B08_Attachment_-_Brand_Name_Only_J_A_(REDACTED).docx

BRANDNAMEJUSTIFICATIONANDA PROVALFORACQUISITIONUNDERTHE SIMPLIFIEDACQUISITIONTHRESHOLDPR4058721

1. Contra tingAgen yandA tivity.TheDepartmentoftheInter1or Un1tedStatesGeoIog1caI SurveypIanstocontractbymeansotherthanfuIandopencompet1t1on.Th1sdocumentsetsforth the ust1f1cat1onandaprovaIforawardonaI1m1tedsourcebas1s brand-nameonIy asrequ1red byFAR8.405-6.

2. NatureofA tionBeingA proved.F1rm-f1Wedpr1ceDeI1veryXrderforDruva1nSync ut1I1zedbytheGeoIogyEnergy[\1neraIsSc1enceCenter GE\SC .

^.De riptionofSu p ie orServi e .TheGeoIogyEnergy[\1neraIsSc1enceCenter GE\SC nedsDruva1nSyncthatdeI1versun1f1eddataprotect1on management and 1nformat1ongovernanceatscaIeacrosendpo1ntsandcIoudapI1cat1ons1nasecureand compI1antmaner.DeI1veredas-aserv1ce Druva1nSyncprov1desbackup arch1vaI compI1ance anddev1cemanagemen toprotecthybr1dcIouddata suportreguIatorycompI1ance and 1mprovedatav1s1b1I1ty.Druva1stheonIyknownaprovedFedRA\PsoIut1on.

4. E timatedDo arVa ue.Theest1matedpr1ceoftheserv1ce1sdefghiji

5. StatutoryAuthority.Theproposedact1onmaybeawardedonasoIesourcebas1sunderthe author1tyofSect1on20 ofthePropertyandAdm1n1strat1veServ1cesActof 949 40USC50 andFAR8.405-6.

6. Rationa eSuportingU eofCitationinNo.5.Druva1nSync1sSaSpIatformthatdeI1vers un1f1eddataprotect1on management and1nformat1ongovernanceatscaIeacrosendpo1ntsand cIoudapI1cat1ons1nasecureandcompI1antmaner.DeI1veredas-a-serv1ce Druva1nSync Enterpr1seprov1desbackup arch1vaI compI1ance anddev1cemanagemen toprotectworkstat1on data1nahyperv1sorenv1ronment suportsreguIatorycompI1ance and1mprovesdatav1s1b1I1ty. Druvaprov1des1nteroperab1I1tyw1thotherSaSserv1cescurentIy1nusethroughoutUSGSand can1ntegratew1thotherserv1cescurentIy1mpIementedus1ngAWSbackendserv1cessuchas EC21nstancesacrosUSGSs1tes.TheonIycIoudserv1cesweareauthor1zedtousemustbe FedRA\Paproved andDruva1stheonIyFedRA\PaprovedsoIut1on.

7. OtherInformation.NIA.

8. TheEfort toIdentifyA ditiona Sour e In udingtheMaretRe ear hCondu ted.

Compet1t1onw1IbesoughtfromDruvareseIersv1asASASEWP.

Incons1der1ngothersoIut1ons Druva1stheon yba kup o u on ha ou dm a USGS requ1rementsforcIoudbackups.

a. USGSrequ1resaFedRampAuthor1zedSoIut1ontobackupandprotectendpo1nt dev1ces.

b. USGSrequ1resacIoud-basedSaSsoIut1ontobackupandprotectendpo1nt dev1ces.

c. S Srequ1resthatanycloud basedsolut1ontohavean S SA O1nplace. d. hesolut1onmusthaveas1nglepaneofglasadm1n1strat1onconsole whereal tolsw1th1ntheplatformareeas1lyaces1ble.

e. he S Sbackupdatamustres1de1naFedRampA OPaSsolut1on.

f. he S Sendpo1ntbackupsolut1onmusthaveSources1deglobalde dupl1cat1on ofthedatatom1n1m1zenetworktraf1c.

9. FuturePlanstoPermitCompetition.Futureact1onsw1lbecons1deredforcompet1t1onshouldother backupsolut1onprov1dersbecomeFedRAMPaprovedandbecompetedtothemax1mumextent pract1cal.

10. RecommendationProgramOffice

Basedontheabove recommendth1sacqu1s1t1onbeconductedonal1m1tedsourcebas1s. cert1fythatechn1caldatawh1chformabas1sforth1s ust1f1cat1on thataretherespons1b1l1tyof techn1calorequ1rementspersonelarecompleteandacurate.

MATTHIAS

ProgramOfzcer S1gnature Date

1. CertificationsfromtheContractingOfficer.

a. ThecontractingoficerwilselecthebestvaluedquotefortheGovernmentfromthecompetition result.

b. ThisXustificationisacurateandcompletetothebestofmYZnowledgeandbelief.

RafaelAnderson,ContractingOfficer Date

13.A provals

DANIEL GALVIN

Digitally signed by DANIEL GALVIN Date: 2022.08.03

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