SSJ Panopto-Redacted.pdf

Date: 13 January, 2022 From: IT Business Operations Manager, IRD To: Procurement/Supply Division

Subj: JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE (Simplified Acquisitions <$150K)

The service or material listed on TBD is sole source, the vendor has proprietary rights and is the only source to purchase this product. There are no substitutes available for this material or service.

Restricted to the following source. Provide original manufacturer’s name. (If a sole source manufacturer distributes via dealers, ALSO provide dealer information.)

Manufacturer: Panopto

No gray market items will be accepted.

Manufacturer POC & Phone: Rebecca Clepper Malchano, Renewal Operations Specialist I rclepper@panopto.com | 206-456-6808 Manufacturer Address: 502 2nd Ave, Suite 1600 Seattle, WA 98104 USA

__X__ Description of the item or service required, the estimated cost, and required delivery date.

1 Panopto EDU Platform: 2500 FTE, Cloud, Jade Packaged license and support plan that includes a cloud based VCMS with tools for recording, importing and editing media content.

Maintenance and upgrades are provided by Panopto. Price shown is based on Full Time Equivalent of less than 2,500 students - user accounts and installations are not limited. Support plan details and usage hours are described below. 20 Hosting Usage Hours Package of 5000 hours of usage time (a mix of recording or hours delivered), hours expire at the end of the license term. Multiply the number shown to the left in "quantity" column by 5,000 to get the total number of usage hours. Included 1 Jade Cloud Package Jade Package: *New releases and annual upgrades *New customer online training (3 hours) *Regularly scheduled Basic and Advanced Training Webinars *Phone and email support for Authorized Contacts including Remote Assist M-F 8am-8pm ET or for EMEA customers 8am-1am GMT *Included Captioning Credit Included 4 Authorized Support Contact The number of individuals authorized to seek services from Panopto Support. Included 1,000 Caption Dollars Caption Dollars will be available within the user's Panopto account. The balance of Caption Dollars will be reduced as recordings are submitted for captioning. Captions will appear within the recording and are fully searchable within the user's account. Any Caption Dollars that remain unused at the end of the term expire, are not subject to refund, and will not roll over into any renewal term. Requires a Panopto Cloud account.

Estimated Cost: $26,600.00 The U.S. Naval War College will have the option to renew two (2) additional one (1) year renewal terms for 2023 and 2024 at the license prices listed below.

Optional Year 2 (3/1/2023 - 2/28/2024) License Price: $27,398.00

Optional Year 3 (2/29/2024 - 2/28/2025) License Price: $28,220.00

Required Delivery Date: 28 February, 2022

Panopto makes it easy to record video presentations, manage your existing video files, and stream your video content to any device. It is SaaS that provides video recording and webcasting capture video presentations, online training, product demos, lectures and more. Panopto also provides Video Content Management that centralizes and streams all video assets using a secure video CMS. Panopto also features Video Search enabling users to search across your entire video library and inside videos for any word spoken or shown. Panopto integrates video into your LMS, CMS, enterprise portal, and more. This system has been extensively tested to ensure that it is compatible with all NWC systems and infrastructure. It provides effeciencies allowing older systems to be scaled back or removed while providing a greater range of services.

____ Specific characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to a sole source (unique features, function of the item, etc.). Describe in detail why only this suggested source can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources.

____ The requested material or service represents the minimum requirements of the government.

CHECK & FILL IN ALL APPLICABLE BLANKS BELOW

__X__ The material/service must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit and function) with existing systems presently installed/performing. Describe the equipment/function you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect, or interface with the existing system.

The equipment specified is the same equipment utilized in other Naval War College AV installations and provides standardization for AV equipment across the institution.

_x___ A patent, copyright or proprietary data limits competition. The proprietary data is

____ These are “direct replacements” parts/components for existing equipment.

____ Other information to support a sole source buy:

I CERTIFY THAT STATEMENTS CHECKED, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE,

ARE COMPLETE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I

UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCESSING OF THIS SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

PRECLUDES THE USE OF FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.

Signature

1/31/2022

X George J Wilkins III George J Wilkins III IRD Business Operations Director Signed by: WILKINS.GEORGE.J.III.1012945406

Title IT Business Operations Manager

Activity: NWC/IRD Date: 13 January 2022

Contracting Officer Signature _________________________________________

Date ________________________________

Andrea Albanese

2/1/22