BN JA FY26 Sun T8 HW MX Renewal_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity or Use of Brand-Name Restriction submitted by the United States Air Force on September 17, 2021.

The Air Force seeks to procure Oracle Sun SPARC T8-2 Server Premier Support (Systems and Disk) and Data Retention maintenance renewal through a competitive commercial supply requirement. The procurement will be issued as a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order to a single offeror via the Best in Class contracting vehicle under NASA SEWP. The contracting activity is AFSC/PZIOB at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, with Purchase Request/Local ID Numbers F3YCAY6051AC03 and F3YCAY6051AC04. The program is identified as FY26 Sun T8 HW Maintenance Renewal 2026-00337. The justification invokes FAR 16.505(a)(4)(i) to restrict consideration to brand-name items, as only Oracle Sun Premier certified partners can provide the certified product, technical support, and replacement parts required at the specified quality level. The document certifies that price reasonableness will be established through adequate price competition in the commercial market and that the Applications Server eXchange (ASX) server farm is mission-critical to Air Logistics Center and Air Force Sustainment Center operations, making third-party or uncertified refurbished equipment unacceptable due to warranty, technical support, and response time concerns.