Attachment 2 - Redacted DF Brand Name Restriction.pdf

This is a Determination & Findings document for a single-source procurement action by the 42D Contracting Squadron of the Air Force. The contracting officer has determined that the Holm Center requires the brand-name Scantron Eva Exam software suite to upgrade its legacy testing infrastructure and maintain continuous testing capabilities via both paper-based and online modalities during campus network outages. The entire historical testing database and exam statistics are built on proprietary Scantron legacy platforms (ParTest and ParScore), making Scantron Eva Exam the only commercial solution with native downward compatibility required to import and preserve critical legacy data. Procuring alternative software brands would result in catastrophic loss of historical assessment data, require redundant manual rebuilding of thousands of test questions, and cause unacceptable delays to the Officer Training School mission.

The contracting officer issued Sources Sought notices on June 22, 2026, to SAM.gov and GSA eBuy, receiving two responses. Neither respondent proposed viable alternatives, and while two GSA eBuy respondents lacked sufficient documentation of reseller capabilities, two SAM.gov respondents (R3 UNIQ INC dba Quadyster and Project Manager USA, Inc. dba PM America) demonstrated full technical capability and confirmed they are authorized Scantron resellers. The contracting officer has justified this single-source or brand-name action under RFO 11.204(a)(2)(ii) (Brand Name) and determined that subsequent research could not verify all required brand-name items are available on GSA MAS contracts for both vendors. The solicitation will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside for brand-name Scantron products under Simplified Acquisition Procedures on the open market via SAM.gov. The determination was signed by 1st Lieutenant John W. Putnam, Air Force Contracting Officer, on July 23, 2026.