Brand Name Justification_Redacted.pdf

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JUSTIFICATION FOR BRAND NAME (Simplified Acquisitions < SAT)

The service or material listed on N0016122RC16603 is Brand Name and competition is precluded for reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available for this material or service.

Restricted to the following source. Provide manufacturer name.

Manufacturer:

Pure Storage HQ 650 Castro St #400 Mountain View CA 94042

833-379-7873

Dealer / Rep:

Multiple Authorized Resellers

X Description of the item or service required, the estimated cost, and required delivery date.

Item is a Storage Area Network (SAN) that provides shared storage among enterprise hypervisor servers to enable high availability in a virtualized environment. Estimated cost is and the required delivery date is 6/30/2022.

X Specific characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to brand name.

Describe in detail why only this suggested brand can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources.

This storage array technology is currently in use on US Naval Academys production network. Utilizing the same technology allows USNA to leverage familiarity with the product, vastly reducing any restraining costs for system administration to operate and maintain the system.

_X__ The requested material or service represents the minimum requirements of the government.

CHECK & FILL IN ALL APPLICABLE BLANKS BELOW

X The material/service must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit and function) with existing systems presently installed/performing. Describe the equipment/function you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect, or interface with the existing system

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A patent, copyright or proprietary data limits competition. The proprietary data is

These are “direct replacements” parts/components for existing equipment.

Other information to support a brand name buy:

I CERTIFY THAT STATEMENTS CHECKED, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE,

ARE COMPLETE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I

UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCESSING OF THIS SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

PRECLUDES THE USE OF FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.

Signature Title Associate Director, Systems

Activity U.S. Naval Academy ITSD

Contracting Officer Signature