25-SIMACQ-D40-0004_Redacted Green Hills SS JA_06032025.pdf

NSWC PHD were to use another vendor’s maintenance agreement, NSWC PHD would be required to utilize an entirely different software resulting in a substantial duplication of cost over that is not expected to be recovered through competition. This estimate is based on the effort required to identify, test, configure, and install a new alternative software IDE.

Additionally, the use of a different vendor, and thus a different software, would result in an delay of approximately 1 year based on the amount of time required for engineering labor, integration test and verification, and training to migrate the current software build environment to a new software IDE. This delay would be unreasonable because it would cause a gap in critical services and an inability to provide software updates to the fleet.

Market Research Conducted:

As stated above, no other source can meet NSWC PHD’s needs since AdaMULTI IDE is the only software that can meet our requirement. Green Hills is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for AdaMULTI IDE and holds copyrights and proprietary rights to provide maintenance to the software. As part of the Market Research, NSWC PHD contacted numerous sources to assess product, price and availability from the Federal Supply System, GSA Advantage, FedMall, and directly from the OEM Green Hills. Green Hills has no authorized resellers available for AdaMULTI IDE and is the only source to procure AdaMULTI IDE.

Contract specialist posted a sources sought to SAM.gov from 05/14/2025 – 05/28/2025 and received no responses from capable vendors.

Statement of Actions, if any to Remove Barriers to Competition in the Future:

NSWC PHD Contracts Office will continue to conduct market research as warranted to provide a broader vendor base as applicable for the types of supplies/services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, NSWC PHD will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION (FAR 6.303-2(c))

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

Technical Cognizance:

Legal Counsel:

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

Contracting Officer:

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

Contracting Officer Signature:

Brian Carpenter, Contracting Officer, 027

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Date: 2025.06.03 14:12:21 -07'00'