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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JUNE 04, 2017 FBO #5672
DOCUMENT

70 -- VISN 9 PACS - Attachment

Notice Date

6/2/2017
 

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

VA11817Q2059
 

Archive Date

7/21/2017
 

Point of Contact

William E Freer
 

E-Mail Address

2)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Award Number

NNG15SD26B VA118-17-F-2020
 

Award Date

5/22/2017
 

Awardee

THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC;1925 ISAAC NEWTON SQ STE 180;RESTON;VA;20190
 

Award Amount

287,380.00
 

Description

Cisco Nexus Switches CPACS VISN 9 2 of 4 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: The proposed action is for the issuance of a firm-fixed-price Delivery Order under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for the procurement of brand name Cisco Nexus switches and associated networking equipment. 3. Description of the Supplies or Services: The proposed action is for the acquisition of ten (10) Cisco Series 5000 Nexus 48 port switches, fourteen (14) Cisco Series 2000 Nexus 48 port switches, thirty-six (36) 10G SFP-SR modules, sixteen (16) 10GBase-SR X2 modules, four (4) 10G SFP-LR modules, and four (4) 10GBase-LR X2 modules. These items will allow for the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 9 to provide increased performance and increased storage availability in support of the Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) deployment. PACS will support the storage, display, and interpretation of radiologic images in VISN 9 VA Medical Centers. Delivery of the equipment is required within 30 days after recipt of order. 4. Statutory Authority: The statutory authority permitting an exception to fair opportunity is Section 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(2) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 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 8 of this justification it was determined that limited competition is available among authorized resellers for the required Cisco Nexus equipment. It is beneficial to establish VISN-wide PACS with common interface standards in order to effectively facilitate the care of patients referred amongst facilities within VISN 9. The Cisco Nexus servers are required to increase performance and storage availability in support of the PACS deployment at VISN 9. Due to the proprietary nature of Cisco s architectural design, and specifically the routing and communication protocols that exist within the Cisco firmware, only brand name Cisco Nexus network equipment is compatible and interoperable with the existing infrastructure deployed throughout VISN 9. Cisco Nexus equipment provides unique, Top-of-Rack and End-of Row connectivity for efficiently connecting to and supporting Server and Storage equipment. No other brand name interconnectors, switches or extenders can provide the required fabric extension availability, nor can they be paired with the existing Cisco Nexus equipment to create multi-chassis ether-channels. Further, a replacement of the current Cisco infrastructure would result in duplicative costs that would not be recovered through competition. By failing to procure the required servers, the existing infrastructure at VISN 9 would lack the necessary performance and storage capabilities required to support the PACS deployment. Based on the market research conducted by the Government technical experts, it has been determined only Cisco equipment can meet the Governments needs. 6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Market research was conducted in December 2016, details of which are in the market research section of this document. This research did not yield any other products that can meet the Government s technical requirements. Although the Government is limiting competition as a result of specifying Cisco Nexus brand name products, there are multiple resellers of the required hardware and associated warranty support that hold current NASA SEWP V GWACs. In accordance with FAR 5.301 and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D), this action will be synopsized and the justification will be made publicly available on the Federal Business Opportunities website within 14 days of award. In addition, in accordance with FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii)(A)(2), this justification will be posted with the solicitation on the NASA SEWP website. 7. Actions to Increase Competition: In order to remove or overcome barriers to competition in future acquisitions for the requirements described herein, the agency will continue to perform market research to ascertain if there are changes in the marketplace that would enable future actions to be competed. 8. Market Research: The Cisco interconnectors, switches and extenders are commercially available off-the-shelf hardware products currently in use in VA. The Government s technical experts conducted market research in December 2016 to ascertain the ability of any other source to provide the aforementioned interconnectors, switches and extenders. The technical experts reviewed online technical documentations for similar products available from Juniper, Brocade and Hewlett Packard (HP). The market research confirmed that due to proprietary constraints, only brand name Cisco interconnectors, switches and extenders are fully compatible and interoperable with the existing Cisco equipment in use throughout VISN 9. Accordingly, only Cisco equipment from Cisco or an authorized reseller can meet all the Government s requirements. Additional market research was conducted in April 2017 by the Contract Specialist by utilizing the NASA SEWP V GWAC Provider Lookup tool that identified 20 prospective, verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) GWAC holders in Group B(2) with at least 6 that are authorized resellers of Cisco products and services. Additionally, NASA SEWP V has a dynamic product catalog where line items can be added based on customer requests; therefore, as long as the required item or service is within scope of the NASA SEWP V GWAC, items and services can be added to a NASA SEWP V GWAC holder s catalog on a daily basis. 9. Other Facts: None
 

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File Name: NNG15SD26B VA118-17-F-2020 NNG15SD26B VA118-17-F-2020.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3546537&FileName=NNG15SD26B-094.docx)

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