FBO_-_JOFOC.doc

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS (OPEN MARKET)

1. Requester:

Debra Malette 703-986-2110

2. Estimated Cost:

3. Requisition No.:

Q5QT01CIV12000

4. Company Name (include address):

Weird Kid Software LLC

P.O. Box 43156

Detroit, MI 48243-0156

Attn: Matthew Hovey sales@weirdkid.com

5. Performance Period:

9/26/2015- 9/25/2016

6. Description of Supplies/Services:

QTY: 88. Emailchemy Forensic Edition – Technician Renewal

7. Authority Permitting a Sole Source Acquisition: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)—Contracting Officers (COs) may solicit from one source if the CO determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Check the appropriate authority from the list below:

[ X ] Only one responsible source; or brand-name specification.

[ ] Unusual and compelling urgency.

[ ] Industrial mobilization, engineering, developmental or research capability, exclusive licensing agreement, or expert services.

8. Describe why only one source can perform the required work.

This is a brand name sole source.

Emailchemy is a program used by many in the dead box forensic world to convert, export, and import email between Outlook, Entourage, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Eudora, AOL, CompuServe, QuickMail Pro, Claris Emailer, etc. This program will allow a forensic examiner to move email from Mac to PC or PC to Mac even if the email program formally used is too old to run. Emailchemy can also run on Linux platforms. Emailchemy also includes the IMAP ImportServer and Google Apps Uploader.

Web based email such as Google, Live, and Yahoo have made it necessary for our investigators to use tools which can convert email between different formats so all types of users (case agents, attorneys for the prosecution and defense, paralegals, etc.) can read and cull through the many email formats that may be involved in one case.

Emailchemy converts email from the closed, proprietary file formats of the most popular (and many of yesterday's forgotten) email applications to standard, portable formats that any application can use. These standard formats are ideal for importing, long term archival, database entry, or forensic analysis and eDiscovery. Emailchemy provides utilities for splitting, sorting and merging email archives, and harvesting email addresses from email archives.

This is an annual renewal for subscription maintenance.

9. Describe the informal market survey and the results, or state why a market survey was not conducted.

A sample quote was obtained from Weirdkid.com for budget planning purposes and so the correct quantities and part numbers can be input into IPS.

10. Requester Signature & Title:

Requester Signature Phone No.:

703-986-2110 Date:

May 6, 2015

11. CO Certification: I determine the circumstances of this acquisition deem only one source reasonably available.

CO Signature Phone No.:

Date:

12. Small Business Specialist (SBS) Certification (if over $25,000):

SBS Signature Phone No.:

Date:

Rev. 2/2015