Attachment 1 - JOFOC - Zoom Brand Name Justification REDACTED.pdf

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

One Independence Square 250 E Street, SW

Washington, D.C. 20427

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

BRAND NAME REQUIREMENT

1. Contracting Agency. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), Washington, DC.

2. Nature of Action Being Approved. FMCS proposes to award a new firm-fixed price purchase order for Zoom FedRAMP-compliant video-conferencing and webinar licenses.

3. Description of Supplies or Services. FMCS has a requirement for Zoom FedRAMP-compliant licenses as shown below:

CLIN Description MFG Part # Quantity

0001, 1001, 2001 & 3001 Zoom FedRAMP Enterprise offer with 500 capacity

ZFG1-AH30-

ENT5-BD1Y 215

0002, 1002, 2002 & 3002 Zoom FedRAMP Webinar with 500 capacity

ZFG1-WEB-

500-FL1Y 1

4. Estimated Dollar Total Value.

5. Statutory Authority. The statutory authority for this action is 11.105(a)(1). The particular brand name, product, or feature is essential to the Government’s requirements, and market research indicates other companies’ similar products, or products lacking the particular feature, do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the agency’s needs.

6. Applicability of Authority: Since 2016, FMCS has used RingCentral for phone, video-conferencing and webinar needs. As such, all employees are fully trained in the various elements of RingCentral, to include RingCentral Meetings and Glip, both of which are powered by Zoom.

Moving to a new platform will require retraining all FMCS employees, 99% of who work remotely, thus causing potential delays in productivity and unnecessary costs to the Government.

7. Efforts To Obtain Competition: The Contracting Officer will post this requirement on FBO for a period of not less than ten (10) days.

8. Fair and Reasonable: It is anticipated that multiple quotes will be received in response to the solicitation posted on FBO. Consequently, fair and reasonableness will be based on adequate price competition.

9. Market Survey: Market research foud that multiple small businesses can provide the exact items needed by FMCS.

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

One Independence Square 250 E Street, SW

Washington, D.C. 20427

10. Further Competition: FMCS will continue to conduct market research to determine if there is another FedRAMP-compliant service that can meet the Agency’s needs without causing too much disruption to the mission of FMCS.

11. Contracting Officers Certification: I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, this justification is accurate and complete.

Erika Faith LeTourneau Senior Contracting Officer, FMCS

Date: 15 April 2021