Justification and Approval_Cisco_Equipment_Redacted.pdf

Control Number: LRL-FY21-57

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL (J&A)

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Agency: US Army Engineer District, Corps of Engineers, PO Box 59, Louisville, KY 40201-0059

2. Description of the Action: This Justification and Approval (J&A) is being prepared for the use of CISCO telecommunications equipment for the construction of anew Aerial Port Facility at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minnesota. The government will not purchase the CISCO equipment directly, but will include brand name specifications in the design-bid-build construction solicitation that will result in a firm fixed price construction contract. The construction contract is planned to be awarded under a full and open solicitation, using FY21 AF MILCON funding.

3. Description of the Supplies/Service: The contract solicitation will include a sole-source brand requirement for CISCO telecommunication equipment that will need to be compatible with the current installation network. The estimated value of this J&A is approximately . The estimated value of the contract is , which included the cost of the components covered in this J&A. This portion of the J&A is of the total contract.

4. Authority Cited: The statutory authority permitting acquisition of the requirement by other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. § 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This authority is applicable to brand name acquisitions in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(c).

5. Reason for Authority Cited:

a. Background The Aerial Port Facility project at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station is new construction at the installation. The facility will aid the 27th Aerial Port Squadron (APS) meet the increase in world-wide operational tempo. A 300% increase in manning has created a desperate need for additional room for the APS to conduct training and satisfy current mission requirements. The new facility will contain brand new systems includes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, plumbing, electrical, and telecommunication systems.

b. Justification.

The proprietary nature of CISCO hardware and software precludes sourcing other vendors for similar products because a new network node will be installed in the new building and it must be completely compatible with the base s installed network for communications equipment. CISCO is the owner of the software & hardware required. CISCO software is currently used at all of the Air Force's active duty base boundaries under the ENFAAS program and within AF's virtual environment.

All Air Force (AF) bases (NIPR side) are required to meet both Air Force Combat Information Transport System (AF CITS) and AF Defense System Information (AF DISA) Memos to support the Air Force mission. This is an Air Force CITS Enclave NIPRNet Firewall and ASIM Sustainment (ENFASS) driven requirement and will align AFRC bases to Air Force standards compliance with AF CITS ENFASS requirements.

c. Alternatives No alternatives were sought for reason stated above.

d. Impact Attempting to integrate parts outside the current network poses unacceptable risks, because it base-wide communication network.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: A technical review was conducted, and it was determined that CISCO

7. Actions to Increase Competition:

CISCO telecommunication equipment is available commercially through various avenues and are not limited in availability to other sources. This is a finite requirement with no future needs. Therefore, there are no actions to increase future competition.

8. Market Research: A technical review was conducted, and it was determined that CISCO products are

On 06 April 2021 a Notice of Intent NOI was issued to Sole Source the CISCO telecommunication equipment. The NOI, W912QR21R0039, was posted to Beta.SAM with a 15 day response period for interested contractors. The government did not receive any objections to the intent to sole source the CISCO telecommunication equipment. There were no submissions in response to the NOI.

9. Interested Sources:

As stated in Paragraph 8, there were no responses received to the Notice of Intent to Sole Source that was posted on 06 April 2021. This J&A will be posted with issuance of the solicitation in accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(6).

10. Other Factors:

a. Procurement History: N/A b . Acquisition Data Availability: N/A

c. Unusual and Compelling Urgency: N/A

d. Subcontracting Competition: N/A

ATTACHMENT 1

ACTIVE ELECTRONICS MATERIALS REQUIRED BY NAME

1 ea Chassis Cisco C9410R

8 ea PSU Cisco C9400-PWR-3200AC

8 ea 48 Poer Blade CiscoC9400-LC-48U

2 ea Supervisor Cisco C9400 SUP- 1XL w/ IPbase License

2 ea Transceiver Module QSFP 40G SR - BD

PASSIVE CONNECTIVITY MATERIALS REQUIRED BY NAME

Category 6 riser rated LM1000 10032455 Berktek

Category 6 jack blue 61110-RL6 Leviton

Face plate 4-port 42080-4WS leviton

Patch panel 48-port angled quickport 49256-H48 Leviton

SMB 2-port 41089-2WP Leviton

Face plate 41290-SMW Leviton

MOS SC insert 2-port 41293-4CW Leviton

25 pair riser rated FT

Fiber OSP 24-SM Altos lite gel free armored Corning

110 block 25 pair BEP BUILDING ENTRANCE PROTECTER WITH SOLID STATE FUSES

Fiber panel 5R1UH-S03, 1 RU OPT-X ULTRA ENCLOSURE E/W SLIDING TRAY 2 EA

SPLCS -24L SPLICE MODULE 24 FIBER LC OS2 ADAPTERS BLUE AND OS2 PIGTAILS