SOLICITATION NOTICE
59 -- Cellebrite UFED Ruggedized System
- Notice Date
- 9/27/2012
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Acquisitions, 100 F Street, NE, MS-4010, Washington, District of Columbia, 20549, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20549
- Solicitation Number
- 2012-0127
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2012
- Point of Contact
- Han Park, Phone: 2025517705
- E-Mail Address
-
parkh@sec.gov
(parkh@sec.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- SECHQ1-12-P-8119
- Award Date
- 9/25/2012
- Description
- Justification and Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition RQ: 63000-12-8182 J&A Log: 2012-0127 Upon the basis of the following justification, I hereby approve the issuance of the contractual action discussed below using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority cited herein. 1. Contracting Activity U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 6432 General Green Way Alexandria, VA 22312-2413 2. Nature and Description of Action Being Approved: This sole source Justification and Approval (J&A) is for the purchase of Cellebrite UFED Ruggedized system (software and hardware) for mobile device forensic data analysis. 3. Description of the supplies or services required to meet the needs of the SEC and the estimated value: The Commission's Enforcement Division, Information Technology Forensic Branch (ITFL) has a need for mobile device forensic software and hardware for conducting forensic analysis on mobile computing devices, phones and smart cards. The current mobile device processing software owned and used by ITFL are not capable of producing a physical image of the mobile device that is critical and needed for ITFL's investigations. 4. Statutory Authority for Other than Full and Open Competition: The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1(a) - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. 5. Demonstration that the proposed contractor's unique qualifications or nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited: The Cellebrite UFED system is the only hand-held, cellular exploitation device worldwide that requires no PC or associated phone drivers. The UFED system will quickly extract phonebook, pictures, videos, SMS messages, calls histories, ESN/IMEI information, and deleted SMS/ call histories off the SIM/USIM for rapid analysis. Cellebrite supports all the major technologies (TDMA, CDMA, GSM, IDEN) including, Smartphone operating systems and PDAs (Apple, iPhone, Blackberry, Google Android, Microsoft Mobile, Palm, and Symbian) for over 95% of all handset models worldwide. 6. Efforts to Ensure that offers are solicited from as Many Potential Sources as Possible. Only one source provides the required service, however, steps to notify the market will include notification to FedBizOps per FAR 6.305 - Availability of the Justification. 7. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable. Before awarding a contract, the Contracting Officer will perform a proposal analysis in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(b)-(2) to determine whether the price is fair and reasonable. 8. Description of market research conducted and results or statement of the reasons market research was not conducted: Market research was conducted by: a. Querying Government publications and related trade papers b. Querying Government databases that provide acquisition information and c. Contacting industry personnel regarding market capabilities Cellebrite provided a sole source documentation identifying that it is the sole developer and provider of the UFED Forensic system.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SEC/OAPM/PCB/2012-0127/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: SEC- Operations Center, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia, 22312, United States
- Zip Code: 22312
- Zip Code: 22312
- Record
- SN02902168-W 20120929/120928000729-b9f3ff2bf5d737a53d2b50f9921ca352 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |