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4. IDENTIFICATION OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL

AND OPEN COMPETITION:

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is Title 10, U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only one Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” as referenced by the name brand citation, “Gurobi”. No other firm can provide this brand name product due to the proprietary nature of the software.

Use of this brand name description in the acquisition is essential to the Government’s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product from another company.

5. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS

OR THE NATURE OF THE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES USE OF CITED AUTHORITY:

This acquisition is restricted to one brand name or product, Gurobi Optimizer licenses and maintenance support.

Gurobi support is essential to the Government’s requirements, and other companies’ products do not meet and cannot be modified to meet the Government’s needs. A brand name item, whether available on one or more contracts, is an item particular to one manufacturer and may be procured by brand name specification if essential to the Government’s requirements. The Brand Name Description, Gurobi Optimizer licenses and maintenance support for this acquisition effort is essential for DLA Information Operations (J6). No other item can meet the Government’s needs.

Gurobi Optimizer licenses and maintenance support is the fastest mathematical programming solver currently on the market, as has been consistently demonstrated through benchmarks against competing solvers. The algorithms used by Gurobi are more advanced than the competition. Gurobi also provides a Java API that is easy to learn and use, and reduces the time required to solve BEM models.

6. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE SOLICITED FROM

AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS IS PRACTICABLE:

Gurobi is the only manufacturer authorized to provide Gurobi Optimizer licenses and maintenance support.

The requirement will be issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) via the federal business opportunities section of www.SAM.gov system. All authorized dealers will be afforded an opportunity to submit an offer.

7. DETERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT THE ANTICIPATED COST

TO THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE FAIR AND REASONABLE:

As the Contracting Officer, I hereby determine that pricing will be fair and reasonable based on pricing analysis in accordance with FAR 15.404-1. It is anticipated that the Government will use various price analysis techniques including, but not limited to: 1) comparison of proposed prices received in response to the solicitation (FAR 15.404-l(b)(2)(i)); 2) comparison with competitive published price lists (FAR 15.404-l(a)(2)(iv)); and 3) comparison of proposed prices within prices obtained through market research of the same or similar items (FAR l 5.404- l(b)(2)(vi)) in order to obtain a fair and reasonable price. The contracting officer will determine prices fair and reasonable prior to award using price history, IGCE, and published price lists (if available).

8. DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS:

Market research was performed via an informal Sources Sought announcement being posted to www.SAM.gov to identify potential sources for the required support. This market research offort has confirmed that the OEM: Gurobi is the only manufacturer of the required support. Consequently, the requirement will be issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) posted to the www.SAM.gov system.

DLA has and continues to exercise competition as often as possible and is required to conduct ongoing reviews to keep abreast of new technology, both in industry and in the Government as a continuing effort within DLA. DLA always uses a variety of vendors, manufacturers, and contracts to fulfill its requirements and will continue its practice of surveying the market to ensure full and open competition. No other

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9. ANY OTHER SUPPORTING FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND

OPEN COMPETITION:

N/A

10. A LISTING OF THE SOURCES, IF ANY, WHICH HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN

WRITING, CONCERNING THIS ACQUISITION:

To date, the following vendors have expressed interest in this requirement:

1. Gurobi Optimization LLC

2. SHI

Consequently, it is anticipated that multiple offers will be received in response to the Request for Quotation (RFQ) upon issuance.

11. A STATEMENT OF ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE AGENCY MAY TAKE TO REMOVE OR

OVERCOME BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BEFORE ANY SUBSEQUENT ACQUISITION

FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES:

DLA has and continues to exercise competition as often as possible and is required to conduct ongoing reviews to keep abreast of new technology, both within industry and the Government. Furthermore, DLA utilizes a variety of vendors, manufacturers, and contracts to fulfill its requirements and will continue the practice of surveying the market to ensure future full and open competition. Requirements will continue to be posted on www.Sam.gov to ensure fair opportunity is given and no other providers are available.

12. CERTIFICATIONS

Requirements/Technical Certification:

I hereby certify that the support data provided for which I am responsible, and which forms a basis for this justification are complete and accurate.

Contracting Officer Certification:

I hereby certify that the information contained in this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.