Justification Approval FAR PART 6 CATIA FY25 KO signed 4.24.2025 Redacted.pdf

Control Number: MZB-B-J&A25-2109

Justification Review Document for Other than Full and Open Competition - FAR Part 6

Program/Equipment: Small Purchase Order Request, Catia Software Maintenance and Support Renewal Package

Authority: 10 United States Code 3204(a)(1) as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(A), Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition.

Prepared by:

Typed Name:

Contracting Officer:

Technical Representative:

Requirements Representative:

(Source Selection information - See FAR 2.101 and 3.104-4)

1 AUG 2022

(Source Selection Information - See FAR 2.101 and 3.104-4)

AUG 2022

Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition – FAR Part 6

1. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone (CCAM-MZB-B, Modernization Directorate), Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

2. Description of Action: The requests approval to award a purchase order via a new firm fixed price contract. The Government projects award for this action in FY25.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: Request acquisition of the following commercial-off-the-shelf software suite support as a supply item: Qty 1 - Software supply – Purchase of CATIA V software suite maintenance support via provided Product Specification document.

4. Authority Cited: This justification meets the requirements of FAR 6.302-1(a)(1) – This item is available from only one responsible source and no other type of supply will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: CATIA is a very high-end engineering design/simulation software program. The Systems Readiness Directorate of is tasked with the mission of ensuring airworthiness for the United States Army. This mission includes verifying and validating the engineering designs and decisions made by various suppliers who design and manufacture the airplanes, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles used by the Army. With the recent shift toward three-dimensional aircraft and component design submission, CATIA software and its accompanying maintenance support are required to extract necessary data from many of these and accurately assess information therein without the loss of fidelity that can occur with file translations between other systems. subject matter experts will use this particular CATIA software package to interrogate and evaluate structural, propulsion, aeromechanical, and electrical designs and make airworthiness decisions that enable the U.S. Army to perform its aviation mission successfully.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Any other CAD authoring tool would be considered a comparable product when comparing costs within the category.

However, only CATIA can open CATIA-authored data, no other CAD software can do this function. . Only the Catia program will open them which is why the government has owned these licenses for more than 10 years.

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7. Actions to Increase Competition: In the future, any new developments in this technology area will be evaluated to determine whether the requirement can be procured under full and open competition.

8. Market Research: Product list for DoD ELA and ESI were reviewed with no findings.

U.S. Army Chess ITES-SW2, submitted a RFQ # 527461 on 31 March 2025 with negative responses from 26 vendors. SoNA #216815982 received 14 April 2025. Based on RFQ response asking for an extension from last years vendor, contacted and requested a quote - received.

Approved Sellers List - request sent 4/16 and 4/21 with no response.

Based on the Section 233 Waiver from Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Technology) dated 6 March 2022 and amended 27 March 2023 Army Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) are waived from the use current information technology (IT) procurement processes. Paragraph 5 of Section 233 waiver specifically waives the use of Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) and

ITAS.

9. Interested Sources:

10. Other Facts:

Procurement history.

11. Technical Certification:

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

Signature: Date:

Typed Name: Title: Program Analyst

12. Requirements Certification:

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

Typed Name: Title: Program Analyst

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination:

I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable historical pricing.

Digitally signed by

Date:

Typed Name: Dianna Cooper Title: Contracting Officer

14. Contracting Officer Certification:

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

Typed Name: Title: Contracting Officer