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FAR Subpart 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items - Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification and Approval

1. Contracting Activity: 414th Contracting Support Brigade, Unit 31423, Box 77, APO, AE 09630

2. Description of Action: United States Army Africa requests firm-fixed-price contract for Sitscape brand name User-Defined-Operating-Picture (UDOP) Software Licenses.

This UDOP software license has the capability to create, visualize, and share decision-focused views of the operational environment all in one location. This is a new requirement, the Government anticipates contract award in Sept 2016. Fiscal year 2016 Operations and Maintenance funds will be used for this procurement.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: This requirement is to procure (1) vServer (virtual) -with (4) vCPU Cores (virtual) and 16 GB RAM per vServer, (8) Analyst/Power User Licenses, and (50) General User Licenses, which are Collaborative User-Defined- Operating-Picture (UDOP) Software Licenses. This UDOP software license has the capability to create, visualize, and share decision-focused views of the operational environment all in one location. This action includes software support maintenance that will be available 24 hours per day, 7 days week, and 365/366 days per year including holidays. The period of performance for the software support maintenance will be one base year, from date of delivery, and one option year. United States Army Africa Command (USARAF) acquisition estimated total value is $ , inclusive of option.

*The "v" in "vServer" and "vCPU Cores" stands for virtual. No hardware will be physically provided or installed.

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Control No: RCOl-J&A-FY1 1 nature of supplies or services sought, and on market research that offers will include only commercial items."

This requirement is for a commercial off the shelf UDOP software license that is available to the public. This software must be procured using a brand name because Sitscape is the only manufacturer of this type of software that currently has an approved Certificate of Networthiness. Sitscape uses multiple vendors for the resale of its software application. There is no need for the software to be procured from a sole source.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: This software is not available through CHESS ESI or GSA schedule contracts. CHESS statement of non-availability (SoNA ID: 216712408) was approved on 19 August 2016. Multiple vendors distribute Sitscape User-Defined- Operating-Picture (UDOP) Software Licenses and will be solicited for this procurement.

The Contracting Officer shall publish the notices required by FAR 5. 02(a)(6).

7. Actions to Increase Competition: CHESS statement of non-availability (SoNA ID:

216712408) was approved on 19 August 2016. Multiple vendors distribute Sitscape User-Defined-Operating-Picture (UDOP) Software Licenses and will be solicited for this procurement. RC0-1 will continue to monitor CHESS for changes in the availability of this software.

8. Market Research: Army Regulation (AR) 25-1 mandates the assessment of NetOps products against the architecture to ensure they meet functional and interoperability requirements within the Army Enterprise. As a part of the Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) approval process, all NetOps products - software, tools or systems must be compliant. Award of a CON involves an extensive assessment to ensure products meet or exceed U.S. Army requirements for reliability, security, architecture, and integration with the Army's existing IT infrastructure. SitScape is the only vendor to acquire a CON for their Real Time Desktop Sharing User-Defined Operational Picture (UDOP) dashboard. The United States Army Information Technology Agency (ITA) which is an administrative service organization aligned under the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army (OAA) conducted market research from March 2014 to June 2015. Market research showed SitScape, original equipment for this software. Market research also that

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