FAR 13 Single Source or Brand Name Justification Less Than SAT_Redacted.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture Limited Source/Brand Name Justification

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) – Simplified Acquisitions

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity.

United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Contracting Operations Branch 5601 Sunnyside Ave.

Beltsville, MD 20705

2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Services (ERS) / Information Services Division (ISD) seeks to award a firm fixed price (FFP) contract for EndNote Licenses. We would like to pursue a base year plus four-one year option periods.

3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.

Clarivate Analytics is the primary contractor that sells EndNote Licenses An individual license may be purchased through a reseller as a Clarivate off the shelf product, but ERS needs a site license that can only be purchased through Clarivate. The site license supports multiple users versus individual ones.

EndNote software site licenses are proprietary and only available from Clarivate Analytics. Clarivate Analytics is the original equipment manufacturer for the software and owns the copyrighted license source software with all legal rights, privileges, and ownership contained therein. No other source or competitor may legally modify or change the software, nor would they have access to the source code to do so.

4. A description of the market research conducted and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

Market Research confirms that Clarivate Analytics does not have any additional authorized resellers of an End Note site license. A search on Google will find individual licenses but since we have a large number of uses, and we are a government entity, we have to use the site license. All of the previous contracts for the site license have been sole sourced as well.

6. Recommended source(s).

Clarivate Analytics 1500 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, PA 19130

Certifications

Supporting data that is the responsibility of technical or requirements personnel and which form the basis for this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Technical Personnel

The information contained in this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief and in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1), I hereby determine the circumstances described above deem only one source, or limited sources, reasonably available and competition is precluded for the reasons indicated in this document.

Contracting Officer