Sources_Sought_JA.docx

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND

OPEN COMPETITION (OTFAOC)

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6 Justification & Approval (J&A), Supporting Procurements under FAR Part 12, FAR Subpart 13.5, and FAR Part 15

Purchase Request Number: DHQCSD 16MPC0163 Contract Number: TBD Task/Delivery Order Number: TBD Procurement Title: Purchase 640 hours of Fujitsu Consulting to migrate batch processing from Mainframe to Server environment for G081/Mobility Air Force Logistics Command and Control (MAF LOG C2) Central Design Activity (CDA) Contracting Office: Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) DITCO Estimated Value:

Statutory Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (OTFAOC)

Upon the basis of the following justification, I, as Contracting Officer, hereby approve the use of other than full and open competition of the proposed contractual action pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).

1. REQUIRING AGENCY AND CONTRACTING OFFICE:

Tinker AFB, OK 73145-9155

2. NATURE/DESCRIPTION OF ACTION(S): DISA SE314 requests the acquisition of six-hundred-forty (640) hours of Fujitsu consulting services, identified in paragraph 3, to assist with the migration of batch processing from the Ogden Mainframe to the DECC OKC distributed batch environment. This purchase will be awarded as a firm-fixed price order from Fujitsu to be used to support the G081/Mobility Air Force Logistics Command and Control (MAF Log C2) system by the DISA Central Design Activity (CDA). The period of performance (PoP) is date of award plus 364 days. The total estimated order value is $.

DISA provides all information technology and communication support for G081/Mobility Air Force Logistics Command and Control (MAF Log C2) system. The G081/Mobility Air Force Logistics Command and Control system provides worldwide maintenance management, logistics command and control capabilities for Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) airlift and tank aircraft under the direction of USTRASCOM. This support extends to 30,000 AMC, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and contract users located at more than 120 fixed and deployed locations worldwide.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: The objective of this action is to procure new brand name, COTS, Fujitsu Consulting software support services for DISA SE314. DISA previously purchased licenses for Fujitsu’s COTS software in support of the Air Mobility Command’s, Air Force (MAF) Logistics (Log) Command and Control System (C2) G081/MAF Log C2 system. The Fujitsu Consulting services associated with this requirement will provide the support for the migration of the mainframe based Batch Reports to Batch servers running Fujitsu’s NeoSuite software. According to the manufacturer, Fujitsu, Inc., due to the level of expertise required for this particular migration, Fujitsu consulting services for our requirements is only available by their in-house staff and such consulting is not available via subcontracted labor and/or other vendors.

4. IDENTIFICATION OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

(a) Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1). (FAR 6.302-1/DFARS 206.302-1)

5. DEMONSTRATION OF CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS:

(a) Description of events. DISA SE314 has a need to migrate the mainframe based Batch Reports to Batch servers. Only the brand name Fujitsu consulting services are able to accomplish this migration. The required Fujitsu services are proprietary and only available from Fujitsu. Fujitsu owns the copyrighted source NeoSuite software with all legal rights, privileges, and ownership contained therein. No other source may legally modify or change the software, nor would they have access to the source code to do so. Therefore, only Fujitsu can provide the Fujitsu Consulting services. The Fujitsu services offer the only solution to satisfy the Government’s requirement for the migration of the mainframe based Batch Reports to Batch servers.

(b) Justification.

(1) Minimum Government requirements. DISA and the mission partner are heavily invested in the use of COBOL application code in the MAF Log C2 system, which comprises approximately five-hundred applications and 300 batch jobs. To date, approximately one and a half (1.5M) lines of custom code have been developed, and nearly five hundred thousand man-hours expended to create/support the MAF Log C2 System. It is critical that all products integrate into the current system. No other software manufacturers have been identified that can provide the same level of integration and compatibility without significant changes to the existing system.

The verified minimum requirement of the government is to migrate 3 million lines of COBOL Code from the Mainframe environment to a server based, distributed .Net environment. If we were to attempt to perform this without the use of the Fujitsu NetCOBOL product, it would take 10-20 years to rewrite the G081/Mobility Air Force Logistics Command and Control (MAF Log C2) system; which is not technically or financially feasible.

(2) Proposed sole source contractor. Although there are vendors that can provide consulting on the installation/configuration of Fujitsu software products, discussions with Fujitsu, Inc. representatives (Technical Director, Senior Sales Executives) over the past year have solidified that the level of expertise required for this particular migration project is highly complex and can only be performed by their in-house technical staff.

(1) Discussion regarding cause of the sole source situation. Research by system architects has not identified a suitable alternative to the Fujitsu Software products and services used by G081/MAF Log C2. Allowing open vendor competition would require the government to replace existing commercial software, re-write government applications already in use, and require the retraining of application programmers in the use of a different product.

(2) Demonstration of unique source. Fujitsu maintains ownership, copyright, and/or intellectual property software rights. The Government will continue to search the marketplace. If the Government should determine that Fujitsu software is no longer required, the Government will seek competition for the required functionality.

(3) Procurement discussion. DISA provides all information technology and communication support for G081/Mobility Air Force Logistics Command and Control (MAF Log C2) system. DISA CDA has written over 3 million lines of application code using COBOL to support the MAF Log C2 system since 1973. Fujitsu’s Software products (NetCOBOL for .Net and the Fujitsu NeoSuite products have been purchased to facilitate AMC’s requirement to migrate off the mainframe environment, to a distributed server environment. The actual migration of batch processing is extremely complex and the manufacturer (Fujitsu) has solidified that the level of expertise required for this particular migration project can only be performed by their in-house technical consulting staff.

(4) Impact. The cost to the Government to introduce a new software solution would literally result in stoppage of existing work and result in significant costs ($>1M). Considerable time and costs would be expended on technical reviews, removal of existing software, testing, training, and implementations of new products. Additionally, the time incurred to rewrite applications to function with replacement products throughout the DISA Enterprise would also result in substantial work interruptions creating unnecessary obstacles, restraints, and losses in efficiency. Currently, the mission partner expends approximately $XM annually on infrastructure and services provided by SE314.

6. FEDBIZOPPS ANNOUNCEMENT/POTENTIAL SOURCES: A Sources Sought notice will be posted on under #DHQCSD16MPC0163 for 15 days. A Request for Quote (RFQ) will be posted to FedBizOpps as an open market, sole source requirement under NAICS 541519.

7. DETERMINATION OF FAIR AND REASONABLE COST: The contracting officer will determine that this contract represents the best value (as defined in FAR 2.101) and result in the lowest overall cost alternative (considering price, special features and administrative costs) to meet the Government's needs. The technical team will perform an evaluation of any other price proposals based on the evaluation criteria of lowest priced technically acceptable. Certified cost and price data is not required for these commercial item acquisitions in accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b)(3). The contracting officer will determine whether the prices for each individual requirement are fair and reasonable based on one, or a combination, of the following:

a. Comparison of the proposed prices to historical and existing prices paid, whether by the Government or other than the Government for the same or similar items. The contracting officer will conclude the prior price was valid for comparison.

b. Comparison with competitive published price list, published market prices of the same commodities.

c. Comparison of proposed prices with the Independent Government Cost Estimate.

8. MARKET RESEARCH: Market research was conducted on XX/XX/2016, by ________.

It was concluded that no options were available through ESI, NASA SEWP, or GSA Advantage. A meeting with Fujitsu’s salesman, Jason Putnman, Kelly Snodgrass, and Lance Dudeck concluded that Fujitsu was the sole source provider of this consulting service for their software.

9. ANY OTHER SUPPORTING FACTS: N/A

10. LISTING OF INTERESTED SOURCES:

(a) Provide a listing of the sources, if any, which expressed, in writing, an interest in the procurement. (FAR 6.303-2(b)(10)). Include any interested sources identified during market research . Note: The notice of proposed contract action, i.e. Sources Sought or RFI must be posted and its list of interested parties included in the J&A.

(b) None. When market research was conducted, no sources expressed interest in this requirement. As stated in Para. 6 above, a synopsis will be published prior to issuance of solicitation or contract award.

11. ACTIONS THE AGENCY MAY TAKE TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME BARRIERS THAT LED TO THE EXCEPTION TO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

(a) Procurement History. This is a new requirement for Fujitsu Professional Consulting Services; therefore, there is no procurement history.

(b) If Fujitsu elects to authorize resellers of their Professional Consulting Service, the Government will seek competition amongst the authorized resellers.

(c) Regardless, the Government will continue to search the market place. If the Government should determine that Fijitsu Software Products and support are no longer required, the Government will seek full and open competition for the required functionality.

12. REFERENCE TO THE APPROVED ACQUISITION PLAN (AP): Acquisition Plan not required at this level.

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the J&A are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

NAME: Lance Dudeck SIGNATURE:

TITLE/ORGANIZATION: Tech Lead / SE314

PHONE: 405-739-4419 DATE:

REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the J&A are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

NAME: Lance Dudeck SIGNATURE:

TITLE/ORGANIZATION: Tech Lead / SE314

PHONE: 405-739-4419 DATE:

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

NAME: Dana Rutledge SIGNATURE:

TITLE/ORGANIZATION: Contracting Officer/DISA DITCO PLD833

PHONE: (405) 734-5371 DATE:

ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS JUSTIFICATION ARE TO BE REFERRED TO Dana Rutledge, (405) 734-5371, dana.l.rutledge.civ@mail.mil.

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