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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 only for Product being purchased . 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 brand name from Rockwell Automation for the FY25 Rockwell Auto Renewal. The estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is March 9, 2025 to March 8, 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.

The requested software license renewals provide NASA / Stennis Space Center (SSC) with maintenance support for previously procured RSLogix Software Development applications currently within use at SSC. The existing infrastructure for SSC’s Test Facility Control System includes control system hardware supplied by Rockwell Automation. The only available means of programming these devices is through the use of the RSLogix Software Development applications, therefore, it is critical to the mission of SSC to maintain current software licensed for the RSLogix Software Development applications. There are many software and Safety Critical applications, such as Facility Controls Systems (FCS) software that support existing propulsion test programs at SSC which use these Rockwell applications for maintenance. There are on-going funded projects which require these applications for successful completion. Any bidding vendor must be a Rockwell Authorized Service Provider and Authorized Distributor.

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

NASA SSC requires an annual update of these licenses for obtaining technical support from the vendor as well as to receive and evaluate upgrades to the software application released by the vendor. Failure to renew these licenses would not allow SSC to properly maintain critical propulsion test equipment and software applications. Failure to renew these licenses could severely hinder SSC’s ability to properly maintain critical propulsion test and safety-critical software applications as well as the ability to complete on-going funded projects which require these licenses for successful completion. The impact to the government would be that the entirety of the SSC Test Complex Facility Control Systems software would have to be re-written in another application as well as verified and validated. To do so, would unnecessarily delay critical propulsion test programs as well as be excessively costly. Completing that task would require an inordinate amount of personnel and material resources.

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

2/21/2025 Technical User Name Date

AST, EXPERIMENTAL ELECT EQUIP&TCHNQ

Title

NASA SSC - EA03

Office