HC10859336_CDM_Certent_LSR_Redacted.pdf

Limited Sources/Sole Source Rationale

For all Requirements under $250K

1. REQUIRING AGENCY AND CONTRACTING OFFICE:

Requesting Agency:

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)/

Resource Management Center (RMC)/

Data Integrity and Reporting Branch (RM22)

Post Office Box 549

Fort Meade, Maryland 20755

Contracting Activity:

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)/

Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization/

PL8321

2300 East Drive, Building 3600

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225-5406

2. Procurement Title: Limited sources, brand name Cognos Disclosure Management

(CDM) software subscription and support renewal

Funding Document HC10859336

Purchase Request Number: HC10859336

Contract Number: To Be Determined

Estimated Value:

3. Statutory Authority: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1). Soliciting from limited sources; Certent, Inc.

4. Description of Action:

a) The nature of this requirement is to renew licenses and software support on existing commercial off-the-shelf Cognos software licenses. The required software products include CDM administrative and end user licenses subscription and support renewal. This action will continue the support previously provided under the

Department of Defense (DoD) Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Blanket Purchase

Agreement (BPA) Contract , which expired October 31, 2018. Since then, has sold this software to Certent, Inc. This software is required to generate quad charts in support of the Program

Objective Memorandum (POM) process to defend DISA’s budget.

b) The period of performance is to be from March 1, 2019 through October 31, 2019 with reinstatement fees from November 2018 through February 28, 2019. From market research, the estimated value of this procurement is . Fiscal year 2019 operations and maintenance funds were provided on Military Interdepartmental

Purchase Request number HC10859336. The applicable North American Industry

Classification System code is 541519, Other Computer-Related Services, with a size standard of $27,500,000.

5. Proposed Sole Source Contractor: Certent, Inc.

6. Market Research: Market research was conducted to determine if the CDM software products were available from authorized sellers/resellers. The name brand software is available from one authorized seller on the open market, directly from Certent, Inc.

. This open-market procurement will be sole sourced to the OEM, Certent, Inc., a large business.

Based on current market research, dated February 2019, it has been determined that only the aforementioned brand name software product and product support provided by

Certent, Inc. can fully support the Government’s need. This requirement is for proprietary products and product support. No competitor functional replacement products exist in the market at this time to meet the Government's 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.

DISA has been utilizing the CDM (formerly Finance Statement Reporting software) since to automate and streamline the appropriated budget exhibit process and products.

In Fiscal Year , the RMC began using the CDM tool to generate automatic charts from user and system entered data in support of the POM process to defend DISA’s

Budget. Therefore, DISA RMC requires this brand name software as part of its mission.

7. Upon the basis of the following justification, I, as the Contracting Officer, hereby approve this sole source justification for the proposed contract action pursuant to the authority cited above as the CDM software and support 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 DISA RMC, a determination has been made to issue a sole source solicitation to Certent, Inc. for the above described requirement.

Contracting Officer 850527 Date: 2019.02.26 11:14:02 -06'00'

Date: February 26, 2019