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AFLCMC/PZITB

2275 D Street Building 16 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433

This new contract action is an individual sole source justification using simplified procedures for certain commercial products in accordance with FAR subpart 13.5. This is an acquisition of Unicom System Architect software maintenance from:

Unicom Systems, Inc Unicom Plaza, Suite 310 15535 San Fernando Mission Blvd Missions Hills, CA 91345

This procurement will be a firm-fixed-price (FFP) award with a one year base contract with four option years as follows:

Base Maintenance Term: 9/29/2025 - 9/28/2026 Option Year 1 Term: 9/29/2026 - 9/28/2027 Option Year 2 Term: 9/29/2027 - 9/28/2028 Option Year 3 Term: 9/29/2028 - 9/28/2029 Option Year 4 Term: 9/29/2029 - 9/28/2030

The total cost with options is estimated to be approximately The base year will be funded with FY25 3400 Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funds.

Purchasing license renewal for Unicom System Architect software.

SACFU-0420-M 1 System Architect® - Client Floating User Maint- 8 SACAU-0420-M 1 System Architect® - Client Authorized User Maint -2 SADDFU-0420-M System Architect® - DoDAF Add on Floating User Maint -8 SADDAU-0420-M System Architect® - DoDAF Add on Authorized User Maint- 2 SAXTRFU-0420-M 1 System Architect® - XT Read Floating User Maint -18 SAXTRWFU-0420-M System Architect® - XT Read/Write Floating User Maint -9

Maintenance Term: 9/29/2025 - 9/28/2026 Option Year 1 Term: 9/29/2026 - 9/28/2027 Option Year 2 Term: 9/29/2027 - 9/28/2028 Option Year 3 Term: 9/29/2028 - 9/28/2029 Option Year 4 Term: 9/29/2029 - 9/28/2030

FAR 6.302-1 applies - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, supplemented by DAFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 3572, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C.

1901).

The proposed Unicom System Architect software is licensed and sold directly by Unicom Systems, Inc. Unicom is the sole

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Unicom Systems, Inc. has provided a sole-source letter stating that they are the sole provider of Unicom System Architect software, updates, and technical support, SA integrates and works the best with Microsoft SQL server and Oracle database, which is free to use for DoD.

Unicom System Architect is the current software and was purchased years prior through a separate contract action. The cost of software updates and maintenance is far less than the cost of purchasing a new software platform. Based on previously conducted market research, purchasing an other-than-requested software would take 2 plus years and more than $2 million dollars to purchase, re-fit, re-program and re-train users to a new system along with the possibility of losing 15 years of data. This would cause unacceptable delays and incur additional costs that would not be recovered through competition.

I will continue to monitor the public market in an attempt to find other vendors and companies that offer acceptable levels of compatibility to ensure every effort is made to compete for new suppliers for these type of tools.

has determined in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract deem only a single source is reasonably available.

Determination of fair and reasonable cost to the Government will be made in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(b) using historical prices paid by the Government and also evaluating other than certified pricing data obtained from the offeror.

continuously monitors the public market to find other vendors and companies that offer acceptable levels of compatibility to ensure every effort is made to compete for new suppliers for these types of tools. The Government will continue to conduct market research using catalogs, internet, attendance at technical trade shows, and other industry events to locate other solutions to meet the Government's requirements. As identifies new requirements, it will make every effort to ensure future actions will be competed under full and open competition.

The Government will continue to review the capabilities of commercially available software packages of this kind to determine if and when competing software packages meet or exceed the government requirements. The Government will continue to conduct market research using catalogs, internet, attendance at technical trade shows, and other industry events to locate other solutions to meet the Government's requirements. As the team identifies new requirements, we will make every effort to ensure future actions will be competed under full and open competition. This effort will minimize specific make and model purchases in the future.

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