KO_Determination_-_Optimal.pdf

ERDC-16-0230

Contracting Officer Determination Sole Source

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Contracting Office (ECO) intends to make contract award pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106, Soliciting Competition, Evaluation of Quotations or Offers, Award and Documentation, for the purposes of providing written consent and approval to award a Sole Source contract to Optimal IDM, LLC.

ERDC is in need of services to upgrade the existing Optimal IDM single sign-on (SSO) functionality of the Reachback Engineer Data Integration (REDi) system for deployment of the REDi system in the SharePoint 2013 environment.

In accordance with FAR 13.106(b) Soliciting from a single source (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (i) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g. urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).

Optimal IDM has provided the single sign-on solution for REDi since REDi was created and launched as an operational system in 2010. Optimal IDM provided the initial single sign-on solution for REDi in the SharePoint 2007 environment. Continued license support and an upgrade of the single sign-on functionality in REDi when the system was upgraded from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 has also been provided by Optimal IDM.

Based on the above and in accordance with FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i), it is hereby determined that Optimal IDM, LLC is the only vendor capable of providing the required consulting services, technical guidance and migration/upgrade of Optimal IDM components in to new hardware operating systems, and it is in the best interest of the Government award a sole source contract to Optimal IDM, LLC for this requirement.

Davita S. Baloue

Contracting Officer