Sole Source Justification Genesis Redacted.pdf
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- W911QY-25-R-GENE
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This document is a Memorandum for Record justifying a sole source procurement for Genesis Nutritional Analysis Software from ESHA Research LLC dba Trustwell. The contract is for a one-year subscription to the Genesis R&D Suite - Enterprise Package, which includes software licenses, maintenance, and support for nutrition analysis, recipe development, and regulatory document search. The period of performance is from 9/22/25 to 9/21/26, with funding from Operations & Maintenance, Army (OMA) and FY25 RDTE Customer Funds.
The justification emphasizes the critical nature of this software for the Combat Feeding Directorate (CFD), particularly the Armed Forces Recipe Services (AFRS) team. Trustwell is identified as the sole source provider, with the software being essential for developing and analyzing recipes, maintaining a comprehensive ingredient database of over 400 items, and supporting ongoing research projects. The document notes that not renewing the contract would significantly negatively impact AFRS and other CFD projects, creating substantial work disruption and potential schedule delays.
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Version – February 2017
Action is a brand name restriction, over $25K. It will be redacted and posted with the solicitation.
Action is a brand name restriction over $25K but will not be posted due to exception:
FAR 6.305(f) FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(A)
FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(B) FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(C) FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii(C)
7. Market Research: This requirement was competed through CHESS RFQ 531141, and one bid was received. Trustwell does not license software through third party vendors. Sole Source Memo was provided. It is not clear how Enterprise Technology Solutions can supply Genesis product when Trustwell is a sole source provider. As such, SoNA 216817034 was completed and approved on 30 May 2025, allowing procurement of the software outside of CHESS. The only known vendor of the required Genesis software is Trustwell. As such, a sole source award to Trustwell is recommended.
8. Other Facts:
Genesis nutrition software has consistently been purchased by CFD for renewal over the past few years. This software has been used by project officers throughout CFD but most consistently by members of the Armed Forces Recipe Services (AFRS) and the Navy Standard Core Menu (NSCM) Project Officer.
AFRS members use Genesis nutrition software daily for all AFRS recipe development, nutritional analysis and Go for Green coding. AFRS has developed a database of over 400+ ingredients which they continue to expand upon and have verified nutrient information for accuracy. Genesis provides excellent recipe development coupled with accurate nutritional analysis because the software provides a large comprehensive list of single ingredients as well as commercial items from reputable sources such as USDA and leaders in commercial industry.
AFRS has its entire recipe collection loaded into Genesis (approximately 3000-4000 recipes) and are consistently updating existing recipes as well as adding new ones.
Genesis nutrition software has been used for several years by the AFRS and NSCM projects. The food technologists have been trained and are skilled in the use and functionality of this specific software. The Genesis Nutrition Analysis Software has consistently met the various nutrition analysis needs for CFD to meet overall project milestones and objectives and has provided advanced recipe development functionality and ingredient database access for AFRS and NSCM. If the contract for the Genesis
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