Justification Redacted_091525.pdf

This document is a Treasury Standard Form 1013 Justification & Approval for a Sole Source Acquisition for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS intends to procure a sole source contract with Softeen, Inc. for maintenance of their Enterprise Logistics Information Technology (ELITE) software suite, used for inventory and distribution tracking of tax products at the National Distribution Center. The contract period is from 10/01/2025 to 09/30/2026 (Base Year) with an option year from 10/01/2026 to 09/30/2027.

The ELITE software provides deep configurations without custom code, supports multi-channel operations, enables fast and flexible deployment, and uses advanced order orchestration. Market research confirmed Softeen is the only vendor capable of providing this proprietary software, which has been used by the IRS for nearly 20 years. Changing to a different software system would incur significant additional costs, require lengthy implementation, and potentially disrupt critical tax form distribution processes. The total estimated contract value is redacted, but the government has determined the pricing to be fair and reasonable based on historical pricing and independent cost estimates.