JA_17-32__8M18A601_Redacted.pdf

DMEA #17-32

Defense Microelectronics Activity 4234 54th Street, McClellan, CA 95652

SOW#18-8A6

Justification and Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition

1. Agency and Contracting Activity: Office Of Secretary Of Defense, Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA).

2. Nature/Description of Action: The purpose of this J&A is to purchase software upgrades and support for the existing DMEA Mentor Graphics Design Environment at other than full and open competition procedures. This SW design tool suite is in support of the DMEA mission and advanced microelectronics technology application programs.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The contractor shall provide software upgrades and software support for the DMEA Mentor Graphics Design Environment residing in Building 620, Room 134. Mentor Graphics is an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company that integrates various applications and tools in a single framework to support all the stages of IC design and verification. These tools support different fabrication technologies within DMEA and external to DMEA. Additionally, the Mentor Graphics toolset is the primary software tool that is used to support various process design kit (PDK) development and design verification in nanometer technologies.

A. The contractor shall provide the items identified in Appendix A of the Mentor Graphics Design Environment Performance Specification.

Product Number

Mentor Graphics Product Name Qty

Software Maintenance

204289N ModelSim PE/VHDL Ap SW 1 210230E Calibre Interactive Ap SW 2 210570E Calibre RVE/QDB-H Ap SW 2 210681E Calibre DESIGNrev Ap SW 1 218752F EDIF 300-400 Schm Reader Op SW 1 218755F EDIF 300-400 Schm Writer Op SW 1 261024E Calibre xRC Ap SW 1 34602F Idea Stn V8 SW 1 34602F Idea Stn V8 SW 1 34617F Design Architect Ap SW 1 34617F Design Architect Ap SW 1 51615F AccuSim II Kernel V8 Op SW 1 61401E Calibre nmLVS-H Op SW 1 61498E Calibre nmDRC Op SW 1 61499E Calibre nmDRC-H Op SW 1

61501E Calibre nmLVS Ap SW 1 35562N SimView V8 Ap SW 1 10000N Falcon Framework MGC Supplied 1

217333N EDIF 200 Netlist Writer Op SW 1 34656N QuickSim II Kernel V8 Op SW 1 39055N QuickCheck Runtime V8 Op SW 1 10000N Falcon Framework MGC Supplied 1 39986N Board Station V8 SW 1 10000N Falcon Framework MGC Supplied 1

B. Estimated Cost: per year for Software (SW) Maintenance Renewal.

FFP contract.

SW Maintenance Renewal Total Year 1

Note 1: Software Maintenance Renewal is based on a Mentor Graphics Price List.

4. Authority Cited: FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, modified under the authority of 41 U.S.C 1901, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

5. Reason for Authority Cited:

A. The following source represents the only source capable of providing the required software.

Mentor Graphics RPI Office 1001 Ridder Part Drive San Jose, CA 95131

B. The DMEA Mentor Graphics Design Environment, an existing system, is proprietary, one-of-a-kind design and simulation tools suite. Mentor Graphics is the sole seller and does not license any other vendor to sell this software. The cost incurred to switch to another vendor would cost more than the software maintenance of the current software tool. Cadence Design System has a similar software to Mentor Graphics Calibre called Assura Parasitic Extractor. The estimated cost of this new software tool, not including software maintenance, cost over more than our current software maintenance for Mentor Graphics alone. Additionally, to retrain the engineering staff in a completely new software tool simulation environment would be costly both in time and money ( .

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: This acquisition will be advertised on the Federal Business Opportunities (FebBizOpps) website. At this time, no other sources have been identified who have the capabilities required to meet the requirements identified in the Performance Specification.

7. Contracting Officer’s Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination:

I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable.

Typed Name: Matthew Duane Date:

Title: Contracting Officer

8. Market Research: The market research that was conducted used the following elements to make our determination: reviewed catalogs and other generally available product literature published by manufacturers, distributors, and dealers available on the internet.

It was found that no other vendors possess the ability to meet the requirements. (See Paragraph 5B for specifics).

9. Other Facts: To date, no other sources have written to express an interest. The notice required by FAR 5.201 shall be published and any proposals received shall be considered.

10. Listing of Sources: No second source exists for this system. Reverse engineering and duplication of efforts would result in substantial expense to the government as well an adverse impact to the schedule.

For reference, the following sole source contracts were previously awarded to Mentor Graphics for similar efforts (Software upgrade and support):

DMEA H94003-12-C-1201

DMEA H94003-13-C-1304

DMEA HQ0727-14-C-1402

DMEA HQ0727-15-C-1501

DMEA HQ0727-16-C-1603

DMEA HQ0727-17-C-0001

11. Actions to Increase Competition: None.

12. Technical or Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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