A03_SOLE_SOURCE_JUSTIFICATION_Redacted.pdf

JA-E-16-680

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR SUBPART 13.5 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN

COMMERCIAL ITEMS – BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

Program/Equipment: Project Manager Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2

(PM WIN-T Inc. 2) purchasing FLUKE AIR MAGNET SPECTRUM XT

Authority: 41 USC 1902(a) (2) and FAR 13.501(a)(2) and FAR 6.301-1(c) Only One Responsible

Party.

Amount:

Prepared by:

IT Specialist / Action Officer

Email:

DSN:

Date: May 25, 2016

Contracting Officer:

Procuring Contracting Officer

Email:

DSN:

Date: 14 Sep. 2016

Technical Representative:

Requirements Planning Officer

Email:

DSN:

Date: 06/03/2016

Requirements:

Chief, Contracts Division

Email:

DSN:

Date:

Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support other than full and open competition.

DSN:

WIN-T Division Chief, SED C3T Directorate Date:8/17/2016

Signature:

FAR Subpart 13.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items –

Brand Name Justification and Approval

1. Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Contracting Command

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Building 6001 Combat Drive

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

2. Description of Action: The proposed action is for award of a Firm Fixed Price contract (FFP) for the procurement of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Fluke, AirMagnet Spectrum XT maintenance and upgrade support. This procurement consists of the renewal of Software

Maintenance & Support for 787 licenses. This effort will consist of a base year and three option years. FY16 Operations Maintenance Army (OMA) funds will be used to fund this effort.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: Project Manager Warfighter Information Network-Tactical

Increment 2 (PM WIN-T Inc. 2) adds mobility and provides a communication networks down to the Company level of the Warfighter. Tactical Communication nodes in PM WIN-T Inc. 2 are the first step to providing a mobile infrastructure on the battlefield. Combined with mobile Points of

Presence, Vehicle Wireless Packages, and Soldier Network Extensions; PM WIN-T Inc. 2 enables mobile battle command from division to company in a completely ad-hoc, self-forming network.

The (PM WIN-T Inc. 2) addition of embedding communications gear in the Commander’s vehicles enables Secure Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) into the War fighting platform. Commanders and select staff have the ability to maneuver anywhere on the battlefield and maintain connectivity to the network. Fluke Spectrum XT is a packet analyzing and spectrum management software that

(PM WIN-T Inc. 2) utilizes for network support. Fluke Spectrum XT is also used for network planning and maintenance, as it is a powerful and widely used tool for spectrum sampling.

Spectrum XT is the ONLY USB based spectrum analyzer on the market that performs real-time monitoring of spectrum interference in Wifi bands 2.5GHZ and 5GHZ. Fluke has proven itself through multiple government witnessed operational tests. If (PM WIN-T Inc. 2) does not acquire

Fluke Spectrum XT maintenance, WIN-T Inc. 2 will not have access to patches and version updates to mitigate vulnerabilities (CVEs) that may be discovered in the product. If a CAT A, I or

II IAVA for a vulnerability cannot be mitigated, this could negatively impact the WIN-T Inc. 2 accreditation. Fluke is mission critical software that (PM WIN-T Inc. 2) enabled Warfighters will use to monitor and maintain their network. The total estimated price of the action for this contract is:

Base PLAD#17531 28 Sept 2016 - 27 Sept 2017

Base PLAD#17531 28 Sept 2016 - 27 Sept 2017

Base PLAD#17530 27 July 2016 - 26 July 2017

Base PLAD#17530 18 Sept 2016 -17 Sept 2017

Base PLAD#17530 26 Aug 2016 - 25 Aug 2017

Option 1 28 Sept 2017 -27 Sept 2018

Option 1 28 Sept 2017 -27 Sept 2018

Option 1 27 July 2017 - 26 July 2018

Option 1 18 Sept 2017 -17 Sept 2018

Option 1 26 Aug 2017 - 25 Aug 2018

Option 2 28 Sept 2018 -27 Sept 2019

Option 2 28 Sept 2018 -27 Sept 2019

Option 2 27 July 2018 - 26 July 2019

Option 2 18 Sept 2018 -17 Sept 2019

Option 2 26 Aug 2018 - 25 Aug 2019

Option 3 28 Sept 2019 -27 Sept 2020

Option 3 28 Sept 2019 -27 Sept 2020

Option 3 27 July 2019 - 26 July 2020

Option 3 18 Sept 2019 -17 Sept 2020

Option 3 26 Aug 2019 - 25 Aug 2020

Total Value:

The previous contract action was W15P7T-12-C-C947. That contract was not competed under authority FAR 6.302-1(c). Paragraph “Actions to Increase Competition of the previous

Justification stated, “ Market research will continue to be conducted to determine if changes occur in the market place that would enable competition to future actions.” Market Research has continued and additional authorized resellers has been located.

4. Authority Cited: Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, 41 U.S.C. 1901(a)(2) as implemented by FAR Subpart 13.501(a)(2) and FAR 6.302-1(c) Only One Responsible Party

5. Reason for Authority Cited: Fluke Corporation is the developer of the Fluke AirMagnet

Spectrum XT software that is used in WIN-T Inc. 2. This product is widely used by the Department of Defense (DOD) and is proven to be effective during numerous government witnessed validations and verifications. This specific brand name product is essential to the continued maintenance of their baseline.

These Spectrum Analyzers are part of the WIN-T Increment 2 maintenance laptop kit and there are no products on the market that will interface with the maintenance laptop other than Spectrum XT.

The use of Fluke AirMagnet Spectrum XT in PM WIN-T Increment 2 is essential in meeting the the US Army Command and the

Warfighter. If the government were to pursue an alternative to Fluke AirMagnet Spectrum XT, this would result in extensive research, development, testing, and certification efforts of which would incur a delay in the schedule of PM WIN-T Inc. 2.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: The Software Engineering Center (SEC) Software License

Acquisition Branch (SLAB) team conducted market research - details of which are outlined in paragraph 8.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: Market research will continue to be conducted to determine if changes occur in the market place that would enable competition to future actions.

8. Market Research: Market research was performed by technical experts from the SEC SLAB

Team during the months June 2016. Searches were performed on the Army Computer Hardware

Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) No: 216705809, NASA SEWP Request #21316 and

GSA E-Buy website RFQ1063584. Below is a list of those vendors and the associated contract vehicles that are available to procure this product.

Contractor Contract Number Cage Code

Dynamic Computer Corp NNG15SD74B 001J6

BahFed Corp NNG15SD09B 6KZA1

UNICOM Government, Inc. NNG15SD56B 8Y261

Computer Marketing Associates, Inc. NNG15SD71B 3HHD4

GMCTEK NNG15SC76B 5DQT6

COMBYTE USA, INC GS35F-0782J 79746

GovConnection, Inc NNG15SC36B OGTJ3

Mercom Corp NNG15SD84B 1YGA6

New Tech Solutions Inc NNG15SC82B 1QN24

New Tech Solutions Inc Open Market (GSA) 1QN24

PacketLogix Inc. GS-35F-0503U 33UW0

PC Mall.Gov NNG15SC44B 4LNW7

4 Star Technologies, Inc. NNG15SD06B 4ERC5

Red River Computer Co., Inc NNG15SC85B 04MB1

Sterling computers NNG15SC89B 06AP0

Technica Corp NNG15SE12B 072P6

Unistar-Sparco Computer, Inc NNG15SC87B 1DFA6

V3GATE NNG15SD27B 4Y8H0

9. Interested Sources: The Government Point of Entry (GPE) notice required by FAR 5.201 will be published on the Federal Business Opportunities Page. Any proposals that are received shall be considered.

10. Other Facts:

a. Procurement History:

CONTRACT /DO or TO# Contractor Awarded

W15P7T-12-C-C947 Packetlogix Inc. Sept 2012 09/28/2012 - 09/27/2013

W909MY-11-F-0010 MA FEDERAL, INC. Sept 2013 04/28/2013 - 04/27/2014

W56JSR-15-C-0020 Packetlogix Inc. Aug 2015 04/28/2015 - 04/27/2016

b. Acquisition Data Availability: The Government only possesses the commercially available technical Data customarily provided with this COTS product.

c. Subcontracting Competition: There will be no subcontracting included in this contract award.

d. Manufactory will not quote option years therefore the request has change from base year plus three (3) one (1) year options to base year only at a total cost of .

Verification memo’s in PCF under Market Research

11. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance that are included in this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name:

Requirements Planning Officer

Date: 6/3/2016 PM WIN-T Increment 2

12. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance that are included in this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date: _3 Aug 2016

Chief, Contracts Division, Operations Directorate Signature:

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated price to the

Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable, based on the availability of commercial pricing information and price analysis.

Name: APG-ACC Contracting Officer

Date: _14 Sep, 2016

14. Procuring Contracting Officer Certification:

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: APG-ACC Contracting Officer

Date: 14 Sep. 2016_

APPROVAL

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of a Firm Fixed Price contract for procurement of Upgrade/Maintenance/Support packages of Commercial Off-the-Shelf

(COTS) software of Fluke Airmagnet Spectrum XT. This contract will comprise of a base year and two option years. FY 16 Operations Maintenance Army (OMA) funds will be used for this effort. The proposed contract will be awarded based on a brand name description on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 41 USC 1902(a) (2) as implemented by FAR 13.501(a)(2) and FAR 6.302-1(c), subject to the availability of funds, and provided that the services and property herein described has otherwise been authorized for acquisition. If the proposed contract action is not completed within 180 days from the below date, this Justification and Approval shall be returned to the Contracting Officer for revalidation.

Contracting Officer: Date: 14 Sep. 2016