SATPC0035981 Tab 06 BNJ..pdf
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This document is a Sole Source or Brand Name Justification for NASA to procure a Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition Subscription License including Premium Maintenance & Support. NASA recommends negotiating only with Zerto, as they are the sole source provider for this software and have unique journaling technology that allows for disaster recovery of individual VMs or groups of VMs. Replacing the disaster recovery solution would be a multi-year project requiring significant resources, and deviating from the Zerto brand would cause severe budgetary issues. The total estimated cost for this 1-year period of performance from 10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025 is provided. This justification is for the related federal contract opportunity 80NSSC24878228Q for the FY24 Zerto SW Maintenance Renewal, which has a brand name requirement.
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Page 1 V2.0 3-15-2017
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 Name only for Enter Supply or Service to be procured. 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 band name from Zerto for Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition Subscription License including Premium Maintenance & Support. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 10/1/2024 – 9/30/2025.
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 is an extension of software maintenance which is legally required to continue to use the software.
Only Zerto can grant the right for NASA to continue to use its software. In early 2019 we undertook a study to find a replacement for the Disaster Recovery solution for the MSFC NASA Data Center comparing multiple vendor solutions. Zerto has unique journalling technology that allows multiple points in time to be chosen from as a restore point. In addition, Zerto works at the VM disk level, which allows for disaster recovery of individual VMs or groups of VMs, regardless of the underlying storage array technology.
2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.
Replacing the DR solution is a multi-year project requiring literally thousands of manhours. Deviating away from the brand would also cause sever budgetary issues.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
7/24/2024
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