Sole Source Justification - NetApp Maintenance Renewal - Redacted.pdf

Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION

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I. Contracting Activity.

The Contracting organization that is responsible for the proposed contract action is the United States Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Directorate of Contracting, Flight Test Contracting. AFTC/PZZG, 5 South Wolfe Avenue, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-1185. The Contracting Officer for this acquisition is Adam R. Confer. The Purchase Request number for this requirement is F1S0AS4025A001.

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

This acquisition is a Brand Name Commercial Acquisition that is anticipated to result in the award of a new Firm-Fixed Price contract. The required items are needed in order to continue support of the current mission of the Air Force Operation Test and Evaluation Center-Det-6 OL-EC. This acquisition is for the purchase of Hardware Support Renewal for the AFOTEC JOTT Classified POD Enclaves and its associated NetApp storage systems and interconnecting network devices.

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

CLIN structure to include all items on each CLIN:

CLIN 0001-- Period of Performance is from Feb 2024 to 31 July 2024.

CLIN 1001-- Period of Performance is from 1 Aug 2024 to 31 Jan 2025.

CLIN 2001-- Period of Performance is from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 July 2025.

CLIN 3001-- Period of Performance is from 1 Aug 2025 to 31 Jan 2026.

CLIN 4001-- Period of Performance is from 1 Feb 2026 to 31 July 2026.

CLIN 5001-- Period of Performance is from 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Jan 2027.

CS-SUPPORTMANAGEMENT Supplemental Support Management: Qty 2. Estimated Unit Price:

CS-R-NRD2-Y Non Returnable Disk Plus,Renewal: Qty 2.

CS-SEC-NBD-VA Support Edge Secure Next Bus Day On-site,VA, Post Warranty: Qty 2.

CS-WARRANTYEXTENSION-VA Warranty Extension,VA: Qty 2.

CS-SUPPORTMANAGEMENT Supplemental Support Management: Qty 2.

CS-R-NRD2-Y Non Returnable Disk Plus,Renewal: Qty 2.

2 ea. CS-SEC-NBD-VA Support Edge Secure Next Bus Day On-site,VA, Post Warranty: Qty 2.

CS-WARRANTYEXTENSION- VA Warranty Extension,VA: Qty 2.

2 ea. CS-R-NRD2-VA Non Returnable Disk Plus, Renewal,VA: Qty 2.

2 ea. CS-SEC-NBD-VA Support Edge Secure Next Bus Day On-site,VA: Qty 2.

2 ea. CS-R-NRD2-VA Non Returnable Disk Plus, Renewal,VA: Qty 2.

2 ea. CS-SEC-NBD-VA Support Edge Secure Next Bus Day On-site,VA: Qty 2.

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Estimated Total Per Year:

Estimated Total Cost: 0

IV. Statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 3572, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901)

V. Demonstration that the contractor's unique qualifications or nature of the acquisition requires the use of the authority cited above (applicability of authority).

To ensure proper support and ensure warranty validity, the selected vendor must be a certified NetApp Authorized Professional Services Partner (APSP) with NetApp Certified engineers (NCIE).

The primary requirement for maintaining a large amount of storage as is relying on the Enterprise level storage solution maintenance, and around the clock availability in the case of a hardware or system failure.

Renewal of the requested support contract will allow JOTT to continue to process mission critical data without the fear of data loss or compromise due to a hardware failure. New or different hardware could be incompatible with the current storage solutions and cause loss of mission and test essential data.

NetApp has achieved high levels of U. S. Government authorized Common Criteria Certification (CCC) and is an active member of the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Technology Alliance. This is an important distinction for F-35 flight test. Due to the joint-service, multi-national nature of the program, security is a prime factor in selecting technology, particularly technology designed to hold the many security levels and caveats of F-35 flight test data.

Due to the potential loss of data resulting from an unforeseeable hardware or system failure or an unforeseen incompatibility with a different brand of software it would not be in the JOTT's best interest for this equipment to be supported by other brands incompatible with the JOTT hardware configuration, which includes the NetApp software.

The AFOTEC DET6 OL-EC IT Integrator and Network Design Engineer solicited research from several vendors to determine the best solution in terms of performance, scalability, reliability and flexibility. NetApp SAN storage equipment is already in place, and would present a delta or major variable when considering the final costs. Red8 has a proven track record maintaining and servicing integrated systems and NetApp storage devices.

VI. Description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable.

Due to the performance requirements and software compatibility issues, no actions are planned except continued market research and synopsis if future requirements are identified. Continued surveillance of the marketplace will be conducted to identify additional potential sources for future requirements. Before any subsequent acquisition for this type of test equipment is made, every reasonable attempt will be made to remove or overcome any barriers.

VII. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and

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The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost to the Government for this acquisition will be fair and reasonable, and the proposal will be evaluated using price analysis for commercial items in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-3. The proposed price will be compared against any other companies or agencies that may have previously purchased the same or similar items. These items have determined to be commercial items; therefore, IAW FAR 15.403-4. certified cost and pricing data is not required. However, other than certified cost and pricing data will be requested to aide in the price analysis.

VIII. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or a statement of the reasons market research was not conducted.

Internet searches and mission partner knowledge of the systems were the primary methods of determining that NetApp systems and hardware is the only system capable of providing the specific requested items.

IX. Any other facts supporting the use of Other Than Full and Open Competition.

Congruency and compatibility must be kept between new and exisitng systems, X. List of any sources that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

XI. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required.

In the future, we will continue to monitor the market for alternate sources that can meet the organizations hardware requirements, while ensuring product compatibility with current NetApp Renewal Systems. The program manager and acquisition specialist will continue to perform market research in seeking other suppliers that can provide future requirements to promote the CICA of 1984.

XII. 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.

XIII. 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.