Sole Source Justification_4.21.2020.pdf

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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

IHS World Registry of Ships Databases Run-time Licenses

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) requires one (1) IHS

World Registry of Ships Database Developer’s License and forty-one (41) IHS World Registry of Ships Database Run-time Licenses to be used for modernization platforms and in-lab systems.

The World Registry is an authoritative ship database on global merchant and military ships. IHS is the sole originating source for assigning the The run-time license will allow the system to utilize the IHS World Registry of Ships database and extract pertinent information to use in specific algorithms.

Requirement:

MFG Part Number Description/Title Qty.

SC-WRS-001 Developer’s License 1

SC-WRS-002 Run-Time License 41

The Period of Performance for this requirement is 4/01/2020 – 3/31/2021

The anticipated dollar value of this requirement is .

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION:

The ASA Correlator algorithm developed for the The developer of the algorithm chose the IHS database at the time of creation, which was provided to NUWCDIVNPT as Government Furnished Information (GFI) from

NUWCDIVNPT needs to procure forty-one (41) IHS Run-Time Licenses for thirty-seven (37) modernization platforms, and four (4) in-lab systems which will receive the Software that utilizes the ASA Correlator algorithm. The IHS Run-Time Licenses are required to access the database. Without the procurement of the IHS run-time licenses, specific algorithms would not function properly which could potentially compromise the platform. It would cost approximately as well as a six (6) to nine (9) month schedule delay to modify the existing ASA Correlator algorithm to work with a different database. The IHS

Developer’s License is required to allow NUWCDIVNPT Engineers to modify the existing IHS

World Wide Registry of Ships Database to update information as new intelligence information becomes available. Without procurement of the Developer’s License, specific platforms could possibly be endangered by operating without up to date intelligence data. The v1.5_JANUARY2020 cost and schedule impact to switch the entire fleet infrastructure to a new database is not in the best interest of the Government.

Based on the above, the IHS Developer’s License and Run-Time Licenses need to be procured through IHS Global, which is the only source of the required Developer’s License and Run-Time

Licenses.

RESELLERS:

IHS Global, Inc. is the only source of supply for the required Developer’s License and Run-time licenses.

Requiring Department:

Based on the above, I recommend this acquisition be conducted on a Sole Source basis. I certify the technical data which form the basis of this justification are complete and accurate.

APPROVAL:

Contracting Officer:

Based on the above, I have determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available to fulfill the requirements. I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.