Brand_Name_Justification_Nvidia_GRID_Redacted.pdf

Memorandum for Record – Limiting Competition at or below the Simplified Acquisition

Threshold

1. Contracting Activity: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Technical Services Support Branch, BLDG 56, Denver Federal Center, CO 80225

2. Description of Action: Brand Name Acquisition of Nvidia GRID

Nature: ☒ New Requirement ☐ Follow-on Requirement

Contract Vehicle: ☒ Purchase Order Number _______________________________

☐ Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Number _______________ ☐ Order/BPA# _______ against FSS Contract #_____ _________ ☐ Order #___TBD___ against Multiple Award IDIQ Contract Name or

☐ Order #_______ against a single award IDC Contract

☐ Modification # _______ to existing PO/TO/DO/Call Order #________________

Pricing/Contract Type: ☒ Fixed Price ☐ Time & Materials/Labor Hours ☐ Cost Reimbursable ☐ Hybrid

WBS: ☒ ☒ Funds: FY: _

Name of Proposed Contractor(s) and Address: None

Brand Name Only to authorized wholesalers and/ or resellers of Nvidia GRID vGPU License

3. Description of Services or Supplies: Purchase of Nvidia GRID vGPU License

The estimated value of the proposed action is

The proposed acquisition is for Nvidia GRID vGPU License Renewal equipment for the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The required brand name items are as follows:

CLIN Description Mfgr Part# QTY UI 0010 Nvidia GRID vGPU License Renewal N/A N/A 628 EA

4. Authority:

☒ FAR 13.106-1(b)(1): For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), only one source reasonably available, urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization.

Or

☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) and 8.405-6(b)(1) Brand Name ☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(A) Urgency ☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) Only One Source is Capable ☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C) Logical Follow-on

Or

☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B) Only One Awardee is Capable ☐ FAR 16.505(a)(4) Brand Name ☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(A) Urgency ☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) Logical Follow-on ☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(D) Minimum Guarantee

5. Reasons for Authority Cited:

a. This Acquisition is brand name only for Nvidia GRID vGPU License Renewal. Fair opportunity will be provided to all business who are authorized resellers of Nvidia GRID vGPU License. The Bureau of Reclamation has Nvidia GRID licenses in place for a small-scale Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) in the Sacramento and Denver datacenters. In order to continue supporting the current VDI, renewing the licenses is necessary.

6. Publicizing Contract Actions: For FAR Part 13 actions, the public display and synopsis requirements of FAR 5.101 and FAR 5.203 ☐ do not apply due to the $ threshold, ☒ apply and will be followed, or ☐ do not apply due to an exception at 5.202 _______________.

Requirement to post justification in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(b)(3), FAR 13.105(c), or FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii)(A)

☐ Action is NOT a brand name restriction and is under $150K, no posting required ☐ Action is a brand name restriction, under $25K, no posting required ☒ Action is a brand name restriction, over $25K. It will be redacted and posted with the solicitation.

☐ Action is a brand name restriction over $25K but will not be posted due to exception:

☐ FAR 6.305(f) ☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(A)

☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(B) ☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(C) ☐ FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii(C)

Robert Shedrick