS Contract Services Directorate

1. REQUIRING ACTIVITY:

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING APPROVED: Solicit a Brand Name requirement and award a Contract/Order.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: This justification covers the acquisition of the following article(s):

This requirement is for the purchase of annual software maintenance on HP Security Fortify and HP Security WebInspect. This is to support IT and will improve the timeliness, efficiency, quality, and effectiveness of Code Reviews within the IT development community.

IT maintains over 5 million lines of code for more than 30 applications in a variety of programming languages. The Application Security and Develop Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and Checklist require each developer to review software source code for security vulnerabilities. This improves the security and quality of the software. This requirement is part of the Application Security and Development STIG that code is reviewed annually, at a minimum. The software maintenance allows DFAS to be eligible for the most up-to-date versions and security patches in order maintain the software in accordance with DoD security requirements. For complete description of services being procured see the Bill of Materials.

• Base Year- November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2021

• Option Year 1- November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2022

• Option Year 2- November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023

The Required Delivery Date/PoP is: 11/1/2020 Estimated Value (include option): $ Option(s) YES

FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(B) – Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are

5. RATIONALE JUSTIFYING USE OF CITED STATUTORY AUTHORITY

4. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

unique or highly specialized.

DFAS is procuring maintenance for the brand name Micro Focus Fortify software. This requirement can only be fulfilled by an approved Micro Focus dealer/distributor.

6. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO SOLICIT OFFERS FROM AS MANY OFFERORS AS PRACTICABLE:

An RFI was posted to determine the interested vendor base on

Aug 27, 2020 And closed on which resulted in responses from interested vendor(s)Sep 1, 2020

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7. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS OF RFI/BETA.SAM.GOV POSTING, OR MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED OR A STATEMENT

OF THE REASON NONE OF THE ABOVE ACTIONS WERE CONDUCTED.

RFIs for this requirement was issued on NASA SEWP and GSA websites. Market research yielded SEWP responses and GSA responses. In addition, one ESI contract reseller of Micro Focus was contacted for information. The information provided by the ESI reseller (Large Business) was lower than any of the responding vendors from the NASA SEWP and GSA RFIs.

IAW DFAR 208.7402 – Departments and agencies shall fulfill requirements for commercial software and related services, such as software maintenance, in accordance with the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) (see website at http://www.esi.mil/). This requirement will be solicited to all three of the authorized ESI vendors Carahsoft Technology, Corp (Large); EC America (Large); and ImmixTechnology (Large).

8. LIST OF THE SOURCES THAT EXPRESSED A WRITTEN INTEREST IN THE ACQUISITION.

9. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

None

10. A STATEMENT OF THE ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE AGENCY MAY TAKE TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BEFORE ANY SUBSEQUENT ACQUISITION FOR THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED.

Not applicable.

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11. DETERMINATION OF FAIR AND REASONABLE COST: The contracting officer will determine that the anticipated cost to the Government of the service/supplies covered by this justification will be fair and reasonable.

12. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS REPRESENTATIVE CERTIFICATION:

I hereby certify that this justification is made in good faith, that the supporting data and information are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that I would not be making this request if it were feasible to fully compete this requirement. I further certify that this request is not the result of lack of advanced planning or a desire to expend funds while those funds are still available.

Title:Name: Signature

Technical Reviewer

Requiring Activity/Program Management Office Certification:

Name: Title: Signature

13. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this justification is made in good faith, that the supporting data and ____information are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Org. CodeName:

Title: Contracting Officer Signature

15. COMPETITION ADVOCATE REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE: (>$700,000)

Name: Signature

14. LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW(>SAT): OGC review completed per FAR 6.303-1

Name: Signature