apcon.brand_name_justification_Redacted.pdf

From: Jeffrey S. Young, Branch 526 To: Cognizant Code 40 Acquisition Branch

Subj: BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED SUPPLIES/SERVICES, ESTIMATED

VALUE, AND DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

Contractor shall provide Apcon, Inc products as specified herein to support the NSWCPD code 526:

Item QTY Price Apcon, Inc Intellapatch 3000 series 288 port chassis 1 Apcon, Inc Intellapatch 3000 series 36-port SFP blades 8 Apcon, Inc certified 100BaseFX multi-mode fiber transceivers 280

TOTAL

These products are required to use in LPD 17/28 class Shipboard Wide Area Network (SWAN) lab to facilitate integration testing on multiple network hardware configuration baselines. The total estimated dollar value of the proposed acquisition is

2. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR BRAND NAME BASED ON

CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR NATURE OF THE

ACQUISITION

The Apcon, Inc Intellapatch 3000 series physical layer switch is required for use in the LPD 17 lab to facilitate integration testing over multiple hardware configuration topologies. Apcon, Inc brand equipment is already used extensively in the LPD 17 class lab as well as other “network integration facilities” at NSWCPD supported by Code 526.

Further, the new equipment being purchased must be able to directly connect to and integrate with the existing Apcon equipment via a shared and common management interface. Finally, utilizing a different brand of equipment with similar capability would prevent the shared management of equipment, require new training on operation and maintenance, require new spare parts procurement, at an estimated total cost of over $500K.

3. MARKET SURVEY

This equipment is available in the commercial marketplace. The equipment can be purchased directly from Apcon, Inc. or its numerous authorized resellers. Further, there a other manufacturers which produce and sell equipment with similar capability but will be incompatible with existing equipment used on the test facility.

4. ADDITIONAL FACTS

Lucent Government Solutions (LGS) and its resellers are the only authorized distributors of this equipment to the US Federal Government.

5. CUSTOMER SIGNATURE:

I certify that the statements and information provided above, are complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that the processing of this brand name justification precludes the use of full and open competition.