LSJ_FOR_FORCEPOINT.pdf

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LIMITED SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR FSS ORDER ($3,000 to SAT)

1. The service or material listed on N3029A18RC076FS is a limited source action to be awarded as a new Federal Supply Schedule order and/or modification of an existing order to the vendors identified in paragraph (2) below. The placement of a firm, fixed price order is anticipated.

2. Limited to the following source(s).

Manufacturer: Forcepoint Inc, Headquarters 10900-A Stonelake Blvd.

Quarry Oaks 1, Ste. 350 Austin, TX 78759 1-858-458-2950

Dealer / Rep: CDWG Solutions 2001 Emund Halley Dr, Reston, Va 20191 1-800-800-4239

Dealer/ Rep: EC America, Inc 8444 Westpark Drive, Suite 200 Mclean, VA 22102 DJ Jackson 703-639-1900

3. Identification of the justification rationale. This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple Award Schedule Program (Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251, et seq.) and Title 40 U.S.C. 501, Services for Executive Agencies). Authority to limit sources to less than those required by FAR 8.405-1 and 8.405-2 is found at FAR 8.405-6. The justification for limiting sources is the items are peculiar to certain manufacturers of software licenses. Forcepoint brand name items, which has authorized resellers of Forcepoint firewall enterprise software that are items peculiar to this manufacturer.

4. Description of the item or service required, statement that the requested material or service represents the minimum requirements of the government, the estimated cost, and required delivery date or performance period. The Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command requires procurement of Forcepoint (formerly McAfee) Firewall ENT S4016. This Forcepoint equipment is business critical and is required to support the NCDOC COOP Operations Network environment.

The procurement cost is estimated at with a required period of performance from 28 Sept 2018 to 27 Sept 2019.

Product Description Product Code QTY U/P Total Forcepoint S4016 Exted Serv Renewal FE4016SWRE-XXX12-R 2 Forcepoint S4016 Tech Support Renewal PRSNN-X-CP12-R 2

Total

5. Specific characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to this/these source(s) (unique features, function of the item, etc.). Describe in detail why only this/these suggested source(s) can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources. Provide a description of the market research conducted among schedule holders and the results OR a statement of the reason market research was not conducted. As the sole Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) for the Navy, Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) requires Forcepoint FW ENT (which was McAfee), which is proprietary support already in use in the NCDOC environment. As such no other manufacturer’s product can fulfill the NCDOC mission requirement. The Forcepoint capabilities requested as part of this requirement to support Commander 10th Fleet mission, as well as facilitate NCDOC mission sets and growth. However, the procurement of Forcepoint software would eliminate or reduce the incidents and events that may impact the command mission readiness. The requested procurement satisfies a unique requirement of the NCDOC Network Security mission set and no substitutions will meet NCDOC mission requirements. Also market research reveals that Forcepoint firewall enterprise is the sole manufacturer of this firewall software and only have authorized reseller vendors of the Forcepoint firewall software.

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6. Other information to support a limited source buy: NCDOC requires proprietary Forcepoint Firewall Enterprise appliances and support as listed above. NCDOC Network Administrator’s manage the tactical networks using the S4016. The Forcepoint S4016S can instantly analyzes network traffic and firewall rules to provide insight into the effectiveness of the NCDOC (COOP) firewall configuration in enforcing Information Assurance security policy. The firewall Profiler dramatically reduces the time needed to solve firewall-related network or application outages from hours to minutes, turning substantial manual efforts into a few simple clicks.

7. TECHNICAL OR REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION:

I CERTIFY THAT THE FACTS AND REPRESENTATIONS UNDER MY COGNIZANCE WHICH ARE

INCLUDED IN THIS JUSTIFICATION, WHICH FORM A BASIS FOR THIS JUSTIFICATION, ARE

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE.

TECHNICAL COGNIZANCE (Per NAVSUPINST 4200.83F, the end user may perform this technical certification.)

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8. CONTRACTING OFFICER

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Date _ FSS Order Limited Source