EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) Upgrade and Annual Maintenance of Existing EMC SAN (Party ID 11883248)

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (Brand Name Justification)

In accordance with FAR 11.105 (a) (3), the following brand name justification is hereby provided for public dissemination.

NOTE: This Brand Name Justification includes two (2) requirements that will be solicited on two (2) separate solicitations.  The first one is a fiscal 2012 requirement to upgrade the EMC's software the Agency's uses to replicate data between our storage area network (SAN) devices.  The EMC SAN is the primary repository for all FHFA's data including email, documents, and databases.  The second one is a fiscal year 2013 to renew the annual maintenance of the software needed to operate FHFA's EMC SAN (Party ID:  11883248).  The resultant fiscal year 2013 vehicle will be awarded pursuant to FHFA's Availability of Funds (Sep 2009) clause.  These two (2) requirements will be competed under the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) among Groups A, B, C, and D. All prime vendors under these Groups of the NASA SEWP contract will be given a fair opportunity to compete. The NASA SEWP RFQ to upgrade the EMC's software (fiscal year 2012) is 144851.  The NASA SEWP RFQ to renew the annual maintenance of the software (fiscal year 2013) is to be determined (TBD) at this time.  See attached redacted Brand Name Justification for details.