Solor Winds Nodes Maintenance

This solicitation is seeking renewal of annual maintenance for 10,000 nodes of SolarWinds Network Automation Manager software currently in use, as well as the purchase of a license with first year maintenance for an additional 13,000 nodes of the upgraded GEN2 version. The Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground is procuring these products and services on behalf of the 54th Strategic Signal Battalion to sustain critical mission command operations and secure network monitoring. Pricing shall be provided for each line item and the award will be made on an all-or-none basis to the offeror meeting all terms and conditions at the lowest price. The response due date is September 3, 2020.

There is no set-aside designated for this procurement. The place of performance will be Kuwait to support the 54th Strategic Signal Battalion's operations. A sole source brand name justification was approved for SolarWinds due to the need to maintain continuity of the software currently monitoring the battalion's network and the significant time and resources required to transition to a new platform. The value of the proposed sole source award is $4 million over a one year period of performance from September 18, 2020 to September 17, 2021.