Sole Source Justification - 23Q0327 Redacted.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

MANDATORY TEMPLATE FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENTS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

1. Estimated Dollar Value:

2. Anticipated Delivery Date: 90 days after receipt of order

3. Does the anticipated Period of Performance include option years? If no, explain.

No, this is a service procurement without a reasonable expectation of requiring additional quantities.

4. Sources Sought Notice posted to Contract Opportunities and attached to this document?

Yes No

5. Market Research conducted and attached to this document? If not, explain.

Yes.

6. Is this a new requirement or a follow-on to an expiring award?

New requirement Follow-on to an expiring award

7. Describe the requirement. Please note that the requirement is the minimum acceptable specification or capability, and is not necessarily the best in the industry.

Description Item 1: Dell PowerEdge M640 Blade Servers with SSDs (x2)

2 X INTEL XEON GOLD 20 CORE 6138 2.00GHZ 27.5MB L3 CACHE PROCESSORS

128GB (8 X 16GB) DDR4-2666 MEMORY

2 X 480GB SATA SSD 2.5 INCH 6G READ INTENSIVE DRIVES

2 X 2.5 INCH SFF DRIVE BAYS

PERC H330 RAID CONTROLLER

IDRAC9 EXPRESS

BROADCOM 57810S-K 10GB DUAL PORT NETWORK DAUGHTER CARD, FABRIC A

QTY: 2

Description Item 2: Dell PowerEdge M640 Blade Server with HDD (x1)

2 X INTEL XEON GOLD 20 CORE 6138 2.00GHZ 27.5MB L3 CACHE PROCESSORS

128GB (8 X 16GB) DDR4-2666 MEMORY

2 X 300GB 15K RPM 2.5 INCH 12G SAS HARD DRIVES

2 X 2.5 INCH SFF DRIVE BAYS

PERC H330 RAID CONTROLLER

IDRAC9 EXPRESS

BROADCOM 57810S-K 10GB DUAL PORT NETWORK DAUGHTER CARD, FABRIC A

Qty: 1

We would also like to upgrade the memory and network cards on some M640s we bought last year, and so we would like to purchase 24 additional RAM modules:

Description Item 3: 16GB DDR4 MODULES (x 24) 16GB PC4-21300R DDR4-2666V-R REGISTERED ECC 2RX8 CL19 288 PIN 1.20V MEMORY MODULE Qty: 24

Description Item 4: 10 GB dual port network card (x 2)

BROADCOM 57810S-K 10GB DUAL PORT NETWORK DAUGHTER CARD, FABRIC A.

Qty: 2

8. List the proposed vendor and contact information.

Any vendor that can meet the brand-name requirements.

9. Describe why the proposed vendor is the only vendor from which the requirement can be obtained. Examples of acceptable justifications include but are not limited to: sole manufacturer and seller, adherence to warranty provisions, urgency, etc. If other vendors can provide similar products or services, describe why they cannot meet our particular requirement.

In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), “Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).” Due to the racks currently holding in-use servers, the dell blade servers specified must be procured to work with current hardware.

10. Certification:

I hereby certify that the information provided above is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Technical Representative Date

11. Chief of the Contracting Officer Certification:

I hereby determine that the circumstances of this procurement action deem only one source reasonably available. Also, the quoted price is determined to be fair and reasonable as documented on the Award Summary.

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