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USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION FOR AN ACQUISITION

UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

I. BACKGROUND:

1. FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) states for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, 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).

2. As required by FAR 13.106-3(b)(3)(i), this memorandum explains the absence of competition for this acquisition, as only one source will be solicited for this requirement (or for a portion of the requirement) and the requirement is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

II. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM OR SERVICE:

The nature of this action is to procure Brand Name eQ Technologic eQube-MI Connector for

Submarine Maintenance Planning and Procurement Activity (SUBMEPP). This procurement will be awarded as a firm-fixed-priced delivery order to eQ Technologic. The estimated cost is

. Fiscal Year 2022 Operation and Maintenance, Navy funds are provided on funding document . The period of performance is 01 Mar 22 to 28 Feb 23 with a required delivery date of 01 Mar 22.

III. THE DETERMINATION FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING (select all that apply):

A. _X__ ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE (select all that apply):

1. ___ RESTRICTIVE RIGHTS. The source has established proprietary rights, limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights or secret processes in the item or service required.

2. ___ EXCLUSIVE LICENSING AGREEMENTS. The item or service is only available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), or there is only one authorized distributor or technical representative for the OEM.

3. __X_ OTHER REASONS.

In 2015, Submarine Maintenance Engineering Planning and Procurement Activity (SUBMEPP) awarded the Maintenance and Shipwork Planning (M&SWP) Technical Refresh Contract, HC1028-08-D-2011 Delivery Order 0005. This contract was to bring the M&SWP application from a Government Off-the Shelf (GOTS) based application to a Commercial Off-the Shelf

(COTS) based application. As part of the above mention contract, it was determined that eQube

MI, TM and BI would be used in order to orchestrate the extraction, transformation/translations, migration/loading, scheduling, delta migrations and verification for the overall migration. It has a Business Process Modeler (BPM) graphical interface that builds the migration or interface process (similar look to a flowchart) toallow for easier maintenance and understanding of the process versus parsing through code. eQube allows processes to be created in modular (sub process) form to allow for easier implementation, and eQube supports creation of boundary layers which help define the often overlooked ability to recover quickly in case of issues that require rollback.

eQube is a digital backbone of integrated applications that efficiently address application integration, synchronization and migration to support M&SWP 3.0; M&SWP 3.0 provides the

Navy with the capability for the three Navy Maintenance Planning Activities, SUBMEPP, SURFMEPP and CPA, to perform maintenance planning in a common and cost efficient manner.

Teamcenter is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. PLM software provides the following capabilities, which MSWP 3.0 will leverage: Systems engineering and requirements management; Engineering process management; bill of materials management; compliance management; document management; lifecycle process management; simulation process management; maintenance, repair and overhaul process management; reporting and analytics;

community collaboration; and an enterprise knowledge foundation. This software works seamlessly with the Siemens TeamCenter software, which is part of the M&SWP Technical

Refresh. Without this software, SUBMEPP would be required to rework the M&SWP Technical

Refresh process, which is currently a year from being put into production.

Reworking the M&SWP Technical Refresh process would create significant additional cost and delays to the government, thereby resulting in an unacceptable level of disruption to the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of naval vessels at the four public shipyards.

Without renewing this maintenance SUBMEPP would be unable to maintain IA compliance in accordance with DON regulations as SUBMEPP would not receive software patches which keep the software up to date with IAVAs that are issued and required to be implemented by the DON.

Based on current market research dated Jan 2022, it has been determined only the aforementioned brand name product and/or product support, eQ Technologic eQube-MI

Connector, can fully support the Government’s needs. No competitor functional replacement products exist in the market at this time to meet the Government's needs. The Government will continue to conduct market research to determine if there are changes in the market place that would enable future competitive actions; e.g., there are similar products and/or product support in the marketplace that provide the same functionality, the OEM releases ownership rights of product, or it is economically feasible to procure a new system.

B. __ BRAND NAME. Item required must be a brand name product, or feature of a product, particular to one manufacturer.