Limited Source Justification_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Limited-Sources Justification form for a SolarWinds software procurement by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division. The procurement includes five SolarWinds software licenses and maintenance products: Virtualization Manager VM8, IP Address Manager IP4000, Network Performance Monitor SL2000, Network Configuration Manager DL100, and NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Module, with a total quantity of 1 for each item.

The justification explains that SolarWinds currently provides critical infrastructure and support for the Corona Network, offering essential server and network infrastructure software. The agency argues that procuring additional SolarWinds products is necessary to support growing IT resource demands, reduce overall licensing costs, and maintain existing data manager software integrations. The document indicates that implementing a different brand would result in lost established integrations and potentially require developing custom, proprietary code to manage specific use cases. NSWC, Corona Division, has no current plans to compete these contracts and will assess future competition feasibility if alternative sources emerge.