Justification and Approval Redacted.pdf

FAR 13 Determination At or Below SAT

SOURCE SELECTIONINFORMATION-SEE FAR2.101AND 3.104

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DETERMINATION

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BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

1. Contracting Agency: Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) – Procurement Division

2. Description of Supplies or Services:

DoDEA seeks a commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) product that provides integrated products that include, but are not limited to a single sign on solution that can be implemented in a PK-12 educational setting.

The product must have the ability to centrally administer accounts for students, teachers, administrators and higher headquarters personnel. In addition, the product requires the ability to provide portals for students, parents, teachers, administrators, and other groups as necessary to support a PK-12 environment. Additionally, the product must include data analytic capabilities to include curricular, software, hardware and the full range of world-wide web educational tools used by senior leadership allowing them to make better informed decision based on data. Finally, products must provide the ability for DoDEA to centrally manage/administer software.

3. Description of Action: A Firm fixed price contract will be awarded to ClassLink. Fiscal Year 20

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funds are available.

4. Authority: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

5. Market Research:

Market Research has shown that commercially available products are limited in their functionality as it pertains to the crucial elements DoDEA requires. All aspects are important, but the flexibility for DoDEA to manage/administer software capabilities is very important and only one contractor allows this level of access. Access to currently used web-based educational applications used within the DoDEA system are not currently available through other contractors. ClassLink offers a solution that provides the ability for customers to centrally manage their class rosters, provides portals for user groups and provides software tools to that perform analytical research to better refine the mode of instruction to students across DoDEA. Market research was performed for specific capabilities to meet current and future DoDEA needs only one contractor met those requirements.

6. Rationale for Brand Name:

Based on the aforementioned justification, I hereby approve the justification for the proposed contract action pursuant to the authority cited above. The salient characteristics of the product identifies what has been deemed essential to the Government's and market research that other commercial products do not meet, cannot be modified, or do not allow the level of access required by DoDEA.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY