A02_-_McAfee_LIMITED_SOURCE_JUSTIFICATION_REDACTED_2_Redacted.pdf

JA Control Number: JA-19-E-382 Contractor:

Program: WIN-T INC 1/ McAfee Email Gateway/McAfee Web Gateway Virtual Machine

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR 8.405-6 LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

Program/Equipment: Warfighter Information Network Tactical Increment 1 (WIN-T INC

1) McAfee Email Gateway/McAfee Web Gateway Virtual Machine (MEG/MWG VM) Maintenance and McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) Software License Maintenance

Authority: Title 111 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(b)(1).

Amount:

Prepared by:

Software Engineering Center (SEC) Centralized Acquisition License

DSN:

Date:

14 May 2019

Management (CALM) Action Officer

Email:

Contracting Officer:

Contracting Officer Email:

Technical:

Technical Management Group Project Lead

Email:

Requirements:

Software License Acquisition Team Lead

Email:

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

Program Manager:

FAR 8.405-6 Limited Sources Justification Under the General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule Program

1. Contracting Activity: Army Contracting Command - Division E 6565 Surveillance Loop, Building 6001 Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005

2. Description of Action: The U.S. Army Communications-Electronic Command Software Engineering Center (CECOM SEC) is requesting, in support of the Warfighter Information Network Tactical Increment 1 (WIN-T INC 1), a firm-fixed-price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Call for the procurement of Brand Name, Commercial-Off- the- Shelf (COTS) of McAfee Email Gateway/McAfee Web Gateway Virtual Machine (MEG/MWG VM) Software Maintenance (brand name formerly known as McAfee WebShield) and McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM). This procurement will consist of pushed software (through the internet) support maintenance to include patches, updates, improved features and the latest security updates. This requirement is for a base year and four (4) one (1) year options for a total estimated amount of

. The Government projects award for June 2019 and Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, Operations and Maintenance, Army (OMA) funds will be used and are available.

An acquisition plan is not required because this procurement does not meet the threshold at Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 207.103(d)(i)(B).

3. Description of Supplies/Services:

1. The Government requires a software with scanner technology that delivers content monitoring and blocking at the Internet gateway along with anti-virus protection.

2. The Government requires a software that examines Hypertext Transfer Protocol

(HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) traffic for viruses.

3. The Government requires a software that performs content filtering and acts as an email anti-relay. Within the content filtering mechanism anti-spam functionality is included. The software must be able to prevent the latest computer and network intrusions in the WIN-T Inc 1 systems.

Program: WIN T INC 1/ McAfee Email Gateway/McAfee Web Gateway Virtual Machine requirement an authorized iist of authorized resellers for this software is immediately requested from the original software developer or current software publisher. The software publishers are also encouraged to pursue distribution of their products/services through small businesses, small disadvantaged, certified S(a): Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Woman Owned Small, and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses. Market research will be conducted annually on the current baseline to determine if changes occur in the market place that would enable greater competition.

Additionally, the Government has CHESS BPA holders: N66001-19-A-0001 - Carahsoft, N66001-18-A-0008 - DLT Solutions, N66001-18-A-0009 - EC America, and N66001-18- A-0007 - International Systems Marketing Inc.

Acquisition Data Availability: The Government only possesses the commercially available technical data customarily provided with this COTS product. The commercial purchase description does not provide enough technical information to allow other vendors to create the functionality of this product.

8. Market Research:

Market research was performed by the SEC-CALM Team in March 2019. The research was conducted by reviewing information on the Internet from various software sources, reviewing inwhouse information and searching various Government contract vehicles including the General Services Administration (GSA) Advantage RFQ1366661 dated April 2019, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement-V (SEWP V) RFQ112811, and the Army's Computer Hardware and Enterprise software and Solutions (CHESS) websites RFl273917, dated April 2019. Direct communication with the Software Publisher was conducted for pricing on numerous occasions. International Systems Marketing, Inc. (ISM}, provided a CHESS quote under contract number N66001-18-A-0007. Below are the responses received from the Request for Information RFI.

A request for information was posted with the following having submitted a quote:

Contractor Name Contract Number Business Category 4 Star Technologies Inc. NNG15SD06B SB Storage Hawk GS-35-0511T SB DLT Solutions, LLC GSA IT 70 Other than SB FCN Inc. NNG15SC71B SB International systems Marketino, Inc. IISM)

N66001-18-A-0007 SB

This COTS product is available under CHESS program, competiti'on is limited to a CHESS vendor(s) by mandatory Army regulations. Below are the current CHESS BPA holders. In response to the CHESS RFQ, only 1 response was received.

Contractor Name Contract Number, Cage Code, and DUNS#

Business Category

RFQ

Responses

International Systems Marketing, Inc. (ISM)

N66001-18-A-0007 Cage Code: 2U083

DUNS: 077802411

SB Response Received

DLT Solutions N66001-18-A-0008, Cage Code: 0S0H9

DUNS: 786468199

LB No Bid

Carahsoft Technology, Corp.

N66001-19-A-0001 Cage Code: 1P3C5

DUNS: 08-8365767

Other Than

SB

No Bid

EC America, INC N66001-18-A-0009 Cage Code: 1QTH6

DUNS: 01757325

LB No Bid

Based on the information above, the Army will pursue a BPA Call with one of the four authorized McAfee contractors listed as having a mandatory CHESS contract vehicle.

ISM submitted a CHESS proposal and the three other authorized BPA holders submitted a "no bid" response because expertise/products were unavailable.

Several vendors submitted quotations against the above referenced Market Research postings however, they do not have a CHESS contract vehicle and are not eligible to complete based on the mandatory CHESS policy. They are considered interested parties.

Contractor Name Contract Number Business Category

4 Star Technoloqies Inc. NNG15SD06B SB Storaae Hawk GS-35-0511T SB FCN Inc. NNG15SC71B SB

9. Interested Sources: The Government Point of Entry (GPE) notice required by FAR

5.201 will be published on the federal business opportunities page via a combined synopsis/solicitation. To date, no other sources have written to express interest in the acquisition beyond the vendors listed in paragraph 8.

10. Other Facts:

Procurement History:

JA Control Number: JA-19wE-382

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the award of a Firm-Fixed-Priced BPA Call for the renewal procurement of Brand Name, McAfee MEG/MWG VM Software Maintenance (formerly known as McAfee WebShield) and McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) consisting of pushed software updates. The total estimated price of the call is estimated at $9,142,569.52. The proposed contract will be awarded pursuant to the authority of 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(b)(1) subject to the availability of funds, and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

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