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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JUNE 19, 2016 FBO #5322
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D -- Additional Enterprise Elements Software Licenses and Read-Only Licenses Renewal - Attachment

Notice Date

6/17/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541519 — Other Computer Related Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;23 Christopher Way;Eatontown NJ 07724
 

ZIP Code

07724
 

Solicitation Number

VA11816Q1195
 

Archive Date

9/23/2016
 

Point of Contact

Amy Schmalzigan
 

E-Mail Address

hmalzigan@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Award Number

NNG15SD21B VA118-16-F-1098
 

Award Date

6/16/2016
 

Awardee

FEDSTORE CORPORATION;1 PRESERVE PKWY STE 620;ROCKVILLE;MD;20852
 

Award Amount

$325,844.09
 

Description

On June 16, 2016, the Technology Acquisition Center awarded Delivery Order VA118-16-F-1098 under the terms and conditions of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V contract NNG15SD21B with FedStore Corporation, located at 1 Preserve Parkway, Suite 620, Rockville, MD 20852. FedStore will be providing Enterprise Elements Software licenses and maintenance. The period of performance shall be from June 17, 2016 through April 30, 2017, the total order value of $325,844.09. ? JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY 1. Contracting Activity:Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition Operations Technology Acquisition Center 23 Christopher Way Eatontown, NJ 07724 2. Description of Action: This proposed action is for the award of a brand name firm-fixed-price Task Order issued under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for brand name Enterprise Elements new software licenses and maintenance support. 3. Description of Supplies or Services: VA, Office of Information and Technology, Architecture Strategy and Design requires three 10-packs of Enterprise Elements (EE) Concurrent User licenses, three Read-Only licenses to allow more system owners, data stewards, and architects to have the Read/Write privileges into the VA Enterprise Architecture Repository, as well as software maintenance for these licenses. The Enterprise Elements software facilitates the management and analysis of dynamic, highly interrelated data from various levels of the VA information technology enterprise architecture (EA). The period of performance shall be from June 17, 2016 through April 30, 2017. 4. Statutory Authority: The statutory authority permitting this exception to fair opportunity is 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(2) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B), entitled "Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized." 5. Rationale Supporting Use of Authority Cited Above: Based on market research, as described in section eight of this justification, it was determined that limited competition is available among authorized resellers for the required brand name Enterprise Elements Software licenses and maintenance support. Currently, Enterprise Elements is the only relational database software which can extract information from VA's current EA Modeling tool, System Architect, using a module purposely designed to accomplish this task. This feature allows the EA program to integrate EA modeled data with other VA data. Enterprise Elements' ability to extract data from System Architect is unique to their software and no other software provider offers this ability. Additionally, no other software provider is capable of providing the required support and maintenance, as only Enterprise Elements possesses the proprietary data necessary to maintain the current software. Each software manufacturer provides support for its own proprietary software, therefore, due to the proprietary nature no alternate source provides the software patches and updates required. 6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Market research was conducted, details of which are in section eight of this justification. This effort did not yield any additional sources that can meet the Government's requirements. It was determined that limited competition is viable among authorized resellers for the required brand software licenses and maintenance support. In accordance with FAR 5.301 and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D), notice of award of this action will be synopsized and this justification will be made publicly available within 14 days of award on the Federal Business Opportunities Page. In accordance with FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii)(A), this justification will be posted with the request for quotation on the NASA SEWP V GWAC website to notify all interested parties. 7. Actions to Increase Competition: The Government will continue to conduct market research to ascertain if there are changes in the market place that would enable future actions to be competed. To support competition for contract support, the EA Program engages in regular evaluations of industry software to determine whether or not current tools can be replaced, specifically in this case whether a tool is in the market that can extract information from EA's modeling tool, System Architect. 8. Market Research: In April 2016 the Government's technical experts conducted web-based research on software solutions offered by IBM WebSphere and Oracle Apex. The market research confirmed that although IBM WebSphere and Oracle Apex could provide some of the required functionality, the required ability to extract data from the EA modeling tool, System Architect, is not offered by any other provider. Also, the required software maintenance is proprietary; therefore Enterprise Elements or its authorized resellers are the only sources capable of providing the required maintenance to include updates and fixes for Enterprise Elements Software. No other vendor, including those reviewed by the technical experts, has the capability of issuing software updates or fixes for Enterprise Elements Software necessary to support the existing VA requirement. Based on the above, only Enterprise Elements Software meets all of the Government's requirements. Additionally, in March 2016, a Request for Information (RFI) was released through the NASA SEWP V GWAC website using the RFI function to determine if any other sources could provide alternative software licenses or maintenance support. Three responses were received, all of which were from GWAC holders who are Enterprise Elements software license and maintenance resellers. All three responses to the RFI were deemed capable of meeting the Government's requirements. Based upon the RFI released in March 2016, there is currently one NASA SEWP V Group B(2) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) GWAC holder, one NASA SEWP V Group C Small Business (SB) GWAC holder, and one NASA SEWP V Group D Full and Open Competition Value Added Reseller that currently offers the required brand name Enterprise Elements software licenses and maintenance. Accordingly, in order to make progress against VA's Fiscal Year 2016 small business and socioeconomic goals, the requirements described herein will initially be solicited for consideration of quotes only from NASA SEWP V GWAC holders in Group B(1), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business Value Added Resellers (VARs); Group B(2) SDVOSB VARs; and Group C SB VARs under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541519. 9. Other Facts: None
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: NNG15SD21B VA118-16-F-1098 NNG15SD21B VA118-16-F-1098_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2811088&FileName=NNG15SD21B-016.docx)

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Record

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