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LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

MULTIPLE AWARDS SCHEDULE (MAS) PROGRAM

In accordance with FAR 8.405-6, Limited Sources Justification and Approval, upon the basis of the following justification, I, as __Contracting Officer, hereby approve the use of other than full and open competition for the proposed contractual action pursuant to the statutory authority for the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program, 41 U.S.C. 251, et seq., Title III – Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

JUSTIFICATION

1. Agency and Contracting Activity. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(i)).

Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization – Scott Air Force Base

PLD/DITCO, PL132

2300 East Drive

Scott AFB IL 62225-5406

2. Nature/Description of Action(s). (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(ii)).

Request contractor support for the upgrade of the mainframe Cincom’s Supra database that support TISPROD, COPS, FABS and batch applications.

3. Description of Supplies/Services. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(iii)).

Provide Cincom contractor support to upgrade the mainframe Supra database environment to the most current release as required by the DISA Field Security Operations (FSO), Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and is supported by the vendor.

4. Identification of Statutory Authority. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(iv)).

N/A

5. Identification of Justification Rationale and Demonstration of Contractor’s Unique Qualificiations. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(iv)).

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Procurement Directorate has been a successful user of Cincom Systems, Inc. products in meeting its business needs for over twenty-five years.

PLD/DITCO’s specific applications are the Contractual On-Line System (COPS), Financial Accounting and Budgeting System (FABS), Rates and Tariffs File System (RTFS) and the Computer-Aided Procurement System (CAPS). CAPS supports the processing of Telecommunication Service Requests (TSR’s).

The following are the products that will be upgraded: Supra Physical Data Manager (PDM), Supra SQL and Mantis. All of these software products are proprietary in nature. In addition, Cincom is the only vendor that has the technical knowledge to facilitate this software upgrade.

6. Best Value Determination. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(v)).

The FAR at Subpart 8.404(a)(1)(ii) states: GSA has already determined the prices of items under schedule contracts to be fair and reasonable. By placing an order against a schedule (GS-35F-5067H) using the procedures in this section the ordering office has concluded that the order represents the best value and results in the lowest overall cost alternative to meet the Government’s need. In addition, an analysis of the pricing will be conducted to determine that the price is fair and reasonable.

7. Description of Market Research. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(vi)).

Market research was conducted using the GSA website to determine the availability of GSA Schedule resellers for this product. Results of this search produced no additional resellers.

8. Any Other Supporting Facts. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(vii)).

None

9. Actions Taken to Remove Barriers to Competition. (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(viii)).

N/A TECHNICAL AND REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION: (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(x).

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this justification and which form a basis for this justification are complete and accurate.

Technical Cognizance:

Signature/DATE:

Name: David Hipskind Title: IT Specialist

REQUIREMENTS COGNIZANCE:

Signature/DATE:

Name: Lynn B. Maue

Title: Chief, Enterprise Applications Branch CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION (FAR 8.405-6(g)(2)(ix): I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Add the following and delete the PACA & SPE signature blocks below if this certification is also serving as approval: “Since the effort exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, but does not exceed $550K, this certification serves as APPROVAL (FAR 8.405-6(h)(1)”)

Signature/DATE:

Name: Susanne M. Sparrowk

Title: Contracting Officer ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS JUSTIFICATION ARE TO BE REFERRED TO DAVID HIPSKIND 618-229-9317

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