JA Guest WIFI Extension_Redacted.pdf

CONTROL NUMBER VA-26-00029328

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Procurement, Acquisition, and Logistics

Technology Acquisition Center 23 Christopher Way Eatontown, NJ 07724

2. Description of Action: The proposed action is to issue a firm-fixed-price modification to existing Contract 36C10B25C0040 with N-Ovation Technology Group, LLC (N-Ovation) located at 10 W 2nd ST STE 2201, Dayton, Ohio 45402- 1758 to maintain the current Guest Wi-Fi Network solution, which is composed of several brand names and direct support.

3. Description of Supplies or Services: VA Veterans Health Administration has a requirement to continue support of an existing Guest Wi-Fi solution located at the Temple Campus at 1901 Veterans Memorial Dr., Temple Texas, the Waco Campus 4800 Veterans memorial Dr., Waco Texas and Cedar Park VA Clinic, 1401 Medical Pkwy Building C, Suite 200/400, Cedar Park Texas. Under the proposed action, VA would add a third option period, whereby the Contractor would renew the existing solution, which is comprised of a quantity of two (2) Servers (brand name Ruckus Networks) Smart Cell Insight and quantity of 167 access points, 40 ISX switches, SCI and SmartZone 100 licenses and equipment support. The Contractor shall supply Equipment support from Ruckus for the Network Switches and Aps. Also, as part of the maintenance of the deployed solution, the Contractor will maintain the current Licensing for the Forti Gate Firewall with live updating. Finally, the Contractor shall continue to provide remote support for reprogramming and basic maintenance of the system to include troubleshooting and programming changes as needed. The Contractor shall provide onsite assistance for maintenance, relocation and installation of addition equipment as needed. The period of performance for this effort shall be a 180-days. The total estimated value of the proposed action is inclusive of all options.

4. Statutory Authority: The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) as implemented by Class Deviation for Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.103-1 Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency

5. Rationale Supporting Use of Authority Cited Above: Based on Market Research, as discussed in section 8 of this document, no other source, other than the proposed source, can provide the required support of the Guest Wi-Fi solution and meet the

VA originally competitively obtained this Guest Wi-Fi solution in fiscal year 2020, and has been maintaining the solution ever since. The requirement called for a full

Patient WIFI Maintenance CONTROL NUMBER VA-26-00029328 and Support Extension redesign and implementation of this service. As such, the proposed solution is comprised of various brand name items. In order to maintain this solution effective, a responsible source must be able to have immediate familiarity and understanding of the solution, as well as existing controls/capability to provide support.

N-Ovation remains the only source that is capable of providing the required services seamlessly as it already providing the service at the noted VA location within the Governments timeline. Any other source would require a short ramp-up time to review, assess, and identify all the existing service points and assume the ongoing maintenance. A disruption of the ongoing Wi-Fi maintenance and support services provided to the VA locations. Loss of service will impact long-term patients, staff, and visitors by preventing access to essential functions such as reviewing documents and scheduling appointments while on-site. Additionally, non-critical systems-including postage meters and staff-utilized applications may cease to function. To prevent this service disruption and its impact on patients, staff, and essential systems, must execute the proposed contract action to ensure critical Wi-Fi maintenance and support continues uninterrupted.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Market research was conducted, details of which are in the market research section of this document. This effort did not yield any

. There is no competition anticipated for this acquisition. Additionally, the proposed action will be synopsized on the Contracting Opportunities Page in accordance with FAR 5.201.

Any proposals that are received shall be evaluated.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: The Government will continue to conduct market research to ascertain if there are changes in the marketplace that would enable future actions to be competed.

8. Market Research: Market Research was initiated in January 2025 and has been ongoing as part of this action. While other firms offer similar services, no solution or vendor would be capable of seamlessly transitioning within the current, compressed timeline to ensure there is no disruption of services as discussed in Section 5 of this justification.

9. Other Facts: None.

Patient WIFI Maintenance CONTROL NUMBER VA-26-00029328 and Support Extension

10.Technical/Requirements Certification I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in this justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

11. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination I hereby determine that the anticipated price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based on market research and historical pricing for similar

12. Contracting Officer Certification/Approval I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.