JA RSIC 2024 IEEE Redacted.pdf

Control Number: RDD-J&A24-1729

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone, ATTN: CCAM-RD-D, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000.

2. Description of Action: The Redstone Scientific Information Center (RSIC) of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, has a requirement to renew its annual subscription service to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Enterprise - Level 3 online publications of full text journals and conference proceedings.

Research Development Test and Engineering (RDTE) funds shall be used.

The total estimated contract value is $ .

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The following items are required:

IEEE Electronic Library Institutional Subscription, consisting of IEEE Enterprise – Level 3 online journals and conference proceedings.

4. Authority Cited: This justification meets the requirements of FAR 13.106-1(b) for soliciting from a single source for an item peculiar to one manufacturer (e.g., a particular brand-name, product, or a feature of a product that is peculiar to one manufacturer).

5. Reason for Authority Cited: These proprietary brand-name copyrighted materials are only available directly from IEEE or authorized distributors under the IEEE Standard Association’s Distributor Reseller Program.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Extensive market research was conducted and no other company was found which could meet the Government requirement.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: In the future, new developments in scientific publishing and online distribution of copyrighted material will be evaluated to determine whether the requirement can be procured under full and open competition.

8. Market Research: In accordance with the FAR Part 10, market research was conducted in December 2023 - February 2024.