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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE

OR BRAND NAME

PICK ONE

Sole Source:

☐I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with Vendor only for Product being purchased . The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is Date.

OR

Brand Name Justification:

☒I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate only with vendors who can provide the subject brand name from Keysight Technologies, Inc. for the FY24 Keysight W3607B Renewal. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 09/14/2024 - 09/13/2025.

This recommendation is for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available from only one source/only one manufacture. Competition is impractical for the following reasons (please answer the questions below):

1. What are the reasons for soliciting only the suggested source/suggested brand name? Please provide the unique characteristics of the items or services along with the supporting rationale and the market research performed to substantiate your reason for the suggested source/brand name.

This requirement is for the renewal of software already used for radio frequency (RF) and communications and tracking (C&T) analysis at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC). This tool models RF circuit and communication systems, as well as performing computational electromagnetics analysis at the device level, and has been used for many years to support multiple human spaceflight programs. We have developed many analyses and hardware products using this software over the years and need continued access for legacy and new projects.

2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.

Choosing another brand/vendor will cause significant harm to the Government if we are no longer able to use these tools. Multiple human spaceflight programs have devoted significant resources to baselining analyses with these software tools for use in modeling radio frequency (RF) circuit and communication systems, and to validation of results generated by these tools. In addition to the loss of the initial investment made for the software there are years of training and development investments and years of analyses and hardware products developed using this software tool

Additionally, we need access to the latest versions of this software due to constantly evolving IT security requirements that may require software patches be put in place that cannot be done with legacy versions of the software. The only method to patch this proprietary software is from the software vendor.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

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Technical User Name Date

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Office