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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 brand name from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. for XILINX Productivity Advantage License Renewal and Maintenance, 1 Year Agreement . The period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 12/2/25 - 12/1/26.

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.

This procurement activity is for the annual license maintenance renewal and technical support for the Xilinx Vivado software renewal and maintenance, which is bundled and includes training credits. NASA GRC uses this application for motor design and thermal analysis. The Xilinx Vivado application is used to validate embedded software and is developed with existing hardware devices that are currently in use within the testing environment. This application is specialized for FPGA programming which is a critical function for research efforts.

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

Xilinx Vivado is currently being used in support of various projects at the Center and failure to procure maintenance in a timely manner would cause a significant delay to the already tight schedules for these projects. NASA GRC has a large vested interest (both in time and money spent) in setup, maintenance and utilization of this application. The Xilinx Vivado application is used to validate embedded software and is developed with existing hardware devices. Another software would require many hours of migration with risk of having to replace corresponding hardware and require new test cases to be generated which would delay project schedules even more.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

07/18/2025 Technical User Name Date

Lindsey McLellan Cross-Out

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