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Market Research indicates that several ISBEE resellers are available to submit a competitive quote for this brand name storage software.

9. Any other facts supporting the use of justification of other than full and open competition, such as:

N/A

10. A listing of the sources, if any, that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

11. A statement of any 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.

12. Requirements personnel certification.

I certify that the technical data which forms a basis for this justification is complete and accurate and meets the Government’s minimum needs.

X

Program Office/COR

13. Contracting officer certification that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the contracting officer’s knowledge and belief.

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

X

Contracting Officer

DELANA BENTLEY Digitally signed by DELANA BENTLEY Date: 2022.02.16 10:11:01 -05'00'

NANCY SHAH Digitally signed by NANCY SHAH Date: 2022.02.17 10:10:42 -05'00'

United States Department of the Interior Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

Washington, DC 20240

BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS

AUTHORITY: FAR 13.501(a), 41 U.S.C. 1901

PR/SOL/CONTRACT # 40566870

Control # 22-0056

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Brand Name Justification.”

Contracting Activity: This document is a brand name justification for other than full and open competition for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Office, Office of Information Management Technology (OIMT).

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

Requirement: Purchase Backup Tape Cartridges for BIA OIMT. Requesting brand name justification for Fujifilm. Specifically, FUJI LTO5 Ultrium 1.5/3.0TB Data Cartridge Custom Barcode (Mfg. #: 81110000411).

The LTO technology is a powerful, scalable, adaptable open tape format developed and continuously enhanced to help address the growing demands of data protection in the midrange to enterprise-class server environments. LTO 5 is the first LTO tape to allow dual partitions that can be independently accessed, providing improved data management and faster access to data. This feature enables the new Linear Tape File System (LTFS), which, if utilized, results in a self-describing tape that gives the ability to manage files directly on the tape and allows files to be viewed or accessed in much the same way as a disk or flash drive.

In addition, LTO Ultrium 5 technology offers AES 256-bit encryption capability that increases the performance value of tape storage in terms of security and reinforces its importance as a reliable high-performance storage solution.

Requirement:

New

Pricing:

Firm-Fixed Price

3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated value).

High Capacity and Transfer Rate – Fujifilm’s NANOCUBIC technology has enabled LTO Ultrium 5 to achieve a native/compressed capacity of 1.5/3.0TB by recording 1,280 data tracks within 12.65 mm tape width. With the utilization of the multi-channel recording technology, LTO 5 features native/compressed transfer rates of up to 140/280MB/sec.

Improvement in NANOCUBIC technology – For LTO Ultrium 5 development, Fujifilm has further advanced the NANOCUBIC technology with the following key technologies and has successfully achieved a higher recording density: 1) Development of finer metal particles (78% of the size of LTO-4), 2) Nano-dispersion technology with a new binder system, 3) Advanced nano-coating technology to achieve a much smoother and more uniform magnetic layer resulting in a significant decrease in tape surface defects.

Custom cartridge printing – barcode-labeling services allow for easy identification.

BIA have purchased from this vendor just in the past year and they have the Library Pack Barcoded tapes and are knowledgeable of what the new sequential number of tapes that are required. The estimated value is .

4. An Identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(ii)

5. A demonstration that the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited.

BIA have purchased from this brand just in the past year and they have the Library Pack Barcoded tapes and are knowledgeable of what the new sequential number of tapes that are required. The Fujifilm brand is a proven standard and has been in use with Indian Affairs for nearly 7 years. Staff who supports the IA data storage equipment have experience utilizing this brand of data storage tape. In addition, they have reported little to no issues with the data cartridge due to the quality of build that the Fujifilm brand offers.

6. A description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as is practicable, including whether a notice was or will be publicized as required by Subpart 5.2 and, if not, which exception under 5.202 applies.

The requirement will be posted for solicitation as an Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) set-aside.

7. A determination by the contracting officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. The contracting officer determines that the anticipated price(s) will be fair and reasonable based on adequate price competition expected to result from the solicitation.

8. A description of the market research conducted (see Part 10) and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.