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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 Name only for . 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 Remcom, Inc. for Remcom Wireless InSite MIMO Package : Floating Lease with Tier 3 Maintenance and Support. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 12 Months ARO .

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.

NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) requires the purchase of the Remcom Wireless InSite MIMO Package: Floating Lease with Tier 3 Maintenance and Support which will be installed on a number of computers at GRC including a license server. This specific brand software is needed to conduct research on propagation of lunar surface radio waves including estimation of multipath fade margin as well as site-specific analysis of radio function for contemplated Artemis mission landing areas for various radio communications systems. Only this Remcom brand software has the capability for various radio communications systems which includes surface Wi-Fi, Surface Space-to-Space Communication System, 3GPP radios and will include the effect of multipath fighting technologies such as MIMO, OFDM, Automatic Channel Selection and other radio technologies.

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

If another brand other than Remcom was used, it would cause significant project delays in Artemis HLS and EHP projects. Also, a new product will take much time to implement into existing projects and additional man hours to train users on the new software. Only the Remcom software meets the needed requirements for our mission projects.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

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