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Limited Sources/Sole Source Rationale For all Requirements under $150K

1. REQUIRING AGENCY AND CONTRACTING OFFICE:

Requesting Agency:

Contracting Activity:

2. Procurement Title: Secure Mobile IP Telephone Funding Document Number:

Purchase Request Number:

Contract Number: TBD Task/Delivery Order Number: N/A Estimated Value:

3. Statutory Authority: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1). Soliciting from a single source

4. Description of Action: This requirement is for a custom build to order configuration purchase of required Secure Mobile IP Telephones for

. This action supports secure communications, meeting requirement between the U.S. and their foreign counterpart. Requirement will be purchased with FY17 O&M funds. The requirement is for brand name CIS Secure Computing Inc., the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products: 15 each, Mobile Secure IP Telephone (LSA- SIPT-4ATT); equipped with Cisco 4G Router, Cisco VoIP Phone, KG-250X mount, rugged case, (2) PoE Port, and 110/220 Auto AC capability. LSA-SIPT-4ATT is custom build to order configuration that meets TEMPEST and COMSEC requirement designated by Defense Articles under 22 CFR Section 120.6 & 121.1, Category XI

(b) or XIII (b).

5. Proposed Sole Source Contractor:

6. Market Research: Market research was conducted via and

Market research revealed that there is one vendor authorized by the OEM, CIS Secure Computing, to build and sell Mobile Secure IP Telephones in the commercial marketplace. As stated above, these Mobile Secure IP Phones are Defense Intelligence Agency approved DoD Intelligence Information System IP Phones for Top Secret/Secret Compartment Information Voice and are customer built-to-order. There are no other off-the-shelf products in the market place available for the government requirement of Mobile Secure IP Telephone; and a brand name procurement is needed to meet the requirement of the government. CIS Secure Computing is the manufacturer, who has only one authorized reseller, Based on current market research, dated November 2016, it has been determined that only the aforementioned Mobile Secure IP Phones provided by CIS Secure Computing authorized reseller , can fully support the Governments need.

The Government will continue to conduct market research to determine if there are changes in the market place that would enable future competitive actions, i.e. there are similar products and/or product support in the marketplace that provides the same functionality, the original equipment manufacturer releases ownership rights of product, or it is economically feasible to procure a new system.

5. Upon the basis of the following justification, I, as the Contracting Officer, hereby approve this brand name justification for the proposed contract action pursuant to the authority cited above as the particular brand-name product is essential to the Government's requirements, and market research indicates other companies' products or services do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the agency's needs.

Based on the justification provided by IES – Senior Leadership Communication Office, a determination has been made to solicit brand name CIS Secure Computing products from authorized resellers only for the above described requirement.

Prepared by:

Nannie R. Brillant

Approved:

Nannie R. Brillant Contracting Officer Date: January 23, 2017

BRILLANT.NANNIE.

RUTH.1245250262

Digitally signed by BRILLANT.NANNIE.RUTH.1245250262 DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=DISA, cn=BRILLANT.NANNIE.RUTH.1245250262 Date: 2017.01.23 12:32:24 -06'00'