A17_JA_Panther_Prolifics_Redacted_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

SINGLE SOURCE DETERMINATION USING

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP) UNDER THE

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD (SAT)

AUTHORITY: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

1. Contracting activity/agency. Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate, Division V, Branch I, on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Operations Center (NOC), Division of Information Resource Management (DIRM).

2. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs.

BLM requires a firm fixed price, sole source purchase order renewing maintenance on existing Panther Prolifics software. If not funded, these critical applications are at risk for support, security vulnerabilities, updates, policy adjustments, etc. Such risks not only impact BLM internally but could possibly impact the BLM’s image and relationship with customers (interagency and/or public).

3. Identification of the single source to be solicited.

Prolifics, Inc 111 N Magnolia Ave #1550 Orlando, FL 32801-2336 POC: Biju Nair Phone: 813-434-4515 / 646-417-5863

4. Reason for authority cited. The contracting officer has determined the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Urgency – The nature of the requirement has been deemed urgent and following competitive procedures would result in unacceptable delays.

Exclusive Licensing Agreement

X Brand Name – The particular brand name is essential to the requirement and market research indicates similar products do not meet or cannot be modified to meet agency needs. If the justification is to cover only the portion of the buy which is brand name, then it

P a g e | 2 should so state; the approval level requirements will then only apply to that portion.

Industrial Mobilization

5. Rationale.

Panther Prolifics is an application development language used in several critical National Applications (i.e., AFMSS, CBS, LR2000, RAS, and UAS-LRAM) that directly impacts the mission success of BLM. As demonstrated by the attached Prolifics sole source letter; Prolifics manufacturers and distributes Panther Software Suite. Prolifics has been a sole source provider for this requirement to BLM for multiple years. Prolifics has been the only firm that can provide Panther Software for BLM’s IT infrastructure needs.

6. Market Research.

On 7/18/2022, a search for Prolifics, Inc through SAM.gov using the NAICS 541511, deemed the vendor as a large business. On 7/19/2022, the COR confirmed the Product Service Code (PSC) and Universal Product Code (UPC) for this requirement, DA013E30, is a service. Therefore, the Department of the Interior Mandatory Use Contract Vehicles identified in DOI-AAAP-0088 is not required for the use of NASA SEWP for Enterprise Information Technology Hardware Acquisitions. Prolifics, Inc provided BLM with verification through a sole source letter, dated 2/28/2022, stating that the vendor is the sole provider of Panther Software Licenses and Support since they manufacture and distribute Panther Software.