Contracting Officers Decision FAR 13.106 Redacted.pdf

This document is a Contracting Officer's Determination for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, seeking to purchase Ignition brand software for SCADA systems at the Bonneville Lock and Dam. The procurement involves three Ignition Custom Package 8.1 primary and redundancy systems, along with a PriorityCare Support Plan, to upgrade from the current outdated FactoryTalk View system. The justification cites the need for a modern SCADA platform with enhanced cybersecurity protocols, data integration capabilities, and comprehensive visualization, monitoring, and control features that the existing system cannot provide.

The document explains that this procurement is being pursued under a mandatory Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) solicitation, with no positive results. Market research identified 26 partnering firms within 100 miles of Cascade Locks, with three small businesses listed in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). The Contracting Officer determined that Ignition by Inductive Automation is the only SCADA software platform that can meet the government's critical security requirements and infrastructure needs, justifying a single-source procurement under FAR 13.106-1(b) to mitigate potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and operational limitations of the current system.