Attachment_1_-_JA_17090.pdf

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

2200 LESTER STREET

QUANTICO, VA 22134-5010

Code CT 2.4

J&A Number: 17090.0

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS

1. The warranty extensions listed on ITPRAS Number MCSC-13-

68566 are available from only one source and competition is precluded for reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available.

2. This acquisition is restricted to the following source:

Manufacturer/Service Provider: 3S Group Inc.

Manufacturer/Service Provider POC and Phone Number: Mr. Satpal

S. Sahni 703-281-5015

Manufacturer/Service Provider Address: 125 Church Street, NE

Suite 204, Vienna, VA 22180

Manufacturer’s/Service Provider’s Dealer/Representative: Same as above

Dealer/Representative Address and Phone Number: Same as above

3. Description of the warranty extensions required, the estimated cost, and required delivery date.

Purchase of warranty extensions for Type 2 Cryptographic Support

Server (T2CSS) Boards and Enhanced Certification Authority

Workstation (CAW) Adapter (ECA) with mini-T2CSS. These items are utilized with the CAW systems by the Marine Corps Defense

Message System (DMS) Area Control Centers (ACCs) to provide

FORTEZZA Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate support for the encryption and decryption of DMS organization messages.

The cost of each one-year warranty for the T2CSS is $2,660 per board and one-year warranty for the ECA is $5,317.00 each.

MARCORSYSCOM proposes to purchase 40 T2CSS one-year warranty extensions and two ECA one-year warranty extensions. The total for these is $117,034.00.

4. Specific characteristics of the warranty extensions that limit the availability to a sole source e.g., unique features, function of the item, etc. Describe in detail why only this suggested source can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources.

Code CT 2.4 J&A Number: 17090

The T2CSS Boards and ECAs are proprietary equipment. The equipment and warranty for the equipment are only available through 3S Group. There are no other sources of supply or warranty support for this equipment. The T2CSS has been certified by National Security Agency (NSA) as the only alternative FORTEZZA Hardware token, using Virtual FORTEZZA

Certificates to encrypt and decrypt DMS messages on the

Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) servers. The ECA has also been certified by NSA as the only solution for the creation and management of Virtual FORTEZZA Certificates, required on the

DMS AMHS servers.

5. Check and fill in all that are applicable:

X The material or service must be compatible in all aspects

(form, fit, and function) with existing systems presently installed. Describe the equipment you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect, or interface with the existing system:

A patent, copyright, or proprietary data limits competition.

The proprietary data are described as follows:

The T2CSS and ECA are proprietary equipment, whose parts and software code and patents are controlled by 3S Group Inc.

These are “direct replacement” parts/components for existing equipment.

Other information to support a sole-source buy: