C14 Redacted BNJ.pdf

Subj: BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION TO PROCURE MERCURY RESX07

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Brand Name Justification.”

This is a brand name justification. Contracting activity is NSWC-PCD, 110 Vernon Ave., Panama City, FL, 32407.

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

This action will award a firm fixed price contract to authorized sellers of the items listed in Paragraph 3 of this document.

3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs

Line Item Number Description Qty.

1 RESX07-

2U22RA1032-02

RESX07 System

(1) RESX07-2U22RAK02

(1) [CHASSIS] 2U 22" DEPTH RIO, MAX 1200W

SUPPORTED,

(8x U.2 SATA + GPU) must include at least 4x memory and 2x CPUs

(1) [COMPLIANCE] STANDARD BASE PRODUCT

RUGGED LEVEL 1 COMPLIANCE, CONFIGURATION

SPECIFIC TESTING IS A CUSTOM REQUEST

(2) [POWER] 1200W 120VAC PSU

(2) [POWER] US POWER CORD, 6 FT

(1) [MOTHERBOARD] X12DPT-B6

(2) [PROCESSOR] XEON SILVER 4314, 16C, 2.4GHZ

BASE, 135W TDP, 2667 Memory Speed

(12) [MEMORY] 16GB ECC DIMM DDR4-3200

(1) [RAID] VROC Premium Key, Intel Virtual RAID on CPU, NVMe

(2) [STORAGE] Micron MTFDDAK960TGA- 1BC1ZABYY 5400 Pro 960GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD

(1) NVMe Support

(8) Intel Intel® SSD D5 P5316 Series (15.3TB, EDSFF E1.L 9.5mm PCIe 4.0 x4, 3D4, QLC) Generic No OPAL Single Pack

(MPN: SSDPFWNV153TZN1)

(1) [OS] No OS

(1) [TPM] HORIZONTALTRUSTED PLATFORM

MODULE, 2.0

(1) [CARD] RJ45 Quad 10Gig network adapter PCIe

(1) [CARD] QSFP28 Dual 100Gig network adapter PCIe 4.0

(1) CABLE CUSTOM, POWER, 4IN, BATTERY,

RECEPTACLE

(FRONT PANEL)

(1) [C_ROHS5] HDWR RES 2U XR7 RIO, HANDLE,

MODIFIED CALLOUTS TO 0.38IN

(1) Rail Hole Pattern Update

(1) [WARRANTY] Limited Lifetime Warranty

2 Freight Freight 1

This acquisition will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures. The Government’s minimum needs have been verified by the certifying technical and requirements personnel. This memo does not authorize acquisition for other requirements. This acquisition will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures with a total dollar value above micro-purchase levels, but not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.

4. Identification of the justification rationale and, if applicable, a demonstration of the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service.

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Application for brand name description FAR 6.302-1(c).

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) currently has a need for the items listed in Paragraph 3 of this document. The Mercury items listed are part of a configuration-controlled system; if another vendor/item were to be selected, the system would have to be re-baselined to include the new component, resulting in additional costs and delays.

As such, the Government does not expect significant savings through competition and does expect significant and unacceptable delays that will negatively impact this requirement.

Therefore, it is in the Governments’ best interest to acquire the Mercury brand.

5. A determination by the ordering activity contracting officer that the order represents the best value consistent with FAR 13.106-1(b).

The Contracting Officer has determined that the order represents the best value and results in the lowest overall cost alternative (such as considering price, special features, administrative costs) to meet the Government’s needs.

6. A description of the market research conducted among schedule holders and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

For the reasons specified in paragraph 4 above, Mercury is the only brand that can meet the Government’s needs. This requirement will be synopsized in the government point of entry sam.gov.

7. Any other facts supporting the justification.

None.

8. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made.

As stated in paragraph 4 above, Mercury is the only brand that can meet this requirement.