ProDiscover Brand Name.docx

BRAND NAME (LIMITED SOURCES) JUSTIFICATION

ProDiscover Incident Response Software, Maintenance Subscription, and Training

1. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY

AFDW/PKI

1535 Command Drive, Ste D-304 Andrews AFB, MD 20762-7001

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING APPROVED:

Issue a firm-fixed price purchase order for three (3) new ProDiscover IR® (IR) single user licenses and upgrades for three (3) existing licenses in order to bring them up to the current version. In addition, three (3) option years will be included for ProDiscover IR® annual Software Maintenance Support (SMS) for the six (6) total licenses and five (5) ProDiscover tool certification training seats for each option year. The anticipated value is below the simplified acquisition threshhold.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:

The SMS subscription shall include the following:

· All ProDiscover IR® updates and patches duration of the SMS subscription

· All ProDiscover IR® major releases duration of the SMS subscription

· All future All ProDiscover IR® module updates duration of the SMS subscription

· All existing All ProDiscover IR® module updates duration of the SMS subscription

· Technical support for the duration of the SMS subscription

4. AUTHORITY:

Title 10 USC 2304(c)(1) or Title 41 USC 253(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(c), “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements”. The brand name description is essential to the Government’s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by another company.

5. APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY:

An essential part of AFOSI’s mission is to identify, exploit, and neutralize criminal, terrorists, and intelligence threats to the U.S. Air Force, DoD, and U.S. Government. The (Spell out name) CI&O program is responsible for completing the mission through: (1) Resolving Air Force related cyber intrusions; (2) Proactive cyber operations; (3) Specialized investigative support; and (4) Digital media analysis. Only ProDiscover IR® enables AFOSI cyber crime investigators to meet this mission and has done so over the past several years by providing a platform to forensically collect and analyze digital evidence from multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, AIX, OS X, and UNIX). ProDiscover IR® meets the Government’s requirement for remote acquisition of digital evidence.

6. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION:

AFOSI purchased ProDiscover IR® circa 2007 to fulfill an essential requirement to operate and investigate remotely. This application has been a mainstay in the CI&O program for the application to stay relevant to current threats and nuances involved in conducting digital evidence analysis and thus allows OSI to visualize network data in support of counterintelligence and criminal operations and investigations.

AFOSI purchased ProDiscover IR® to replace Guidance Software’s Field Intelligence Module (FIM) because circa 2005 changes to their end user license agreement (EULA) for the FIM prevented AFOSI from using to use the tool to fulfill the CI & O mission. Market research shows thatProDiscover IR® is owned and developed solely by Technology Pathways, LLC.

If Air Force OSI used the more expensive Guidance Software product, in lieu of the current ProDiscover IR®, there would be additional expense over and above AFOSI’s investment to date through duplication of procurement and training costs to develop expertise in a different system.

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7. ANTICIPATED COST IS FAIR AND REASONABLE:

Cost will be evaluated and determined fair and reasonable.

8. MARKET RESEARCH:

Research was conducted, both through the Internet as well as interview with the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory, to identify additional companies that may distribute software updates to ProDiscover IR®. Our searches disclosed Technology Pathways, LLC, as the sole proprietor of ProDiscover IR®. Written confirmation of this has been received. If any valid quotes are received from other than the proprietor, they will be considered.

9. OTHER FACTS:

Technology Pathways, LLC, is the owner and developer of ProDiscover IR®

10. INTERESTED SOURCES: N/A.

11. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION:

I certify that data supporting the recommended use of only one source are accurate and complete to best of my knowledge.

GARY D. KING, Special Agent, DAFC DATE Cyber Investigation & Operations, Program Manager HQ Air Force Office of Special Investigations Andrews AFB, MD

12. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION:

IAW FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(ix) the below Contracting Officer’s signature is provided and certifies that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the Contracting Officer’s knowledge and belief.

SUSAN T. STARKS DATE

Contracting Officer