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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

SINGLE SOURCE DETERMINATION USING

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP) UNDER THE

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD (SAT)

AUTHORITY: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

(PR/SOL/CONTRACT #) PR# 0040392847

1. Contracting Activity: This document is a justification for single source determination under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, OIMT, Division of Telecommunications, Albuquerque Data Center.

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3. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs.

Renew SolarWinds software licenses and maintenance support contract for existing software applications running within Indian Affairs.

PoP: 8/12/2018 – 8/12/2019

The estimated value of the proposed action is

4. Identification of the single source to be solicited.

Brand Name: Solarwinds (must be purchased through authorized reseller) Quote source:

5. Reason for authority cited. The contracting officer has determined the circumstances of the contract deem only one source reasonably available.

Brand Name – The particular brand name is essential to the requirement and market research indicates similar products do not meet or cannot be modified to meet agency needs. If the justification is to cover only the portion of the buy which is brand name, then it should so state; the approval level requirements will then only apply to that portion.

6. Rationale: Provide an explanation that supports the reason cited in #4.

SolarWinds is the installed monitoring system currently in use to monitor the Indian Affairs IT network. The Solarwinds software and license consolidates systems, network, application and end-user experience monitoring in a unified dashboard where you can quickly and efficiently diagnose and assess the impact of complex performance problems

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Bureau of Indian Affairs wherever they originate, avoiding costly service degradation. The easy-to-use Solarwinds application provides the comprehensive insight and customizability you need to proactively ensure that application performance meets user expectations and business priorities and troubleshooting.

Indian Affairs IT acquired Solarwinds through a competitive acquisition process and now Solarwinds annual maintenance and support must be renewed in order to maintain the effectiveness of this investment and to monitor the Indian Affairs network. The brand name is specifically being referenced in the technical requirements to reflect the actual type of appliance that Indian Affairs IT owns.

7. Market Research. A description of the market research conducted (see Part 10) and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

Market research indicates that there are a number of vendors that can provide the required maintenance and support; however, the brand name of Solarwinds is specifically being referenced in the technical requirements to reflect the actual type of appliance that Indian Affairs currently owns. Without specifically referencing the Solarwinds brand name, it would be impossible for a vendor to provide Indian Affairs with maintenance and support that would be compatible with the existing Indian Affairs appliances.

8. I certify that the technical data which forms a basis for this justification is complete and accurate and meets the Government’s minimum needs.

X Name Title (Program Office/COR)

9. Under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), the undersigned hereby determines the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source is reasonably available as supported herein.

X Contracting Officer