RFQ - Leica CCP Brand Name 2022.pdf

LIMITED SOURCE JUSTIFICATION (Brand Name) For purchases below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

1. Contracting activity/agency:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Western Federal Lands Highway Division (WFLHD).

2. Description of the supplies and/or services required to meet agency needs:

FHWA-WFLHD requires Software and firmware maintenance agreement (Customer Care Package) for Leica Geosystems electronic survey equipment.

3. Rationale:

The Leica electronic survey equipment WFLHD uses relies on software and firmware as a key to its operation. The manufacturer occasionally distributes updated versions of the software and firmware. These updates contain enhancements to allow the equipment to work better as well as “bug fixes” to correct errors that have been identified. In order to receive the updates, owners of the Leica survey equipment must acquire their Customer Care Package (CCP) agreement on an annual basis. Failure to acquire the CCP can reduce equipment functionality or cause it to quit working entirely.

The software and firmware provided through the Customer Care Package are owned exclusively by Leica Geosystems Inc. The source code to these items has not been sold or shared with any other manufacturers.

4. Authority:

FAR 13.106-1(b)(i) – The contracting officer has determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).