SATPC0038411 Tab 10 2 BNJ_Redacted.pdf

This document is a NASA Shared Services Center Recommendation and Determination to Solicit from One Source for Seagate Exos CoreVault. The recommendation justifies sole-source procurement from Seagate Technology, LLC, with a total estimated cost redacted and a 30-day anticipated lead time. NASA seeks to ensure ongoing compatibility with existing equipment utilized in daily work across NASA-owned systems, including workstations in the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The document emphasizes that alternative vendors would create implementation challenges, potentially requiring expanded product testing and knowledge base development, and would be operationally cost and time-prohibitive. The procurement is positioned as a continuation of an existing implemented technology setup, with the selected brand considered standard in current work processes and system architecture.