SSJ_Apporto_Final_KO_Signed_Redacted.pdf

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):

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

Restricted to the following source or manufacturer:

Manufacturer/Source: Apporto Inc.

POC and Phone Number:

Address: 261 Walter Hayes Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94303

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 Apporto N/A Apporto Application

Streaming Subscription, 60 concurrent users

1 YR

2 Apporto N/A 1TB Storage 1 YR 3 Apporto N/A Single Sign-On

Integration

1 LO

TOTAL:

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

POP: 12 months from the date of award.

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.

NPS requires an application streaming service to stream applications and desktops to users’ web browsers. This service must be able to provide the use of applications in a streaming fashion or as a native application delivered to the customer’s device.

Sole Source Brand Name

Supply Service

Based on extensive market research, Apporto is the only source that can provide the following with regards to the required application streaming service:

Streams desktop as well as individual applications.

Delivers applications to a browser or natively to a user device. This feature is critical for use in low bandwidth environments.

Apporto permits scaling (up or down) on a concurrent user basis. This eliminates the need for the user to provide and tune virtual machine specifications.

Apporto will permit NPS to use existing provisioning services. The service integrates with Active Directory, Shibboleth, Centralized Authentication System (CAS) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).

Apporto Inc. has no commercial resellers. The streaming subscription is only available directly from Apporto Inc.

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

The requested streaming subscription 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.

N/A.

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

The requested streaming subscription is proprietary to Apporto Inc.

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.

Extensive market research identified only two potential application streaming services: Apporto and Amazon Appstream. NPS requested and received product demonstrations from both sources.

Based on the results of market research, NPS subsequently conducted a 45-day usage trial to further evaluate the Apporto application streaming service in an operational environment. The 45-day trial permitted NPS to build a customized test environment with operationally-relevant applications, 10 concurrent users for comprehensive testing and the ability to use NPS credentials for application sign on (further simulating an actual operational environment), providing a far more relevant evaluation of the service's usability, effectiveness and potential value to NPS.

The trial of Apporto determined the service's quality, usability and effectiveness in an operational environment, and demonstrated the service's potential value to the Government.

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