A02_-_J&A_Red_Hat_-_Redacted.pdf

Control Number:JA-19-E-Sll Contractor: TBD

Program/Equipment: Red Hat Software

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR 8.405-6 LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

UNDER THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL SUPPLY PROGRAM

Program/Equipment: Red Hat Software Subscription Renewal for Software

Engineering Center (SEC), Project Manager (PM) Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A), and PM Tactical Network (TN)

Authority: Title Ill of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41U.S.C. 251, et. Seq) and Title 40 U.S.C 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6.

Control Number: JA-19-E-511

Amount:

Prepared by:

Contracting Officer:

Technical:

Requirements:

DSN: Software Engineering Center (SEC) Date: 04/25/2019 Centralized Acquisition License Management (CALM), Action Officer Email:

DSN: 848-4883 Procuring Contracting Officer

Date: 08/7/2019 Email:

PM DCGS-A

Software License Acquisition Team Lead Date:

Email:

• Regional Hub

• Global Satellite Configuration and Control Element (GSCCE)

• Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2)

• Modular Communications Node -Advanced Enclave (MCN-AE)

• Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Operational Management

System (WSOMS) program

The Government requires a fielded software baseline that is integrated into the above listed systems and has already obtained an Authorization-to-Operate (ATO). The Government requires software that has been evaluated, qualified, integrated, tested, certified, and fielded throughout out the DCGS-A and WIN-T programs.

The government's requirement is for a software that can do the following:

An Application Server that acts as a middleware platform built on Open Standards. A Java development and run time environment that is used to perform network management, monitoring, and planning of a network and allows data flow between applications. The Government is currently using Red Hat JBOSS for this requirement.

A business rules management system for the management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of business rules and business processes. The Government is currently using Red Hat JBOSS Business Rule Management System for this requirement.

A system to perform provisioning, patching, and configuration management for all of the servers, virtual machines, network devices, and storage. The Government is currently using Red Hat Ansible Tower With Ansible Engine for this requirement.

An enterprise-class open source operating system that runs computer hardware and provides a complete portfolio of security technologies with solutions for all facets of system, data, and communications security challenges. The Government is current using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for this requirement.

This action will support the already fielded software baselines. The above listed systems have integrated the use of Red Hat COTS software products to meet various requirements and obtained an Authorization-to-Operate (ATO). As such, this action is to renew Red Hat software subscriptions so they can continue to maintain their ATO.

Control Number: JA 19-E-511

Product Description and Quantity Breakout per Year:

Product Description Base Opt.

Qty.

Base Price

Options

Red Hat JBOSS Enterprise Application Platform, Managed (64-core) SKU# MW0161758 (Premium Support) SKU# MW0186831 (Standard Support)

Red Hat JBOSS is an Application Server that acts as a middleware platform built on Open Standards. JBOSS is a Java development environment and also a run time environment that are used to perform network management, monitoring, and planning of the DCGS-A network, the WIN-T network, WSOMS, and the GSCCE network. JBOSS is a key component of the DCGS-A system as an application server to host a variety of mission critical applications.

Red Hat JBOSS is used to allow data flow between applications used in the WSOMS satellite confiquration and control subsystem.

each

Red Hat JBOSS Enterprise Application Platform, Managed (64-core) Extended Life Support

JBOSS Enterprise Application Platform Extended Life Cycle Support is designed to provide security fixes for DCGS-A legacy environment while migrating to a newer, fully supported version of Red Hat JBOSS. During the Extended Life Support phase, a Red Hat JBOSS Extended Life Support subscription provides continued access to previous release content on the Red Hat Customer Portal and delivers certain critical-impact security and selected urgent priority bug fixes and troubles shooting.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Smart Virtualization and Smart Management + Satellite Standard 9x5 Phone and Web Support (2-sockets)

SKU RH00840

Red Hat Linux is being used by the DCGS-A program on several systems. Red Hat Linux is an enterprise-class open source operating system. It provides a complete portfolio of security technologies with solutions for all facets of system, data, and communications securitv challenqes.

12766

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server with Smart Management + Satellite Standard (Physical or Virtual Nodes)

SKU RH00846

The Government uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system for various virtual machines running in the Warfighter Information Networks Tactical (WIN-T) system.

Satellite is the central management capability for RHEL that allows for the deployment and manaqement of Linux environments.

Red Hat JBOSS Business Rule Management System (BRMS) (64-core) Standard Support

SKU MW3052897

JBOSS Enterprise BRMS Platform is a business rules management system for the management, Storage, creation, modification, and deployment of business rules and business processes. BRMS is used within WIN-T for the creation and implementation of business rules for network traffic event processing.

Red Hat Ansible Tower With Ansible Engine, Premium Support (100 Managed Nodes), SKU MCT3694

Ansible Tower is used to perform provisioning, patching, and configuration management for all of the servers, virtual machines, network devices, and storage used to support the Global Agile Integrated Transport (GAIT) capability in the ReQional Hub Nodes (RHNs)

Control Number: JA 19 E S11

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Standard 9x5 Phone and Web Support (Physical Nodes)

SKU# RH00004

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server is a computer operating system deployed with the WSOMS satellite configuration and control subsystem and with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) provided Security Center/Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) application. The operating system allows the WSOMS satellite configuration and control subsystem and the DISA ACAS applications to run on computer hardware.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Support (Unlimited Guests)

SKU RH00271

This product enables the DCGS-A program to maintain and secure the systems that have not been undated to version 6.

Red Hat Enterprise Learning Subscription Standard.

Learning subscription is provided by Red Hat. It can be assigned to 1 user at a time for access to Red Hat Learning Modules. Learning modules enable developers to understand software.

ESI External Agency Ordering Fee (1%)

Total Price

Base Period:

Date of Award thru 07 Aug 2020 24 Aug 2019 thru 23 Aug 2020 29 Aug 2019 thru 23 Aug 2020 12 Sep 2019 thru 23 Aug 2020

Options Periods:

08 Aug 2020 thru 07 Aug 2021 24 Aug 2020 thru 23 Aug 2021

Value:

Value:

Total:

The Government only possesses a commercial purchase description. Technical data for the previously acquired licenses is wholly owned and considered proprietary by Red Hat, Inc. The commercial purchase description does not provide enough technical information to allow vendors to create the functionality of this product.

The Government will continue to search the marketplace, and alternative software solutions will continually be researched to determine if they will function with currently used products. If the Government determines that the Red Hat software is no longer required or other software meets the Government's needs, then the Government will seek full and open competition for the required functionality. If similar requirements arise, every effort will be made to compete to the maximum extent practicable.

7. Market Research:

A Sources Sought was posted on 08 August 2019 with a closing date of 13 August 2019, and the following potential vendors responded as interested parties for Red Hat projects: Sterling Computers, Carasoft, Wisecom Technologies, MVation Worldwide, and HLJ Companies. There were no alternate products submitted.

At the advice of competition advocate, another Sources Sought with the government's performance requirement (See Section 3) was posted on 15 August 2019 with a closing date of 19 August 2019. There were no alternate products submitted.

Market research was performed by the SEC CALM Team in April 2019 with the intent to increase the number of authorized distributors, by increasing participation by small businesses, small disadvantaged small business, directed 8 (A), Service Disabled Veteran Owned, and Woman Owned Businesses and Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) or to find companies that could provide Red Hat software.

Searches were performed on the Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software Solutions (CHESS) on 12 April 2019, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) (RFQ#115970) on 12 Apirl 2019, and General Services Administration (GSA) Advantage (RFQ#1360213) on 12 2019, all requesting current product pricing and availability information for the required software and alternate products. No alternate product was found in this market research.

The search on the CHESS ESI website revealed 4 authorized resellers with Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (DoD ESI) BPAs: HC1028-18-A-0001 (Carahsoft Technology Corporation), HC1028-18-A-0002 (DLT Solutions, LLC), HC1028-18-A-003 (Emergent, LLC), and HC1028-18-A-0004 (EC America, Inc.).

Potential resellers include the following:

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Market research has indicated an ample supply of authorized resellers, many of which are small businesses. However, many of the small businesses did not provide pricing information on the entire requirement leading to concerns about their ability to perform on the entire requirement. As there was only one small business who provided an indication they would propose the entire requirement, it was decided to solicit both small and large business resellers for this requirement.

8. Other Facts:

Procurement History:

Contract Number Vendor Contract

Value Award Date Extend

Comoeted/Authoritv

HC1028-18-A-

0002/

W56JSR18F0006

DLT

Solutions, LLC

08/22/2018 Limited Sources-

FAR 8.405-6

HC1028-18-A-

0002/ KX01

DLT

Solutions, LLC

06/19/2018 Limited Sources-

FAR 8.405-6

Call HC1028-18-A-0002 W56JSR-18-F-0006 has a base year period of performance from 24 August 2018 through 23 August 2019.

Call HC1028-18-A-0002 KX01 has a period of performance from 29 June 2018 through 29 May 2019, and one option period from 30 May 2019 through 23 August 2019.

The Government only possesses a commercial purchase description. Technical data for the previous acquired licenses is wholly owned and considered proprietary by Red Hat, Inc. The commercial purchase description does not provide enough technical information to allow vendors to create the functionality of this product.

The Government will continue to search the marketplace, and alternative software solutions will continually be researched to determine if they will function with currently used products. If the Government determines that the Red Hat software is no longer required or other software meets the Government's needs, then the Government will seek full and open competition for the required functionality. If similar requirements arise, every effort will be made to compete them to the maximum extent practicable.

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the award of a Firm-Fixed-Price BPA Call for the procurement of brand name Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Red Hat Software Subscriptions at an estimated price of pursuant to the authority of Title 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251, et Seq.) and Title 40 U.S.C 501, Services for Executive Agencies, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6(b)(1) Items peculiar to one manufacturer, subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition,