SIPRNET Thin Client Backend Replacement limited_sources_J_and_A-CCA Signed redacted.pdf

Limited Sources Justification and Approval (J&A)

CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION

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Contracting Activity: 18th Contracting Squadron/PKA

Purchase Request / Local ID Number:

Program / Project (and PE, if applicable): SIPRNET Thin Client Backing Replacement

Program Type (PEO or Other Contracting): Other Contracting

Authority: Multiple Award Schedule Program (FAR 8.405-6)

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): $

Is this a Bridge Action? Yes No

Description of Limitation:

In accordance with FAR 8.405-6 (b)(1) Items peculiar to one manufacturer, an item peculiar to one manufacturer can be a particular brand name, product, or a feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer. A brand name item, whether available on one or more schedule contracts, is an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

COORDINATION (DAFFARS 5306.304(a))

Date Project Lead / Program Mgr / Requiring Activity

MSgt Dylan Harrison

18 CS / 631-3825

Signature

Date

27 Jun 2024

Contracting Officer

SSgt JUSTIN K. TOWNSEND

18 CONS/PKA / 634-4789

Signature

Date

06 Aug 2024

Local Legal Reviewer

Mr. Kenneth McKay

18 WG/JAG / 634-4920

Signature

Date

06 Aug 2024

Competition Advocate

CMSgt Joe Salazar Jr.

AFICC/KH (OL-PAC)/ (808)449-8569

Signature

APPROVAL (DAFFARS 5306.304(a))

HARRISON.DYLAN.VINCE

NT.1458529333

Digitally signed by

HARRISON.DYLAN.VINCENT.1458529333

Date: 2024.06.25 13:03:54 +09'00'

TOWNSEND.JUSTIN.KALEB.1469987538

Digitally signed by

TOWNSEND.JUSTIN.KALEB.1469987538

Date: 2024.06.27 14:55:53 +09'00'

MCKAY.KENNETH.B.1092

405016

Digitally signed by

MCKAY.KENNETH.B.1092405016

Date: 2024.08.06 07:45:16 +09'00'

SALAZAR.JOE.JR.1240404

Digitally signed by

SALAZAR.JOE.JR.1240404164

Date: 2024.08.06 15:04:09 -10'00'

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I. Contracting Activity.

U.S. Department of the Air Force, U.S. Air Force (USAF), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), 18th Wing, 18th Contracting Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan

II. Nature and/or description of the action being processed.

This equipment will be used as critical replacements to existing switches, and will be put towards required expansions of existing network infrastructure.

III. Description of supplies/services required to meet agency needs.

Cisco must be used as the front end for the VDI solution as that is the front end used by PACAF CSS. In order to maintain congruency with PACAF CSS and enterprise communications the CISCO UCS chassis needs to be procured. Below are the full description of requirements. Below is the Full list of items requested by 18 CS:

0001 - CX LEVEL 1 8X7XNCDOS UCS 9508 Chassis Configured - 1 EA 0002 - UCS 9108-100G IFM for 9508 Chassis - 2 EA 0003 - UCS 9416 X-Fabric module for 9508 chassis - 2 EA 0004 - UCSX Compute Node Debug Cable - 1 EA 0005 - UCS 210c M7 Compute Node w/o CPU Memory Storage Mezz - 3 EA 0006 - CX LEVEL 1 8X7XNCDOS UCS 210c M7 Compute Node w o CPU - 3 EA 0007 - Cisco VIC 15420 4x 25G mLOM X-Series w/Secure Boot - 3 EA 0008 - 240GB 2.5in M.2 SATA Micron G2 SSD - 6 EA 0009 - TPM 2.0 TCG FIPS140-2 CC EAL4+ Certified for servers - 3 EA 0010 - Intel I6538Y+ 2.2GHz/225W 32C/60MB DDR5 5200MT/s - 6 EA 0011 - 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM 2Rx4 (16Gb) - 36 EA 0012 - UCS 9508 Chassis 2800V AC Dual Voltage PSU Titanium - 4 EA 0013 - Fabric Interconnect 6536 for IMM - 2 EA 0014 - CX LEVEL 1 8X7XNCDOS Fabric Interconnect 6536 for IMM - 2 EA 0015 - Perpetual SW License for the 6500 series Fabric Interconnect - 2 EA 0016 - UCS 6536 Power Supply/AC 1100W PSU - Port Side Exhaust - 4 EA 0017 - 100GBASE QSFP Active Optical Cable 3m - 8 EA 0018 - 100GBASE QSFP Active Optical Cable 5m - 8 EA 0019 - Infrastructure Services PVA - Advantage - 108 EA 0020 - UCS 9508 Chassis Configured - 1 EA 0021 - CX LEVEL 1 8X7XNCDOS UCS 9508 Chassis Configured - 1 EA 0022 - UCS 9108-100G IFM for 9508 Chassis - 2 EA 0023 - UCS 9416 X-Fabric module for 9508 chassis - 2 EA 0024 - UCSX Compute Node Debug Cable - 1 EA 0025 - UCS 210c M7 Compute Node w/o CPU Memory Storage Mezz - 7 EA 0026 - CX LEVEL 1 8X7XNCDOS UCS 210c M7 Compute Node w o CPU Memor - 7 EA 0027 - Cisco VIC 15420 4x 25G mLOM X-Series w/Secure Boot - 7 EA 0028 - 240GB 2.5in M.2 SATA Micron G2 SSD - 14 EA 0029 - TPM 2.0 TCG FIPS140-2 CC EAL4+ Certified for servers - 7 EA 0030 - Intel I6538Y+ 2.2GHz/225W 32C/60MB DDR5 5200MT/s - 14 EA 0031 - 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM 2Rx4 (16Gb) - 112 EA 0032 - UCS 9508 Chassis 2800V AC Dual Voltage PSU Titanium - 6 EA 0033 - UCS X210c M7 Compute Node 2S w/o CPU Mem Drv Mezz - 2 EA 0034 - CX LEVEL 1 8X7XNCDOS UCS X210c M7 Compute Node 2S w o CPU M - 2 EA

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0035 - Cisco VIC 15420 4x 25G mLOM X-Series w/Secure Boot 2 EA 0036 - 240GB 2.5in M.2 SATA Micron G2 SSD - 4 EA 0037 - TPM 2.0 TCG FIPS140-2 CC EAL4+ Certified for servers - 2 EA 0038 - Intel I6538Y+ 2.2GHz/225W 32C/60MB DDR5 5200MT/s - 4 EA 0039 - 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM 2Rx4 (16Gb) - 32 EA 0040 - MDS 9148V 64G Fixed Fibre Channel Switch PSE Base - 2 EA 0041 - CX LEVEL 1 8X7NCDMDS 9148V 64G Fixed Fibre Channel Switch - 2 EA 0042 - 64 Gbps Fibre Channel SW SFP+ LC - 4 EA 0043 - Keep Your Component for Enterprise Medium Capacity SSD Add-On 3 Years - 10 EA 0044 - Asian Pacific (APJ) EMC OCONUS Delivery -1 EA 0045 - Shipping - 1 EA 0046 - Infrastructure Services PVA - Advantage - 36 EA 0047 - UCS 9508 Chassis Configured - 1 EA

IV. Identification of the justification/rationale for limiting sources and demonstration of the contractor's unique qualifications to provide the required supply/service.

FAR 8.405-6(b)(1) applies - the particular brand name, product, or feature is essential to the Government's requirements, and market research indicates other companies' similar products, or products lacking the particular feature, do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the agency's needs.

CISCO must be used as the front end for the VDI solution as that standard used by PACAF CSS. In order to maintain congruency with PACAF CSS and enterprise communication equipment. Additionally, using non-Cisco brand equipment for the network will impact command and control processes and procedures currently utilized throughout the Wing, this equipment and existing equipment contains proprietary protocols that are compatible with key infrastructure devices currently supporting network functions. Furthermore, whether other brand's equipment could be modified to be interoperable depends upon Cisco licensing its intellectual property, which we understand that Cisco does not do. Ultimately, a communication system replacement with another brand would be at the detriment of the Government and not conducive to current operations being maintained by the 18th communication squadron.

We note that DoD policy for Commercial Products is not to require contractors to relinquish technical data related to Commercial Products unless it is customarily provided to customers or otherwise agreed upon, DFARS 227.7102-2, and may not be used to manufacture additional items. DFARS 227.7102-2 (a). Thus, DoD cannot buy the intellectual property behind Cisco's software and hardware to provide it to a third party to compete with Cisco.

The mixture of non-Cisco equipment with the Cisco equipment, which will remain after this purchase, will seriously degrade network services and cause network outages. Without a complete switch of systems, equipment other than Cisco will not provide adequate services.

V. Determination by the ordering activity Contracting Officer that the order represents the best value consistent with

FAR 8.404(d).

Cisco and distributors of Cisco products will compete for the requirement and help ensure that the Government will receive the lowest cost and best value. Multiple vendors were identified in GSA 2GIT that are capable of providing the required Cisco equipment. In addition, to shift systems from Cisco to another brand, would cost approximately $83 million and that cost exceeds the estimated price of this partial system replacement and expansion. The lowest overall cost to the Government is obtained by using more of the same proprietary equipment. Thus, the combination of competition, the requirement development, and use of the GSA schedule provides the best value for this requirement.

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VI. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or explain why market research was not conducted.

FAR 8.002 lists mandatory sources. No known existing property exists. Likewise, excess property of other agencies is unknown. Due to the scope of the programs for Federal Prison Industries, Inc., and the Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled do not supply these products.

GSA is a mandatory source. FAR 8.002 (a) (v). The exceptions to using GSA, that is, an unusual and compelling urgency or a local purchase do not apply. FAR 8.002 (b). As a result, we limited market research to a review of vendors on GSA 2GIT. Four (4) potential companies offer this equipment. These companies are: EC America, Inc., Promark Technology Inc, TD Synnex Corporation, and Sterling Computers Corporation for Cisco Catalyst Switches.

In addition, under market research, Cisco licensing is required to operate all hardware purchases from Cisco. No open systems have similar equipment that would meet our need. This is the only viable source of product that can sustain the mission without causing catastrophic outages and delays.

VII. Other facts supporting the justification.

N/A

VIII. Actions the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services.

The government will continue to conduct market research on similar items in the market and look for future opportunities to expand this requirement. However, due to the expensive network overhaul and USPACOM, PACAF, DISA, and mission requirements, there are no other options at this time. In order to ensure the integrity is maintained and equipment kept in service, the procurement of the network devices must be limited to Cisco.

IX. Certification by the Contracting Officer.

As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

X. Certification by the technical/requirements personnel.

As evidenced by my (our) signature(s) above, I (we) certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my (our) responsibility, is both accurate and complete.