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MICC Control No. 14-054

JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENT

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Under provisions of FAR 13.501(a) (ii)

Computer Associates (CA) Maintenance and Recovery Management

1. CONTRACTING AGENCY: Mission and Installation Contracting Command – Fort

Bragg (MICC-FB), North Carolina

2. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION:

Nature: New Requirement Follow-on Requirement

Mod to Existing Purchase Order/Contract Number

Pricing: Firm-Fixed Price Time & Materials Cost

Funds: OMAR Other Funds:

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: MICC-FB has a requirement from the US

Army Reserve Command (USARC) one (1) year maintenance for Computer Associates

(CA) Maintenance and Recovery Management. This is an annual renewal to existing software licenses. The CA Recovery Management Support provides USARC the ability to deploy physical and virtual servers with Vmware and as well as provide disaster recovery for mission critical servers. CA recovery management supports recovery of email, SharePoint distributed file system for the command, enterprise services data, pay center and virtual machines and servers. The total estimated value of the proposed action is

$425,593.09.

4. AUTHORITY CITED: This action is authorized under provisions of FAR 13.501(a)(1)(i).

5. REASON FOR AUTHORITY CITED: This justification covers the brand name portion of the acquisition. This is a follow-on contract to W91QUZ-04-A-0002-1N02 with an expiration date of 28 September 2014. The Army Hardware Enterprise Software Solution

(CHESS) CA Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) was award on a sole source basis for software maintenance for the CA branded licenses under CHESS contract W91QUZ-04-

A-0002

6. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION: Basic market research revealed several commercial sources that support CA, Maintenance and Recovery Management. However, CA is the only brand that can full fill the organization requirement. Additional the Army

CHESS program is mandatory for all software license maintenance in accordance with

AFARS, 5139.101(S-90).

7. ACTIONS TO INCREASE COMPETITION: A request for quote (RFQ) will be submitted directly to CHESS vendor CA Technology, for order against BPA W91QUZ-04-

A-0002.

8. MARKET RESEARCH: Sufficient market research was conducted to support the following conclusions:

i. This is a commercial product;

ii. There are numerous of other like service under NAICS code 518210;

iii. The Department of the Army, CHESS has a current BPA that covers this requirement.

9. INTERESTED SOURCES: CA Technology

10. OTHER FACTS:

a. Procurement History: This is a follow-on requirement to the initial procurement of hardware, software, appliance and licenses under delivery order number W91QUZ-04-A-0002-

1N02.

b. Acquisition data availability: The performance date is 29 September 2014 through 28

September 2015.

c. Unusual and compelling urgency: N/A

d. Subcontracting Competition: N/A

e. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance included in this Justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: Kimberly Miller

Title: USARC G6- Services & Applications Branch

Signature:

Date:

11. MANAGEMENT REVIEW/APPROVAL: The requirement herein described is a valid requirement for the activity named in this Justification. The technical and requirements information contained in this Justification represent the minimum needs of the Government.

The only way to satisfy this requirement is by limiting the competition as described herein.

Name: Renda Green

Title: Deputy Services & Applications Branch

Signature:________________________

Date:

12. FAIR AND REASONABLE COST DETERMINATION: I hereby determine that the anticipated price for this contract action will be fair and reasonable. The techniques identified

FAR 13.101 will be used to ensure award will be at fair and reasonable prices. The Contracting

Officer used a comparison of industry cost for similar work. The Independent Government

Estimate (IGE) will primarily be an analysis of the contractor’s proposed cost. Additionally, the techniques identified in FAR 13 will be used to further ensure award will be at fair and reasonable prices.

13. PROCURING CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION: I certify that this

Justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: Francesca L. Hemphill Date:1 July 2014

Title: Contracting Officer Signature: