MFR_-_DIGMZ80012_REDACTED.pdf

Sole Source Rationale For all Requirements under $250K

1. REQUIRING AGENCY AND CONTRACTING OFFICE:

Requiring Agency:

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Audit & Liaison Division 5534 Pryor Drive, Building 5160 Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225

Contracting Activity:

DISA/DITCO/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization

(DITCO)/PL8413

2300 East Drive, Building 3600 Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225

2. Procurement Title: TeamMate Software Support Renewal Funding Document Number: DIGMZ80012 Contract Number: To Be Determined Estimated Value: REDACTED

3. Statutory Authority: The following paragraphs, in accordance with FAR Part 13.106(b)(1), are provided to support limited source justification for proposed orders exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, but not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may solicit from only one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only once source reasonably available, e.g. urgency, licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization.

4. Description of Action: The nature of this action is to renew brand name TeamMate software support and optional implementation and training for DISA OIG.

This procurement will be awarded as a firm fixed price purchase order to Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and only known source, via the open market. This acquisition will perpetuate existing support under contract, HC1047-13-P-4042, which expires on September 28, 2018.

The period of performance will consist of a 1-year base period beginning on September 29, 2018, with two 1-year option periods, for a total contract lifecycle of three years. The total estimated lifecycle of this procurement is REDACTED. Fiscal Year 2018 Operation and Maintenance funds have been provided via Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request DIGMZ80012. The applicable North American Industry Classification System code is 54159, Other Computer Related Services, with sales size standard of $27,500,000.

TeamMate is an audit management software system that streamlines and integrates the audit process to include risk assessment, scheduling, and report generation.

Without renewed support the OIG audit team will not be able to complete their assigned mission of reviewing documents in support of the Independent Professional Accountant firm, or use it to track internal control procedures including test plans and results. The renewed TeamMate support is required for the successful accomplishment of the DISA OIG audit mission.

5. Proposed Sole Source Contractor: Wolters Kluwer Financial Services

6. Market Research: Market research was conducted in July 2018. Market research consisted of contacting the OEM, searching the internet, reviewing catalogs and other vendor literature, holding discussions with industry and Government employees, as well as reviewing existing DISA and Government-wide acquisition contracts

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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 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 DISA OIG, a determination has been made to issue a sole source solicitation for the above described requirement.

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