Justification.pdf

This document is a Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity for a sole-source procurement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The procurement is for a brand-name-only renewal of Relational Junction software licenses, which is currently the only platform deployed for downstream replication of Salesforce complaint data into Bureau-managed databases. The life-cycle estimated total is $98,000.00, with a base amount of $98,000 and a base period of 12 months.

The justification highlights critical dependencies, including the software's unique ability to replicate Salesforce data while preserving custom objects, metadata relationships, and schema integrity. No functional alternatives or redundant tools are available, and Salesforce's native export tools do not support the required automated, structured, relational data replication. The procurement is necessary to meet statutory reporting requirements and maintain the Bureau's consumer complaint database and generation of congressionally mandated reports. The Contracting Officer has determined the anticipated cost to be fair and reasonable, with the procurement falling under FAR 16.505(a)(4) as an item peculiar to one manufacturer.