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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION

21983 BUNDY RD BLDG 441

PATUXENT RIVER, MD 20670

IN REPLY REFER

AIR-2.5.1.8

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LIMITED SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple Award Schedule Program as authorized by Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.

251, et seq.) 40 U.S.C. 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented at FAR 8.405-6 (b).

1. Contracting Activity.

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWC-AD) Patuxent River, MD

Contracts Competency, AIR 2.5.1.8

22473 Millstone Road, Building 505

Patuxent River, MD 20670

2. Nature and/or Description of Action being Approved.

This Limited Source Justification (LSJ) authorizes and approves the issuance of a limited source order for brand name SAP Business Objects to provide specialized IT maintenance and professional services to Application Integration and Business Intelligence, 7.2.2, for the NAWCAD

Information Technology/Cybersecurity (IT/CS) Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft

Division (NAWCAD). 7.2.2 has a requirement for software maintenance and professional services to support the multiple implementations of SAP Business Objects software. This product and services would support: technical support, configuration management, software upgrades, custom code development maintenance, product integration, and certificate-based authentication providing a single sign-on solution for the SQL Server based implementation.

This procurement will support 2 systems: (1) Warehouse Analytical Reporting System

(WARS), which is an analytical reporting and business intelligence tool used nationally by NAVAIR.

WARS’ SAP Business Objects implementation is an Intranet-based tool that supports over 1,800 end users throughout the Command. It provides critical and timely reports to high-visibility efforts such as workforce planning cycles, budget preparations, financial health monitoring, and various financial improvement initiatives. (2) Help Desk Reporting System (HEAT) used by NAVAIR to track and analyze Help Desk calls. HEAT’s SAP Business Objects implementation is an intranet based tool that supports approximately 300 users and provides highly visible reporting on the metrics of the help desk process.

The Navy intends to compete this prospective Firm Fixed Price (FFP) order amongst authorized SAP Business Objects service providers.

3. Description of the Supplies or Services Required to Meet the Agency’s Needs (including the estimated value).

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has a requirement to obtain specialized IT maintenance and professional services in support of SAP Business Objects which is a named brand software product. Professional services are required to support managing the current

SAP Business Intelligence (BI) reporting and analytical environment which utilizes SAP Business

Objects Enterprise XI Release 4.2 software. NAWCAD also requires professional services in SAP

Business Objects management and administration and transfer of knowledge to members of the

Management Information System (MIS) Team and Heat team to enable team resources to manage, configure, and administer the system and software in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence

Platform 4. Professional Services is required to include maintenance of SAP Business Objects custom code for Certificate-based authentication providing a single sign-on solution, and provide technical guidance for implementing the upgraded SAP Business Objects Universe design tool in conjunction with the SAP Dashboard product and self-service reporting tools. This upgraded Universe design tool, self-service tool, and dashboard tool are required to support NAVAIR dashboard requirements.

Certificate-based authentication providing a single sign-on solution are required to maintain software approval by the Enterprise Services Functional Area Manager which allows the software to be executed in the Navy Marine Corp Intranet (NMCI) environment and to meet Information Assurance

Requirements for Certificate enablement of applications.

The total estimated cost for this procurement is $428,257.64, which includes license costs and annual maintenance and support.

4. Identification of the Justification Rationale (see FAR 8.405-6(b)) and, if applicable, a

Demonstration of the Proposed Contractor's Unique Qualifications to Provide the Required

Supply or Service.

The item is peculiar to one manufacturer.

Per FAR 8.405-6(b) the item is peculiar to one manufacturer. A brand name item, whether available on one or more schedule contracts, is an item peculiar to one manufacturer. Brand name specifications shall not be used unless the particular brand name, product, or feature is essential to the

Government’s requirements.

The SAP Business Objects software tool is an item that is particular to one manufacturer, SAP

Business Objects. SAP Business Objects and its authorized service providers are the only companies that are certified and have required expertise to provide specialized information technology services and software maintenance for the SAP Business Objects software product.

The IT/CS has utilized the SAP Business Objects tool in excess of 18 years and has invested over 1.5 million dollars with the purchase, maintenance, and training of this product. Services to support any other product would not meet the Government’s requirement and current software cannot execute without current software maintenance agreements.

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5. Determination by the Ordering Activity Contracting Officer that the Order Represents the

Best Value Consistent with FAR 8.404(d).

The contracting officer has determined that this named brand is essential to the Government’s requirements and that this purchase order represents the best value consistent with FAR 8.404(d) and results in the lowest overall cost alternative to meet the Government’s needs.

6. Market Research

In accordance with FAR 10.002, market research was conducted for the initial procurement of the SAP Business Objects tool by technical representatives to accomplish research and analysis in connection with the development of the Government’s requirements, and to determine availability of the functionality required to meet the Government’s needs. The results of this research prompted the selection of SAP Business Objects, which provides a high level of specialized functionality. Since that time, significant development with the product has occurred over many years. SAP has taken and added modules, created specific products and will be the upgraded version. Therefore, because the tool has such specialized capabilities, there are a limited number of vendors that have the required expertise.

Market research has shown that the required SAP Business Objects software tool is available through Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) contract. via SAP Business Objects (N00104-08-A-ZF42) and other authorized resellers.

7. Any other Facts Supporting the Justification.

If the limited source procurement is not made, the existing dashboard, metric, analytical reporting, advanced analytics and ad-hoc reporting would not be available to support reporting requirements. This would impact executive decision making, as well as business management analysis. Technical expertise is currently available in this tool and without continued maintenance and support the Government would have to expend additional funds and training, ramp-up time, and re-development in a different product. A shutdown of the SAP Business Objects environment would negatively impact NAVAIR and cause 1,800 end users for WARS and 300 users for HEAT, which is a total of 2100+ users’ the inability to support the corporate efforts mentioned above.

8. A Statement of the Actions, if any, the Agency May Take to Remove or Overcome any

Barriers that Preclude the Agency from Meeting the Requirements of FAR 8.405-1 and FAR

8.405-2 before any Subsequent Acquisition for the Supplies or Services is Made.

The specialized IT maintenance and professional services desired, are for a product that 7.2.2 currently owns. The Government has significant investments of both time and money in the SAP

Business Objects environment.

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this Justification and its supporting acquisition planning documents, except as noted herein are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Technical Cognizance & Requirements Cognizance:

_____________________ _Frederick Oakes 301.737.4148 __________

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LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW

I have determined this Justification is legally sufficient.

_____________________ _Kori Wilson _________ ___________ __________

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION

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

APPROVED

Upon the basis of the above justification, I hereby approve the solicitation of the proposed procurement(s) described herein using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority of

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SENIOR PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE APPROVAL

Upon the basis of the above justification, I hereby approve, as Senior Procurement Executive of the

Navy, the solicitation of the proposed procurement(s) described herein using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority of

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