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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE

OR BRAND NAME

PICK ONE

Sole Source:

I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with Vendor Name only for Enter Supply or Service to be procured.

The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is Date.

OR

Brand Name Justification:

I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate only with vendors who can provide the subject brand name from for Sisense for BI & Analytics Teams. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is

This recommendation is for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available from only one source/only one manufacture. Competition is impractical for the following reasons (please answer the questions below):

1. What are the reasons for soliciting only the suggested source/suggested brand name? Please provide the unique characteristics of the items or services along with the supporting rationale and the market research performed to substantiate your reason for the suggested source/brand name.

Sisense is a proven platform for users to perform data analytic analyses with disparate/non-standardized data sets; in addition, performance of these analyses is done in a timely manner, including predictive analyses. Sisense provides instant insight into the data providing the ability to monitor, track, and confirm metrics near-real-time. By utilizing Sisense the International Space Station (ISS) teams can perform in-depth analyses and eventually feed into an artificial intelligent (AI) engine for forecasting and scenario building. A Sisense proof of concept was performed comparing two other prominent Business Intelligent (BI) solutions, such as Microsoft Power BI and Tableau. Sisense was found to have additional capabilities that were not available in the other two tools. More importantly, it has the lowest learning curve so that ISS business analysts and engineers can quickly perform research and create their own dashboards; thus reducing the amount of time to produce analyses deliverables. Sisense will enable ISS to quickly automate its processes to gather and analyze disparate data from cross-ISS departments (authorized data sources) and reduce the heavy manual effort it takes to gather, transform, and analyze data in support of ISS programmatic decision-making purposes.

2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.

Without Sisense, the ISS teams will continue to struggle with heavy manual gathering, transforming, and analysis of data. The teams will continue to use the disparate methods used today which results in inconsistent reporting and a large time spent on rework. The data will remain unstandardized and insights will continue to be done in silos. Without standardized data ISS will be unable to perform in-depth analysis and provide AI into the data.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

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The above justification in pursuant to one of the following (only select one):

☐ - Recommendation and Determination to Solicit from One Source (RDSS): For open market purchases, pursuant to FAR 5.101(a)(1), the proposed contract action will be placed on FedBizOpps under the authority of FAR 13.106.- 1(b)(1)(i).

☐ - Recommendation and Determination to Solicit from One Source (RDSS): For open market purchases, pursuant to FAR 5.101(a)(1), the proposed contraction action was not placed on FedBizOpps as oral solicitation will be used to solicit quotation under the authority of FAR 13.106.-1(b)(1)(i).

☐ - Recommendation and Determination to Solicit from One Source (RDSS): For open market purchases, pursuant to FAR 5.202 (a)(2), the proposed contract action is exempt from publication on FedBizOpps because the government would be seriously injured if the Agency complies with the time periods specified in 5.203.

☐ - Brand Name Justification (BNJ): For open market purchases, pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the acquisition of the referenced brand name item is hereby justified. (Under $25,000)

☐ - Brand Name Justification (BNJ): For open market purchases, pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the acquisition of the referenced brand name item is hereby justified. Pursuant to FAR 5.201, any contract action over $25,000 shall be synopsized in the Government wide Point of Entry (GPE) and the brand name justification must be attached.

☐ - Limited Source Justification (LSJ) Sole Source: For GSA orders, pursuant to FAR 8.405-6 (a) (1) (i) (B), only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. Action will be performed against GSA Contract .

☐ - Limited Source Justification (LSJ) Brand Name: For GSA orders, pursuant to FAR 8.405-6(a)(2), the item is peculiar to one manufacturer. A brand name item, whether available on one or more schedule contracts, is an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

☐ - Fair Opportunity Wavier (FOW): For SEWP orders or orders placed against other IDIQ contracts, under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) and Pursuant to FAR 16.505(b), exemption under FAR 16.505(b)(2) used is based on the following:

☐ (A) The agency need for the supplies or services is so urgent that providing a fair opportunity would result in unacceptable delays ☐ (B) Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized.

☐ (C) The order must be issued on a sole-source basis in the interest of economy and efficiency because it is a logical follow-on to an order already issued under the contract, provided that all awardees were given a fair opportunity to be considered for the original order.

☐ (D) It is necessary to place an order to satisfy a minimum guarantee.

☐ (E) For orders exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, a statute expressly authorizes or requires that the purchase be made from a specified source.

☐ (F) In accordance with section 1331 of Public Law 111-240 (15 U.S.C. 644(r)), contracting officers may, at their discretion, set aside orders for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3). When setting aside orders for small business concerns, the specific small business program eligibility requirements identified in part 19 apply

I hereby accept the above stated recommendation and determine that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.