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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 SAM #6867
SPECIAL NOTICE

70 -- Intent to Sole Source - Venio Systems, Inc.

Notice Date

9/15/2020 11:40:39 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

511210 — Software Publishers
 

Contracting Office

EOUSA-ACQUISITIONS STAFF WASHINGTON DC 20530 USA
 

ZIP Code

20530
 

Solicitation Number

15JA99-20-PR-1065
 

Response Due

9/21/2020 5:10:00 AM
 

Archive Date

09/21/2020
 

Small Business Set-Aside

SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
 

Description

See attached Sole Source Justification. In FY15, EOUSA�s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) acquired Venio electronic discovery software to support a proof of concept project. Through that project, OCIO explored the benefits (and drawbacks) of deploying certain electronic discovery (eDiscovery) and collaboration software in a commercial cloud environment. OCIO has created a platform in Amazon Web Services that enables broad (but secure) access by the diverse and geographically-dispersed members of a federal litigation team and that contains the tools those federal case teams need to effectively and efficiently investigate and litigate their cases. This platform has supported more than 150 cases. What is more, the platform has transitioned from a proof of concept pilot to a production system. This system supports numerous United States Attorneys� Offices� current and future cases. After extensive market research, in FY15, OCIO determined that Venio�s software was the only software that satisfied its requirements. EOUSA acquired Venio software and integrated it into is cloud-based proof of concept system. EOUSA has spent several hundred thousand dollars integrating Venio software, performing the relevant security assessment and authorization activities required to operate the software on DOJ cases, and developing processes and procedures for making use of Venio software on DOJ cases. At present, Venio is being used to support numerous cases. Supporting those cases requires that EOUSA renew its Venio licensing. The case teams are receiving data on a rolling basis. Once data processing is started in Venio, the rest of the case data must also be processed in Venio to ensure valid data handling and de-duplication. As a result, EOUSA must continue to license Venio. What is more, replacing Venio with an alternative product at this time would require significant time, effort, and cost. EOUSA has spent several hundred thousand dollars integrating Venio software, performing the relevant security assessment and authorization activities required to operate the software on DOJ cases, and developing processes and procedures for making use of Venio software on DOJ cases. Deploying an alternative technology would require a similar (and likely greater) level of effort. Under the circumstances, EOUSA believes that the cost of a replacement far exceed the cost of the licensing being acquired.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/3a532f4381d14457bdfaa9b76a09851c/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Columbia, SC 29208, USA

Zip Code: 29208

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05797626-F 20200917/200915230151 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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