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This is a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Sole Source Justification (SSJ) document for a data backup and recovery appliance procurement by the Federal Tax Compliance (FTAC) program at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

The procurement seeks to replace obsolete Veritas NetBackup appliances with new, modernized Cohesity (formerly Veritas) backup and recovery systems for the period of May 31, 2026, through May 30, 2027. The required supplies include four NetBackup appliances (line 0001), two Premium 24x7 support licenses (line 0002), 432 NetBackup Flex Software licenses (line 0003), 60 additional Premium 24x7 support licenses (line 0004), return-to-compliance services (line 0005), shipping (line 0006), and integration services for Florida and Tennessee locations (lines 0007-0008). The justification cites GSAR 538.7104-3(b)(ii) as the statutory exception, establishing that only one source—Cohesity—is capable of providing the required products at the necessary quality level because the solutions are unique and highly specialized. The rationale emphasizes that existing NetBackup systems reached end-of-support on October 1, 2025, posing unacceptable risk to mission-critical data integrity and security. The Cohesity platform provides specialized Storage Area Network transport modes for VMware instances and integration capabilities with over 35 NetApp data storage arrays that are unavailable from competing vendors, justifying the brand-name-only procurement approach under an Enterprise Software Initiative mandate to leverage market competition among authorized resellers while maintaining seamless system transition.