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BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED SUPPLIES/SERVICES, ESTIMATED

VALUE, AND DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

Award of a Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a brand name basis for Cisco Network Hardware in support of a technology modification for the ----------Land Based Test Environment (LBTE). The items to be purchased are listed below, consisting of four (4) Cisco Catalyst 9300X switches, four (4) Cisco 9300 switches, eighty-eight (88) Cisco 1000BASE-SX transceiver modules, fifty-two (52) Cisco 10GBASE-SR SFP Modules, eight (8) Cisco 1000BASE-T SFP modules, two (2) Cisco Catalyst C9200-L-48T-4X switches, one (1) Cisco Catalyst 9300 48-port data only switch, one (1) Cisco Catalyst 9300 Network Module, three (3) Cisco Catalyst 9200L-24T-4X Layer 3 Switches, five

(5) Cisco 125W AC Config 5 Power Supplies, one (1) Cisco 350W AC 80+ platinum Config 1 Secondary Power Supply, one (1) Cisco pluggable USB3.0 SSD Storage, one

(1) 50CM Type 1 Stacking Cable, one (1) Cisco Catalyst Stack power Cable, and four (4) Cisco 715W AC 80+ platinum Config 1 Secondary Power Supplies. This hardware is required to support a critical hardware upgrade for the ---------- in order to keep it in line with ----- hardware. The part numbers, quantities, and total estimated cost are as follows:

Part Number Description Quantity

C9300X-24Y-A Catalyst 9300X 24x25G Fiber Ports, modular uplink Switch 4

C9300X-NM-8Y Catalyst 9300 8 x 10G/25G Network Module SFP+/SFP28 4

GLC-SX-MMD++= 1000BASE-SX SFP transceiver module, MMF, 850nm, DOM 88

SFP-10G-SR++= 10GBASE-SR SFP Module 52

GLC-TE++= 1000BASE-T SFP, TAA eligible 8

C9200L-48T-4X- A++

Cisco Catalyst C9200L-48T-4X 48-port switch, fixed 1/10G uplink

C9300-48T-A Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage 1

C9300-NM-8X Catalyst 9300 8 x 10GE Network Module 1

C9200L-24T-4X- A++

Catalyst 9200 C9200L-24T-4X Layer 3 Switch 3

PWR-C5-

125WAC/2

125W AC Config 5 Power Supply - Secondary Power Supply 5

PWR-C1-

350WAC-P/2

350W AC 80+ platinum Config 1 Secondary Power Supply 1

SSD-240G Cisco pluggable USB3.0 SSD storage 1

STACK-T1-50CM 50CM Type 1 Stacking Cable 1

CAB-SPWR-30CM Catalyst Stack Power Cable 30 CM 1

PWR-C1-

715WAC-P/2

715W AC 80+ platinum Config 1 SecondaryPower Supply 4

Total Cost

These items are Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) parts. The estimated value is ----------.

Delivery is 6 weeks after contract award, there are no option quantities or periods. Cisco parts are necessary for compatibility with existing DDG 1000 components.

2. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR BRAND NAME BASED ON

CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR NATURE OF THE

ACQUISITION

This procurement of Cisco branded hardware and equipment is necessary to provide a critical technology modification of the DDG 1000 LBTE to allow it to maintain development and operation of -------- systems. The Land Based Test Environment (LBTE) for ------ is a recreation of the Machinery Control System (MCS) and Engineering Control System (ECS) network on land. For the LBTE to be able to function and continue development, relevant hardware in the LBTE must match what is installed shipboard.

The -------- LBTE is required to be compliant with the shipboard Risk Management Framework (RMF) package in order to maintain our Authority To Operate (ATO). The currently approved RMF package, which is owned by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and shared between test sites including our own, uses Cisco hardware, firmware, and configurations which are compliant to Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) parameters. A deviation from Cisco hardware will result in configurations and firmware which are no longer compliant with the ------ Shipboard RMF package and potentially uncompliant to STIG parameters, which will result in a loss of the ----- LBTE’s ATO.

From a technical perspective, failure to match shipboard hardware may result in the non-functionality of the -------- LBTE or may otherwise introduce unacceptable risk, as software would be developed and deployed to differing hardware. Such risks may include costs incurred to redevelop software, material delays to ship updates and installations, and, in the worst case, unexpected loss of shipboard functionality to critical systems.

3. MARKET SURVEY

Market research was conducted on other switch brands, such as Juniper, HPE/Aruba, Extreme Networks, Ubiquiti, TP-Link, Netgear, and EnGenius. While these switches could reproduce much of the functionality of the Cisco switches, they are unable to run the dedicated Cisco firmware and configuration files tailored for our Risk Management Framework (RMF) package by NSWC Dahlgren Division. Additionally, during discussions on procuring network upgrade material, our Tier 1 integrator, Raytheon, was consulted about the potential compliance of other switch brands to the functionality of our LBTE. They indicated that the use of other switch brands was not advised and introduced unacceptable risk, outside of the fact that it would not be RMF compliant.

Thus, the brand-name Cisco components are essential to the Government’s requirements.

A market research for providers was performed by searching for parts that were available through GSA advantage and the open internet through Google. At time of original submission, two companies were shown to be able to provide all necessary parts for purchase. They are included in the table below. Pricing at the time of submission and price comparisons are contained in the Price_Comparison.xlsx excel file, attached to the package submission. Required hardware was also available through several open market providers found via Google Search.

VENDOR CAGE

CODE

SMALL

BUSINESS

VENDOR POC NAME / EMAIL

YES

NO

YES

NO

4. ADDITIONAL FACTS

5. APPROVALS:

I certify that the statements and information provided above, are complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that the processing of this justification precludes the use of full and open competition.

Signature of Cognizant Requisition Originator Date

Signature of 1st Level Supervisor Date

Signature of Contracting Officer Date