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Office of Contracting and Logistics Management Revised 13 August 2018

JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE/BRAND NAME SOLE SOURCE <$250K

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PO Number:

The effort listed on this form is for (please mark one):

✓ Supply ☐

Service

The material and/or service listed on this form is (please mark one):

✓ Sole Source ☐

Brand Name

Restricted to the following source or manufacturer:

• Source: Studica Inc.

• POC and Phone Number:

• Address: 2326 Lockport Road, Sanborn, NY 14132

Description of the item(s) or service(s) required and the estimated cost(s):

Item# MFG Name MFG Part#

Description Qty U/I Unit Price Ext Price

1 Unity Technologies

Unity Pro Unity Pro 1 year, prepaid license

50 EA

TOTAL:

1. List the Required Delivery Date (RDD) or Period of Performance (POP): RDD 02/01/19

2. Specify characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to a sole source/brand product (unique features, function of the item, etc.). Describe in detail why only this source/brand can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources/brands.

Unity is cross-platform game engine development software. Compared to other commercial game development software, Unity provides the most diverse content available to incorporate into its applications (e.g. 3D models, scripting, editor extensions). This diverse array of assets increases the functionality of Unity applications with minimum investment (e.g. little or no cost). In addition, Unity hosts multiple developer conferences (“Unite”), which allows attendees to learn more about current and future functionality. These conferences provide NPS research faculty direct access to Unity staff and other companies that use Unity. The topics learned at the conference keep NPS faculty and researchers informed of best practices and benefit both the research project applications and the interactions with students.

Unity is used at NPS as follows: 1) NPS students use Unity for class projects, some of which evolve into thesis/dissertation projects, 2) NPS collaborates with external DoD departments who also utilize Unity for developmental applications, 3) NPS makes Unity applications that get distributed to various DoD users and 4) NPS performs sponsored government research utilizing Unity. The pool of knowledge at NPS for Unity has been developed over a number of years and permits efficient, rapid development of Unity applications.

A minimum of three current NPS classes utilize Unity, at least a dozen current and former students have or are using Unity for their theses, and Unity was/is used for at least eight previous and current research projects.

Unity applications previously developed at NPS require updates and bug fixes for multi-year and follow-on research projects. NPS students who use Unity for class and thesis projects require staff technical assistance using Unity. Modifications to existing Unity applications require a Unity license. There is an increasing amount of Unity expertise at NPS, both with the students and the faculty, from previous research projects, thesis, dissertation, and classes. Licenses for Unity are the only way to continue to capitalize on the NPS Unity knowledge base.

The unit price listed above of eat is an academic discount only available to the Government directly from Unity’s Government reseller, Studica, Inc. Unity’s network of commercial resellers are limited to providing the commercial (non-discounted) rate of

/seat. In order to achieve significant cost savings, NPS must procure from Studica, Inc., Unity’s only reseller authorized to provide academic discounts to the Government.

3. Indicate if the requested material or service represents the minimum requirements of the Government.

The requested software represents the minimum requirements of the Government.

4. Indicate if the material or service must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit, and function) with existing systems presently installed/performing. Describe the equipment/function you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect or interface with the existing system.

The requested software must be compatible with previously developed Unity Pro software.

5. Does a patent, copyright or proprietary data limit competition?

N/A.

6. Are the items “direct replacement” parts/components for existing equipment? If so, provide the information about the Next Higher Assembly (NHA)/equipment which the replacement parts are going into (e.g., description, model, part number, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), etc.).

N/A.

7. Provide any additional information to support a sole source/brand name sole source procurement. The rationale must justify “either” substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not recovered through competition or unacceptable delays in fulfilling the mission of the agency.

Due to the large number of previously developed Unity applications, as well as current projects, re-developing existing research applications and recreating existing class-supporting material using a different, similarly featured software would result in a substantial duplication of costs that could not be recovered through a brand competition. In addition, the loss of the Unity knowledge base would have an immeasurable impact on the education and research missions at NPS.

The Government sought to obtain competition through resellers on NASA SEWP. Commercial pricing was received in response to the solicitation. Due to the reseller relationships described above, it has been determined that competition will not result in a cost savings to the Government. Awarding to Unity’s authorized reseller Studica, Inc. results in the maximum cost savings to the Government.

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