Sole Source Justification.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

ArcGIS Software

BACKGROUND:

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) must monitor potential environmental impacts of Navy activities in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Executive Order 12114.

In 2004, procured Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.‘s (ESRI) ArcGIS software to aid the Environmental Planning Lab (EPL) in the analysis and documentation of potential environmental impacts of Navy activities in accordance with the NEPA and Executive Order 12114. The software was originally purchased under contract . Since 2004, has procured the maintenance for the software from ESRI, most recently in contracts , and . The software is also used to support activities ranging from applied geospatial needs ArcGIS software as it is an industry standard for geospatial visualization, spatial analysis, and it is interoperable with commercial-off-the-shelf software products. ArcGIS Desktop, Enterprise and

Data Appliance software, services, hardware, and database formats are integrated into both the Navy

Acoustic Effects Model modeling software and the Navy Marine Species Density Database geodatabase.

These information technologies were compared to other manufacturers’ products against ’s minimum requirements and are detailed below:

Requirement ArcGIS Global Mapper GRASS

Support File Geodatabase File Format Y N N

Support CAD integration Y Y N

Publish ArcGIS server services Y N N

Locally Host ArcGIS Server Compatible

Basemaps

Y N N

The ArcGIS solutions as detailed above are the only products that meet the Government’s minimum requirements.

The Period of Performance for this requirement is 09/26/2020 through 09/25/2021.

REQUIREMENT:

This requirement is for the continued maintenance for ESRI’s ArcGIS and Data Appliance Maintenance and for the purchase of new desktop licenses and extensions as detailed below:

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION:

ESRI is the sole manufacturer and exclusive distributor of all ArcGIS software products. In addition, ESRI has exclusive rights to all software maintenance agreements, which make it the only vendor capable of providing the required software maintenance for the pre-existing software. ArcGIS maintenance is necessary to keep the Environmental Planning Lab (EPL)’s software up-to-date with current versions and to ensure software support and any required patches are provided. Without the necessary software patches and software updates, the EPL is at risk of not meeting NAVSEA and NETWARCOM’s Information

Assurance policy compliances. The EPL is also at risk of being unable to provide Navy customers, including OPNAV, USFF, NAVSEA, and Program Executive Offices, with the spatial analysis, data products, and cartographic products required to meet regulatory obligations under the Marine Mammal

Protection Act, NEPA, and Executive Order 12114. Non-compliance with the aforementioned compromises the Navy’s at-sea testing and training exercise missions.

In order to integrate another software product, NUWCDIVNPT estimates it would cost approximately and would delay active projects by at least twelve (12) months. In addition, required tasking and support, such as creating high quality map documents and mapping templates, would not be completed without this software. Integrating another software product would also result mandatory training on new software as well as hiring new personnel to rebuild the already existing custom tools for an alternative software.

The aforementioned cost and schedule risks associated with pursuing another software product are not in the best interest of the Government.

RESELLERS:

ArcGIS does not have any resellers.

Requiring Department:

Based on the above, I recommend this acquisition be conducted on a Sole Source Specification 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/only this brand can fulfill the requirements. I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.