Redacted_CAO-20-0290 Cadence OrCAD and PCB Software.pdf

Control No: CAO-20-0290

Contractor: EMA Design Automation Inc.

Program/Equipment: Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer software

Version – March 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR SUBPART 13.5 SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL

ITEMS – SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

Program/Equipment: Procurement of a total of maintenance agreements for Cadence OrCAD Capture and Printed Circuit Board Designer software for the Precision Munitions Instrumentation Division.

Authority: Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, 41 U.S.C. 1901 as implemented by FAR Subpart 13.5.

Amount:

Prepared by: DSN:

Date:

Contracting Officer: DSN:

Technical: DSN:

Requirements: DSN:

Program/Equipment: Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer software

FAR Subpart 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items – Sole Source Justification and Approval

1. Contracting Activity: U.S Army Contracting Command – New Jersey

2. Description of Action: The Precision Munitions Instrumentation Division (PMI-Div.)

requests a Firm Fixed Price contract with EMA Design Automation Inc., 225 Tech Park Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623 The Government projects award for June 2020 and

An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 207.103(d)(i)(B).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: Cadence OrCAD Capture and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Designer Computer Aided Design (CAD) is that addresses . The PCB Editor —from and —for . PCB for , , and , and . It also a for , and back.

Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer is with partnering with other divisions within , Other and FPAD’s Rapid Prototyping branch uses and the will . PMI-Div currently to . The maintenance these and . the will to for and

A purchase total of over a of Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer CAD software and of up to

The purchase Order will consist of a

Base Period: 12 months from date of award Value: $ Option Period 1: 12 months from date the option is exercised Value: $ Option Period 2: 12 months from date the option is exercised Value: $ Option Period 3: 12 months from date the option is exercised Value: $ Option Period 4: 12 months from date the option is exercised Value: $ _

Total: $

Program/Equipment: Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer software

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Full and open competition is not feasible as EMA Design Automation Inc. is the only authorize distributor of Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer software in North America.

The Contracting Officer shall publish the notices required by FAR 5.201

7. Actions to Increase Competition:

8. Market Research:

PMI-Div engineer conducted an internet search in January 2020. During the internet search, OrCAD site (https://www.orcad.com/) shows that EMA Design Automation Inc. is the only North American distributor of the Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer.

The Market Research also showed the Governments need might be filled by commercial software vendors such as . However, these vendor’s software have unique or proprietary coding method that are not compatible to each other. The Government will have to expend considerable funding and time to use a different package. Based on this, it is in the Government’s best interest to continuing using Cadence OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer software.

9. Identified Sources: To date, no other sources have written to express interest in the acquisition.

10. Other Facts:

a. Procurement History: N/A.

b. Other Facts: The previous procurement was accomplished using the Government Credit Card and resulted in the procurement of Cadence Design System’s OrCAD Capture and PCB Designer software suite from Cadence Design Systems Inc. in the amount of .