Justification.pdf

JUSTIFICATION

Bureau Enhanced Acquisition Management System

Source Selection Sensitive in accordance with FAR 2.101 and FAR 3.104.

Procurement ID: ePRO-2026- 17109

BEAMS User Guide BEAMS Feedback

SUMMARY

Procurement Title:

Relational Junction Software Program Office:

Operations: T&I

Contracting Officer:

Palmer, Catherine (CFPB)

Contract Specialist:

Palmer, Catherine (CFPB)

Acquisition Strategy:

Sole Source – under SAT

Anticipated Award Date:

Base and All Options Value:

$98,000.00 (Total Contract Value)

BR Total Amount:

$0.00

Type Of Action:

New Contract/Agreement

Bureau:

CFPB

Contract Type:

Firm Fixed Price

Contract Number:

Is it Sole Source?

Yes No

FAR Reference:

16.505(a)(4) – The requirement is for an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Base Period (Months):

Number of Option Periods:

COSTS Note: the Base Amount(s) do not update from the Buy Request after the first time they are copied.

If the Base Amount in the BR changes, you may need to manually update it here.

Life-Cycle Estimated Total:

$98,000.00

Base (From Buy Request 1):

$98,000 Note: You may over-ride the base amount(s).

Base (From Buy Request 2):

If the background color is yellow, the amount does not match the Buy Request.

FAR 16.505 Ready to Print

Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity of FAR 16.505

Statutory Authority Permitting Other than Full and Open Competition:

16.505(a)(4) – The requirement is for an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

Nature/Description of Action:

Description of Supplies/Services:

Display Acq Plan Statement of Need

NAICS Code for action:

PSC for action:

Is this for IT products/services?

Description of supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs:

This is a brand-name-only renewal of software already in production use.

541519 7F20

This procurement is for the renewal of existing software licenses for Relational Junction, developed by Sesame Software which is already in active production within the Bureau's enterprise data environment. This procurement is necessary for continuity of operations of statutorily required functions. The tool is used by the Technology and Innovation (T&I) team to meet statutory reporting and data management requirements related to the Bureau's consumer complaint function under 12 U.S.C. § 5493(b)(3) and § 5493(b)(3)(C).

Relational Junction is the only platform currently deployed that enables automated downstream replication of Salesforce complaint data into Bureau-managed databases. Without Relational

Junction, T&I does not have any viable way to extract and persist Salesforce complaint data in downstream systems. Salesforce provides no native functionality to replicate structured complaint records, especially at scale and with relational integrity, into environments used for complaint analytics, publication, and generation of congressionally mandated reports.

Without Relational Junction, the Bureau would lose its ability to maintain the statutory consumer complaint database and generate required reports to Congress. No short or medium term workaround exists that could provide equivalent functionality without significant operational, security, and compliance risk.

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Supporting Rationale for the Exception cited:

Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost/Price: The Contracting Officer determines that the anticipated cost/price(s) will be fair and by signing the justification the Contracting Officer determines that the costs/prices to the Government are expected to be fair and reasonable.

Any other Facts Supporting the Justification:

Certification

Technical and requirements personnel are required to certify that the supporting data which is their responsibility is complete and accurate. The contracting officer is required to certify that the facts and statements made in the justification are accurate and complete.

Technical/Requirements Official :I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance, which are included in this justification and which form a basis for this justification, are complete and accurate.

Contracting Officer:

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

SIGNATURES Contract and Legal Reviews Policy

Person Decision Approved Date and Time

Senior Program Official (Only applicable under FAR 8.4)

Approve

Technical/Requirements Official

Morrow, Jennifer (CFPB)

Contracting Officer

Palmer, Catherine (CFPB)

Competition Advocate

Head of Contracting Activity

Senior Procurement Executive

Justification Signature History Stamp

Source Selection Sensitive in accordance with FAR 2.101 and FAR 3.104.

STATUS

Pre-Solicitation Documents in Draft

This is a brand-name-only renewal of software already in production use. The justification for continued exclusive use of Relational Junction is as follows:

-No Functional Alternative: Relational Junction is the only known product that replicates Salesforce data- preserving custom objects, metadata relationships, and schema integrity - into Bureau-authorized database environments.

-Critical Path Dependency: T&I's downstream consumer complaint data workflows, dashboards, and statutory reporting products are dependent on the output structure generated by Relational Junction. Replacing the tool would require full redesign and reimplementation of the pipeline.

-No Redundant Tools Available: Salesforce's native export tools do not support automated, structured, relational data replication. Other ETL tools fail to support hte specific Salesforce-to-Bureau-database integration required, or are incompatible with existing security, cloud, and procurement controls.

-Operational Continuity: License rewewal avoids mission disruption, legal risk, and breakdown in data availablity for complaint monitoring and oversight.

The Contracting Officer will determine fair and reasonable prior to award.

Since this effort does not exceed $250K, this certification also serves as approval.

6/1/2026 12:42:30 PM

6/1/2026 11:12:20 AM

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HISTORY

Created By:

Morrow, Jennifer (CFPB) Creation Date:

5/13/2026

Creation Time:

10:14:36 AM

Last Modified By:

SVC O365 Power Platform Admin

Last Modified Date:

6/1/2026

Last Modified Time:

12:43:08 PM

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer Operations Division

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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