A3. FAR Part 12 Acquisitions Under the SAT Redacted.docx

MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

REGIONAL CONTRACTING OFFICE

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO

QUANTICO, VA 22134-5001

Determination that Only One Source is Reasonably Available (Including Brand Name) - FAR Part 12 Acquisitions under the SAT

MEMORANDUM TO THE FILE

Subj: DETERMINATION THAT ONLY ONE SOURCE (BRAND) IS REASONABLY AVAILABLE FOR A FAR PART 12- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

I. BACKGROUND:

1. FAR Part 12 directs contracting activities to use procedures that are, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with commercial practice.

2. As required by FAR 12.102(a), this document serves as the basis for the determination that only one source (Brand) is reasonably available to satisfy the agency's requirements. This determination explains the absence of competition for this acquisition; this is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

The Contracting Activity is the Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region - Regional Contracting Office (MCINCR-RCO), located at 2010 Henderson Road, MCB Quantico, VA. The requiring activity is Marine Corps Information Operations Center (MCIOC), located at Bldg 27404, MCB Quantico.

II. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM OR SERVICE:

Commercial description: An advanced multi-modal Publicly Available Information (PAI) capture and identification to discover pre-viral content and emerging threats to U.S. military operations.

Intended use: The MCIOC will employ Argus’s advanced multi-modal PAI capture and agentic AI modeling to greatly enhance numerous supported commands’ cognitive resiliency, media literacy and threat awareness, as well as deliberate influence and force protection efforts.

Source or Brand Name: Accrete AI.

The requested period of performance: 30 September 2026 - 29 September 2027

III. THE DETERMINATION FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING (select all that apply):

A. _ __ ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE (select all that apply):

1. ___ RESTRICTIVE RIGHTS. The source has established proprietary rights, limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights or secret processes in the item or service required.

2. _ EXCLUSIVE LICENSING AGREEMENTS. The item or service is only available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), or there is only one authorized distributor or technical representative for the OEM.

3. __ _ OTHER REASONS.

B. __X__ BRAND NAME

MCIOC has tested and/or employed numerous tools that enable PAI based research and analysis for intelligence purposes. Accrete’s multi-modal PAI collection and processing is unique and very useful. The ability to identify pre-viral media content will help identify key information decision points for supported commanders. The ability to upload finished assessments to train the Agentic AI model will enhance our capability for deep analysis and contextually correct assessments. This is the only vendor that has offered a tool suite that combines these specific attributes for near-real time analysis and reporting.

MCIOC has conducted market research for PAI tools and software for more than 10-years. Throughout that time MCIOC has contracted with more than a dozen companies for varied periods of performance and with varying degrees of satisfaction. Accrete offers a unique capability set that satisfies discrete requirements that other tools do not directly address. Loss of this capability could prevent timely identification of negative indicators and delay reporting of emergent threats to mission and force.

Other companies contacted during market research for this requirement include Two Six Technologies, Peraton, and Vannevar Labs. The results of market research and contact with industry concluded that most services provided general text-based social and traditional media research functions, analytic assistance and other AI-related enhancements. Only Accrete offered all these capabilities and also multi-modal collection, trainable Agentic AI and pre-viral alerts.

Per the OEM, there are authorized resellers of Accrete, making this a brand name justification.

C. ___URGENT AND COMPELLING. The supplies or services are of such unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals. Urgent requirements are supplies or services that will result in a work stoppage or are mission critical and the routine processing time would result in injury to the Government. The determination that the procurement for the above item/service is an urgent and compelling requirement is based on the following:

1. Date on which the requirement was first identified:

2. Required delivery date/period of performance:

3. Explanation of why delivery/commencement of services by the date mentioned above is required:

IV. ACTIONS TAKEN TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME BARRIERS

The government will continue to monitor the market and conduct market research to identify any emerging solutions that may satisfy requirements. Should such solutions become available during the lifecycle of the current requirement, the government will consider whether switching to new vendors is in the government’s best interest, and regarding future similar requirements, seek competition to the maximum extent practicable.

DISTRIBUTION: DoW COMMUNITY ONLY

DISTRIBUTION: DoW COMMUNITY ONLY

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