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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 4Point only for FY24 AEM Maintenance Plus Option Year. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 10/01/2024 – 09/30/2025.

OR

Brand Name Justification:

☐I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate only with vendors who can provide the subject brand name from Manufacture Name for the product or service being requested. The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 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.

4Point is the only accredited Adobe Gold Partner that is specialized in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) – Forms. In addition, the 4Point AEM Forms team includes multiple expert developers and a master architect which is unique to their specialization. 4Point has the unique skillsets required to meet customer needs in making full use of the AEM platform including extensive experience in the J2EE version of AEM Forms as well as extensive knowledge and experience in the NASA environment. The support team at 4Point has worked with the AEM software and its predecessors for over two decades and includes developer(s) that helped develop the original software for Adobe. This procurement seeks best value over lowest price. The current AEM Forms platform is not configured to support the changing goals and objectives of the Agency, nor the changing technology service. The Agency Forms Management Office (AFMO), as part of the IDAS service line within the NASA OCIO, needs to provide a modernized way data is collected via eForms to reduce the overall number of data collections, reduce data sprawl across the Agency, make collected eForm data available, improve discoverability of eForms data through a centralized database, and meet all relevant laws and guidance pertaining to data collections as a Federal Agency. The AFMO is focused on the enhanced capabilities of data capture, workflows, responsive and device agnostic forms, and authenticated approvals. The AFMO has an existing 7120 Forms Transformation Project to modernize the AEM Forms platform; taking it to the next level. The first step was to stabilize the environment performed in the previous project 4Point completed.

The next phase is to configure the existing platform, train the forms developers in adaptive forms, perform a proof-of-concept NASA Electronic Forms (NEF) replacement, lay the foundation for adaptive forms, explore analytics, and develop a workflow tracking strategy for tackling the conversion of over 3K forms.

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