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6/30/2021

Oct 29, 2020

DFAS-ZTDA

Attn:

DFAS-I&T Infrastructure and Production Support 8899 East 56th Street Indianapolis IN 46249 DoDAAC: HQ0358

DFAS I&T Infrastructure & Production Support require the maintenance renewal for Veritas Appliances and software utilized on the DFAS ELAN for enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and archiving process of all of the critical data hosted on DFAS shared drives.

Awardee must be an OEM authorized reseller. Brand name being requested is Veritas.

For the purposes of this requirement, the brand name is limited to Veritas which will support the currently installed Veritas appliances and software. The maintenance must be provided by the original equipment manufacturer or an authorized reseller.

As such, DFAS has invested a considerable amount of time, effort, and money into the design and purchase of the Veritas equipment in order to meet the data backup requirements necessary to stay in compliance with DoD directives. The renewal of the maintenance for the existing solution will ensure continuity of operations without interruption.

DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE

Contract Services Directorate

3990 E. Broad Street Bldg. 21, Room 2B029

Columbus, OH 43213-1152

Justification And Approval For Other Than Full And Open Competition - Brand Name

FAR 16.5 - Indefinite-Delivery Contracts - Exception to Fair Opportunity

COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Brand Name)

Purchase Request #(s)

CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: DFAS Contract Services Directorate

1. REQUIRING ACTIVITY:

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING APPROVED: Solicit a Brand Name requirement and award a Contract/Order.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: This justification covers the acquisition of the following article(s):

The Required Delivery Date/PoP is: Estimated Value (include option): Option(s)

4. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

5. RATIONALE JUSTIFYING USE OF CITED STATUTORY AUTHORITY

6. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO SOLICIT OFFERS FROM AS MANY OFFERORS AS PRACTICABLE:

And closed on which resulted in responses from interested vendor(s)

An RFI was posted to determine the interested vendor base on

FAR 16.505(a)(4) Items peculiar to one manufacturer

NO

Oct 21, 2020

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The procurement strategy is to issue a request for quote (RFQ) on the NASA Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) and the fair opportunity procedures set up by SEWP will be followed. According to those procedures, a RFQ with a brand name requirement must include a justification and approval and be submitted to all pre-competed Contract Holders. The order at issue includes a brand-name requirement.

7. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS OF RFI/BETA.SAM.GOV POSTING, OR MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED OR A STATEMENT

OF THE REASON NONE OF THE ABOVE ACTIONS WERE CONDUCTED.

Per DFARS agencies are required to utilize ESI for Veritas support. Research was conducted in which both ESI vendors responded.

Additionally, RFI (#174611) was posted on NASA SEWP from 10/21/20 - 10/29/20 utilizing the RFI tool seeking quotes for one year.

Competition was sought among all OEM authorized resellers for the best possible pricing. Through coordination with CSD and the program manager, option years are not available for this requirement. An RFI was put out on GSA from 10/21/20-10/28/20.

IAW DFARS 208.7402(1) Departments and agencies shall fulfill requirements for commercial software and related services, such as software maintenance, in accordance with the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI). Furthermore, PGI 208.7403(5) states: If existing ESAs do not represent the best value to the Government, the software product manager (SPM) shall be given an opportunity to provide the same or a better value to the Government.

IAW DFARS 208.7403(5) The Contracting Officer cannot determine ESI to be the best value to the government considering small business in which the CO has made the determination to release the RFQ on NASA SEWP under Groups B, C, and D where additional small business competition is anticipated.

Based upon RFI's posted the following Market Research was obtained:

8. LIST OF THE SOURCES THAT EXPRESSED A WRITTEN INTEREST IN THE ACQUISITION.

9. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

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In order to remove or overcome barriers to competition in future acquisitions for this requirement, the agency will work with the program office to conduct market research to ascertain if there are changes in the market place that would enable future actions to be competed on other than a name brand basis.

10. A STATEMENT OF THE 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.

11. DETERMINATION OF FAIR AND REASONABLE COST: The contracting officer will determine that the anticipated cost to the Government of the service/supplies covered by this justification will be fair and reasonable.

12. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS REPRESENTATIVE CERTIFICATION:

I hereby certify that this justification is made in good faith, that the supporting data and information are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that I would not be making this request if it were feasible to fully compete this requirement. I further certify that this request is not the result of lack of advanced planning or a desire to expend funds while those funds are still available.

Technical Reviewer

Name: Title: Signature

Requiring Activity/Program Management Office Certification:

Name: Title: Signature

13. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this justification is made in good faith, that the supporting data and information are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Title: Contracting Officer Name: Org. Code Signature

14. LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW(>SAT): OGC review completed per FAR 6.303-1

Name:

Signature