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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

OR

Brand Name Justification:

I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with only with vendors who can provide the subject band name from Bizon for X7000 G2 GPU Server. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is one month from purchase date.

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.

We are expanding our lab with equipment that is compatible with the current hardware for research and development of advanced fault management techniques using simulated and actual hardware data. The

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

Going with another branch/model than has been chosen here will impact schedule and resources. We are already limited on the number of resources on our project. If another brand is purchased, we will have to implement a new lab architecture . We would also have to maintain multiple systems, rather that maintaining the one we currently have in place. With the limited resources available, if we purchased a different brand, these items would likely have to sit on the shelf until more resources become available to us to utilize this equipment.

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