PCO-289 Rimini Street VMware Maintenance Support

NASA's Shared Services Center has issued a special notice for PCO-289 Rimini Street VMware Maintenance Support, indicating their intent to award a sole source contract to Rimini Street of Las Vegas, Nevada. The procurement is being conducted under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) authority, with NASA/NSSC serving as the procuring center and performance to be located at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The agency has determined that Rimini Street is the sole provider capable of delivering the required VMware maintenance support services. This procurement falls under NAICS code 541519 for Other Computer Related Services and will utilize commercial items and services provisions under FAR Parts 12 and 13. The contract is specifically designated without any small business set-aside requirements.

The primary purpose of this special notice is to provide other organizations an opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities and qualifications to perform the VMware maintenance support before NASA proceeds with the sole source award. Interested parties must submit written responses demonstrating their qualifications by 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on August 28, 2025, with oral communications explicitly not accepted. The government will evaluate these submissions solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis, though the final decision remains at NASA's discretion. The requirement involves supporting VMware software maintenance for the Launch Control System project, including 40 VMware vSphere 8 Enterprise Plus licenses, 20 VMware vSAN 8 Advanced licenses, and 4 VMware vCenter Server 8 Standard licenses for a performance period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Any organization believing they can provide equivalent services may respond to challenge the sole source determination, but must clearly establish their capability to deliver the specific VMware maintenance support required by NASA Kennedy Space Center.