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Control #: 15‐B011

JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY UNDER FAR 16.505

1. Agency/Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Contracting Command

Aberdeen Proving Ground

ATTN: CCAP-CCB

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-1846

2. Description of Action: Approval is requested for a Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity under FAR 16.505(a)(4) to procure the following brand-name requirements in support of Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC): 1) Dell PowerEdge R820 Rack Server; and 2) Dell PowerEdge R920 Rack Server A quantity of six (6) Dell PowerEdge R820 Rack Servers and a quantity of twelve (12) Dell PowerEdge R920 Rack Servers are required to support Blue Force Tracker (BFT)-1 Satellite Communications (SATCOM) operations and maintenance (O&M) efforts.

Nature: New Requirement Follow-on Requirement

Mod to Existing Order Number

Order against: FSS Contract Number:

OR

Multiple Award ID/IQ Contract Number:

Pricing: Firm-Fixed Price Time & Materials Cost Type

For Hybrid Contracts, list percentage of each type of pricing:

Firm Fixed Price:

Time & Materials:

Cost:

Funds: Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA) Other Funds

Fiscal Year of Funds: 2015

Name/Address/CAGE of Proposed Contractor(s):

Dell Federal Systems, L.P.

One Dell Way Round Rock, TX 78682 1(800) 879-3355 Cage Code - 3XAU1

Iron Bow Technologies, LLC

Control #: 15‐B011

4800 Westfields Boulevard, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Cage Code – 55RC1 703-279-3026

3. Description of Services or Supplies:

The estimated value of the proposed action is The proposed procurement includes the following items:

Product Quantity POP Unit Price Total

Dell PowerEdge R820 Rack Server Part # 210-ACNU

6 N/A

Dell PowerEdge R920 Rack Server Part # 210-AAWE

12 N/A

CONTRACT TOTAL

4. Authority:

ORDER AGAINST MULTIPLE AWARD ID/IQ CONTRACT: Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2002 (PL 107-107), FAR 16.505(b)(2) and DFARS 216.505-70(b), The contracting officer shall give every awardee a fair opportunity to be considered for a delivery/task order. Mark the applicable exception:

A statute expressly authorizes/requires that purchase be made from a specified source [DFARS 216.505-70(b)(1)]

Item peculiar to one manufacturer (a particular brand-name, product, or a feature of a product that is peculiar to one manufacturer) [FAR 16.505(a)(4)].

Urgent agency need precludes fair opportunity [FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(A)] Only one awardee is capable because supplies or services are unique or highly specialized [FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B)] In the interest of economy and efficiency, the order is a logical follow-on to an order already issued under the contract, provided that all awardees were given a fair opportunity to be considered for the original order [FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C)]

It is necessary to place the order to satisfy a minimum guarantee

5. Reasons for Authority Cited: For this action, PM MC requires brand-name Dell Corporation Manufactured PowerEdge R820 and R920 Rack Servers. These items are Commercial Off-The- Shelf (COTS) products available via the Army’s Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program. Pursuant to Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) Part 5139.1, the Army’s CHESS program is the mandatory source for commercial Information Technology (IT) purchases of computer software and hardware.

The Joint Battle Command – Platform (JBC-P) is a Program of Record (POR) under the purview of PM MC. JBC-P is the cornerstone of Joint Forces' Command and Control (C2), Situational Awareness (SA), and Communications. JBC-P provides secure Blue Force Tracking (BFT)