Sole_Source_Justification_-_AdaCore_Redacted.pdf

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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

AdaCore Technologies, Inc. Software Maintenance License Renewal

PR#: 1300721535

BACKGROUND:

Naval Underwater Warfare Center, Division Newport (NUWCDVINPT) Code 8523 has a requirement to procure AdaCore Technologies, Inc. Software Maintenance License Renewal that will allow a one year subscription for up to twenty-five (25) unique users. Code 8523 currently uses a development environment called GNAT Pro Ada, which is a proprietary to AdaCore

Technologies. The GNAT Pro Ada development environment is utitlized for the software development of Ada software and requires an annual license renewal subscription for continued usage. The AdaCore Technologies, Inc., GNAT Pro Ada development environment, which was previously procured by NUWCDIVNPT, is being utilized to develop and test the source code on multiple hardware platforms. Maintaining software support for the GNAT Pro Ada development environment is crucial for the development and support of the . The renewal subscription will be used to support the and

Programs for the continued development and upgrade of various systems, including n

) and

. utilize commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software elements to help reduce program costs. The operational software to support these programs is being developed by NUWCDIVNPT, Code 8523.

Renewal of the subscription will enable Navy personnel working on the development at NUWCDIVNPT to have access to experts who can quickly answer questions and provide solutions for problems encountered during the software development and integration process.

This is a follow-on to following orders:

N66604-11-P-3458, with AdaCore Technologies, Inc., that expired on 06/28/2012

N66604-12-P-2898, with AdaCore Technologies, Inc., that expired on 06/28/2013

N66604-13-P-2289, with AdaCore Technologies, Inc., that expired on 06/28/2014

N66604-14-P-2265, with AdaCore Technologies, Inc., that expired on 06/28/2015

N66604-15-P-2697, with AdaCore Technologies, Inc., that expired on 06/28/2016

N66604-16-P-2401, with AdaCore Technologies, Inc., that expired on 06/28/2017

N66604-17-P-2852, with AdaCore Technologies, Inc., that expired on 06/28/2018

The anticipated period of performance is from 06/29/2018 to 06/28/2019 with an estimated total cost of .

REQUIREMENT:

Provide parts list (must match quotes):

The subscription allows access to a total of 25 unique users for one year of performance v1.2_JUNE2016

Part Number: Description;

T25:ENT-ADA/VX6PPCWIN GNAT Pro Enterprise Ada cross environment to develop Ada software

(including Ada 2012) for PowerPC VxWorks

6.x hosted on x86 Windows

T25:ENT-ADA/VXPPCWIN GNAT Pro Enterprise Ada cross environment to develop Ada software

(including Ada 2012) for PowerPC VxWorks

5.x hosted on x86 Windows

T25:ENT-ADA/X86WIN GNAT Pro Enterprise Ada native environment to develop Ada software

(including Ada 2012) for x86 Windows (32 bits) native

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION:

AdaCore Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is the sole provider of the GNAT Pro Ada development environment. The software support, including all maintenance renewal licenses are proprietary to AdaCore Techonoligies, Inc. and there are no authorized resellers. , AdaCore, confirmed that AdaCore is the sole source provider of GNAT

Pro, GNAT Pro tools and support maintenance, and any upgrades to the GNAT Pro subscriptions. Deviating from AdaCore would pose significant costs to the Government as Code

8523 would need to research another qualified vendor to procure a new development environment and subsequent software. Code 8523 would also need to test a new development environment to ensure it meets the fleet’s requirements, which would ultimately cause delays that would impact testing and development of the

RESELLERS:

There are no resellers that can provide the required software maintenance license renewal.

AdaCore Technologies, Inc. is the only company capable of providing the license renewal.