A12_-_Justification_and_Approval.pdf

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Humphreys Engineer Center Support

Activity (HECSA)

VOYAGER SEARCH LICENSING,

MAINTENANCE & TECHNICAL

SUPPORT

Sole Source Justification NAICS 511210 – Software Publishers

41 U.S.C. 1901(e), as implemented by FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii)

Estimated Amount: $165,000.00 Period of Performance: One (1) Year

AHN.DEBORAH

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

Office of Small Business Programs:

Name: Deborah Ahn Phone: 703-428-7385 Title: Deputy for Small Business Programs Email: Deborah.l.ahn@usace.army.mil

Signature:

Business Oversight Branch Team Lead:

Name: Randy Force Phone: 703-428-6123 Title: Procurement Analyst Email: randy.h.force@usace.army.mil

Signature:

Legal Counsel:

Name: Sean Galvin Phone: 703-428-7329 Title: Assistant Counsel Email: Sean.P.Galvin@usace.army.mil

Signature:

Digitally signed by

FORCE.RANDY.H.1276992313

DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA, cn=FORCE.RANDY.H.1276992313 Date: 2016.09.19 16:58:18 -04'00'

Digitally signed by GALVIN.SEAN.PATRICK.1376844583 DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA, cn=GALVIN.SEAN.PATRICK.1376844583 Date: 2016.09.20 09:14:44 -04'00'

1. Contracting Agency: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA), 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22315.

2. Description of Action: Approval is being requested for a new firm-fixed price contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Voyager Search, Incorporated (“Voyager”), Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) 5AJT8. The requirement will be funded using civil revolving funds (96x4902), with a Period of Performance (PoP) for one (1) year after the date of the contract award.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources requires the procurement of Voyager Server Professional annual licenses, software maintenance, and new Development Software License and Services.

USACE will be re-instating License one (1) previously dropped from maintenance.

License 1 includes a license reinstatement fee for a total of $20,000 and annual license maintenance for a total of $20,000.00. The total amount for License 1 is $40,000. License 2 requires annual license maintenance for $20,000.00. The licenses are valid and funded for one year after the date of contract award. The estimated total for the reinstatement and annual license maintenance for License 1 and License 2 totals $60,000.00.

Additionally, new Voyager Software License and Services are required. The new license is for one Voyager Development Software License for a total of $50,000.00.

The services package, the Voyager Advanced Pilot Package totals $50,000.00. Also, travel and expense is included for a total of $5,000.00. The estimated total for the new license, services and travel expenses totals $105,000.00.

The services package includes: deploying Voyager software to The Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) domain, developing an indexing plan based on available datasets and web services, indexing available OEA data and web services, configuring Voyager to federate with other Voyager instances exposed on the NIPR domain and leveraging other organization’s investment in Voyager Search, delivering the search index within DoD OEA environment, providing knowledge transfer and information exchange to strategize with key OEA, Defense Installations Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) and USACE personnel and to strategize on prioritized capabilities, maintain index in Department of Defense (DoD) OEA environment, and demonstrate additional key Voyager capabilities such as geo-tagging to enrich OEA content, document text recognition using optical character recognition (OCR) and developing a taxonomy from OEA content.

The estimated overall total for the this requirement is $165,000.00

4. Authority Cited: 41 U.S.C 1901(e) as implemented by FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii).

5. Reason for Authority Cited Voyager is unique in the enterprise search software category because of its ability to read spatial data formats and make the connections back to map documents, layers or databases. Furthermore, it can also index database tables to allow users to search the rows of a database with simple keyword search or spatial query. This crucial feature helps users find the data they need very efficiently during routine and emergency operation, preventing the duplication of effort caused by not being able to locate data or maps that exist but which could not be found during a disaster or emergency. Moreover, the software can help GIS analysts and non-technical users discover what maps have been created so they can be used and shared quickly.

No other vendor provides an off-the-shelf solution that offers high-speed, highly accurate, web-style search and also considers spatial extents without requiring the use of metadata. Voyager is the only provider of professional services including installation and setup, training, customization and integration of Voyager software. The software supports other USACE requirements, as well as one of its primary partners, the Department of D e f e n s e ’ s (DoD) Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA): federated search to allow the end user to search across multiple Districts and business lines in one search; server side transformation of data; data provisioning tools allows analysts to extract data for field deployed systems; and enterprise security using

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: The Government anticipates the award of a contract to the Voyager Search on a non-competitive basis. The contract specialist posted a notice of intent to FedBizOpps on 9 September 2016 with a closing date of 24 September 2016; no responses have been received to date.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: There are no additional actions to increase competition. Voyager Research is the only manufacturer, distributor and provider of Voyager software. The notice of intent to award a sole source contract was published on Friday, September 9, 2016 and no viable response have been received to date.

8. Market Research: Market Research was conducted by using Google, General Services Administration (GSA) eBUY tool and the Small Business Dynamic Search (SBDS) tool to determine if the requirement could be provided by distributors. Market research conducted using Google revealed the requirement is only available from Voyager Search. When searching on GSA, the contract specialist reviewed the list of vendors under Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 contract, due to the requirement being IT software. However, the vendor could not be found. Market research conducted utilizing the Small Business Dynamic Search (SBDS) tool, revealed no market research information to provide for the requirement. Lastly, correspondence was conducted with Voyager Search to determine if the company has distributors of the software. A sole source letter was submitted to the contract specialist advising of Voyager Search being the manufacturer and distributor of Voyager software in the North American Region and the only provider of Voyager related software and professional services.

Based upon the market research and gathered and historical contract information, Voyager Research is the only manufacturer, distributor and provider of Voyager software.

9. Interested Sources: To date, no other sources have written to express an interest.

10. Other Facts: In 2013, USACE awarded Contract W912HQ-13-P-0062 to Voyager to procure Voyager software and technical support for two (2) years. The software annual license was maintained in 2015 for USACE in Contract W912HQ-15-P-0110 for one year of maintenance. Voyager software continues to support the USACE mission with geospatial data display and analysis.

11. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name: Justin Pummell Digitally signed by

PUMMELL.JUSTIN.DAVID.1249713526

DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, Title: Geographer Signature: AVID.1249713526 ou=USA, cn=PUMMELL.JUSTIN.DAVID.1249713526 Date: 2016.09.0909:00:16 10'00'

12. Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name: Justin Pummell Digitally signed by

PUMMELL.JUSTIN.DAVID.1249713526

DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, Title: Geographer Signature: AVID.1249713526 ou=USA, cn=PUMMELL.JUSTIN.DAVID.1249713526 Date: 2016.09.0909:00:16 10'00'

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable.

Price analysis will be used to make this determination in accordance with FAR 13.106-3.

Certified cost or pricing data will not be required as it is under the threshold for obtaining.

Typed Name: Sarah Lugo Digitally signed by

LUGO.SARAH.R.1396102842

DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA, cn=LUGO.SARAH.R.1396102842 Date: 2016.09.12 08:38:27 04'00'

Title: Contracting Officer Signature:

14. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name: Sarah Lugo

Digitally signed by

LUGO.SARAH.R.1396102842

DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USA, cn=LUGO.SARAH.R.1396102842 Date: 2016.09.12 08:38:27 04'00'

Title: Contracting Officer Signature:

LUGO.SARAH.

R.1396102842

LUGO.SARAH.

R.1396102842

PUMMELL.JUSTIN.D

PUMMELL.JUSTIN.D

Control No: HEC-16-017

Approval

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of Voyager Search Software on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C 1901(e) as implemented by FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii), subject to availability of funds, and provided that the services and property herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

Sarah Lugo Contracting Officer