PRISMJA.pdf

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Upon the basis of the following justification, I hereby approve the issuance of the contractual action described below:

1. Identification of Agency and Contracting Activity.

Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research, ONR Code 02 875 North Randolph Street Arlington, VA 22203-1995

2. Nature/Description of Action.

The government intends to award a contract with firm-fixed-price line items to Unison Software, Inc. (Unison), located at 21251 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 100, Dulles, VA 20166, to provide software licenses, maintenance, and continued subject matter on-site support for the ONR Unison Acquisition (UA) (formerly PRISM) contract writing system.

3. Description of Supplies/Services.

License maintenance, licenses, and support services will allow for the continued operation and upgrades to the currently deployed UA software and modules. The support personnel assigned under this action will provide on-site assistance with configuration and user issues will coordinate testing, training, and updated documentation for the deployment and operation of ONR’s UA system. Optional tasks, if exercised, will include migrating the current ONR UA System to Navy Cloud Hosting facility, data migration, and preparation for Navy Electronic Procurement System (ePS). The place of performance will be One Liberty Center, 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA.

The period of performance for this task will be 04 April 2020 through 03 April 2025 (1 base year and 4 option years). The total estimated dollar value (including all options) is $23.7M. Execution of options will depend on the migration timeline for ONR to Navy’s ePS

4. Identification of Statutory Authority.

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. § 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 -- Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Demonstration that Nature of Acquisition Requires Use of Cited Authority.

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

875 NORTH RANDOLPH STREET

SUITE 1425

ARLINGTON, VA 22203-1995

Successful performance of this requirement necessitates detailed knowledge of Unison’s UA software, ONR’s business processes, and ONR’s unique configuration and implementation of UA.

Unison is the only source that can provide this combination of knowledge as well as the software licenses and maintenance. Additionally, Unison is the only source with detailed knowledge and early access to the latest release of the UA software that will be deployed during the period of performance of this action.

Unison is the exclusive distributor for UA software licenses and maintenance. ONR’s UA system is currently targeted as a legacy system and is scheduled for decommissioning during the projected timeframe of Quarter 4 FY21 thru Quarter 3 FY22.

6. Description of Efforts to Ensure Other Potential Sources Were Sought.

A Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source was posted on fbo.gov on 23 October 2019. In addition, a Sources Sought notice was previously posted to GSA Schedule 70 in July 2019. To Date, the responses received to these notices are discussed in the Market Research section below. Any additional responses received will be considered before a solicitation is issued.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost.

The Government will use various cost and/or price analysis techniques, including comparison of pricing obtained through market research for the same or similar items, to determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

8. Description of Market Research.

Unison is the exclusive distributor for UA software licenses and maintenance. Only one vendor other than Unison, Strategic Technology Institute (STI), responded to the GSA Sources Sought with a capability statement, which was determined insufficient to demonstrate that STI could perform the full scope of the required effort. Several other vendors (Calloway and Associates, Inc., Technical Communities, Inc., R&K Solutions, Inc., Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Raveon Technologies Corporation, Eagle TG, LLC and Statacorp LLC) also responded but indicated that they are unable to meet the requirements due to the specific nature of the tasks required in the PWS. Unison remains the only vendor with the expertise required in understanding the UA software and how ONR’s requirement is configured to accomplish ONR’s business processes.

9. Any Other Supporting Facts.

N/A

10. Listing of Interested Sources.

A Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source was posted to www.fbo.gov on 23 October 2019. Any responses will be reviewed prior to solicitation release.

11. Actions Taken to Remove Barriers to Competition.

ONR will be migrating to a Navy ePS on or about FY21-FY22. UA will be decommissioned at that time and replaced by ePS.

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12. Statement of Delivery Requirements.

The contractor shall provide monthly status reports, open issues, DBA visit and PDS reports, FPDS reports and a quality control plan as described in the Contract Data Requirements List and the performance work statement.

13. Reference to the Approved Acquisition Plan (AP) or Equivalent Documentation. .

A Management and Oversights Process for Acquisition of Services-Streamlined (MOPAS) has been approved for this requirement.

14. Explanation of all actions attempted to make the immediate acquisition competitive and the cost /benefit analysis reflecting costs associated with obtaining competition and anticipated benefits.

Unison is the exclusive distributor of UA software licenses and the results of the market research did not provide any other capable sources that could meet ONR’s needs. Unison remains the only vendor with the expertise required in understanding the UA software and how ONR’s requirement is configured to accomplish ONR’s business processes.