IP1001D - JOFOC Form Equinix - posting.pdf

Consumer Product Safety Commission Revised: 5/06/19 Office of Procurement Services Reviewed/Current 5/06/19

Form F1001A - Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition

1. Requisition number and title: _____CPS-2240-20-0103________________________________

2. Description of the Supplies and Services Required: Equinix Data Circuit Service

3. Period of Performance: _Base + 4 Option Years (8/1/2020 through 7/31/2024____________

4. Estimated Value (to include options): ____________________________________________

5. Description of effort made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practical: Market research was completed. Equinix was selected as preferred service.

6. Reason for Other Than Full and Open Competition (check one):

___X___ a. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. In section 7, justify why only the selected source and no other can meet the government’s need. Past performance and industry reputation do not explain why only one source can meet the government’s need.

______ b. Only a particular Brand Name item can meet the Government’s need. In section 7, justify why only the particular brand of item and no others can meet the government’s needs.

______ c. Unusual and compelling urgency. In section 7, justify why the event could not have reasonably been planned for and why the Government would be seriously injured if sources are not limited.

______ d. Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services. In section 7, justify one of the following:

i. Why a contract must be awarded to maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer, supplier, or service provider in case of a national emergency;

ii. Why CPSC needs to maintain essential research and development capability;

or

iii. Why CPSC needs to acquire services of an expert or neutral person for any current or anticipated litigation or dispute.

______ e. International agreement. In section 7, please provide the name of the International

Agreement.

______ f. Authorized or required by statute. In section 7, please provide the name and/or citation of the Statute. FAR 6.302-5(b) provides a list of the most frequently cited statutes.

______ g. National security.

______ h. Public interest (must be approved by Chairman).

7. Justification for sole source (not competing the requirements):

EXIT is transitioning to cloud-based solutions to provide many of its IT services. Microsoft O365 (email) and Cisco Unified Communications (new telephone system) are just two primary cloud services we are currently transitioning to. Equinix’s cloud connector solution provides a single connection from each of our datacenters to many cloud service providers including the two currently being built and the existing Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting CPSC.Gov.

Their solution significantly lowers the administrative burden of managing individual connections to each cloud provider.

More importantly, our Cisco Unified Communications solution requires multiple ECX Fabric connections to their cloud to ensure a highly-available solution. Equinix is the only provider that offers multiple ECX connections to Cisco’s cloud.

8. Insert contractor name, address and telephone number:

Equinix Government Solutions 460 Spring Park Place Herndon, VA 20170 813-415-9370 jconley@equinix.com

9. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): ___Shawn Battle______________________

10. Originating Office/AED: _____Arlene Clyburn-Miller_____________________________

CERTIFICATION – This form and all supporting data are complete and accurate:

Signature of COR Date

CONCURRENCE:

Signature of AED/Office Director Date mailto:jconley@equinix.com

CERTIFICATION AND DETERMINATION (to be completed by Contracting Officer)

Comments:

Authority: FAR 6.302-____ and 41 U.S.C. 253(__ ), basis: ___________________

Contracting Officer Date

ADDITIONAL APPROVALS (as required):

Competition Advocate (greater than $700,000.00, but not over $13 million) Date

Senior Procurement Executive ($13 million or more) Date

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