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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE

OR BRAND NAME

PICK ONE

Sole Source:

☐I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with Vendor Name only for Enter Supply or Service to be procured. The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is Date.

OR

Brand Name Justification:

☒I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate only with vendors who can provide the subject band name from Traefik Labs for FY25 Traefik Enterprise Licenses Renewal. estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 3/1/2025 – 2/28/2026.

This recommendation is for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available from only one source/only one manufacture. Competition is impractical for the following reasons (please answer the questions below):

1. What are the reasons for soliciting only the suggested source/suggested brand name? Please provide the unique characteristics of the items or services along with the supporting rationale and the market research performed to substantiate your reason for the suggested source/brand name.

TraefikEE, selected as part of the ITIF Enterprise Container Management as a Service project, functions as NASA's primary reverse proxy solution for applications managed under the NCAPS contract. The product has successfully completed Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) certification and is documented in NASA's Agency Application Rationalization Tool (AART). Critical Risks of Non- Renewal: Loss of access to bug fixes, version upgrades, and technical support, potential disruption to access of the APS application suite, necessity for developers to undertake a complete rewrite of the application access layer, users would be required to transition to more complex direct URLs, loss of integrated Launchpad authentication, resulting in individual per-application implementations, significant increase in workload for the APS team. These implications underscore the necessity of continued maintenance for TraefikEE to ensure the stability of NASA's application infrastructure.

2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.

We are currently managing an existing subscription. The potential impact on the government could result in a disruption of access to all applications within the 11 lines of business currently supported by the NCAPS contract. While I cannot provide an exact monetary impact should an alternative solution be implemented, I anticipate it would be significant. Additionally, Traefik is compatible with our infrastructure, both on-premises and in the cloud.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

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Technical User Name Date

SUPV INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPEC

Title