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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 02, 2015 FBO #5000
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99 -- TAC-15-19128 GenISIS Hardware Refresh (SEWP) - Attachment

Notice Date

7/31/2015
 

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

VA11815Q0239
 

Archive Date

8/29/2015
 

Point of Contact

Dawn Eimont
 

E-Mail Address

0-9638<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Award Number

NNG15SD25B VA118-15-F-0156
 

Award Date

7/30/2015
 

Awardee

THREE WIRE SYSTEMS, LLC;3130 FAIRVIEW PARK DR STE 425;FALLS CHURCH;VA;22042
 

Award Amount

$1,017,352.72
 

Description

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 to acquire brand name Network Appliance (NetApp) hardware upgrades, hardware support services, increased storage capacity, and annual software maintenance under a firm-fixed-price (FFP) delivery order issued under National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). 3. Description of the Supplies or Services: The required NetApp hardware refresh is in support of data analysis activities serving the users managing research and development project data within the Million Veterans Program (MVP) for the VA Veteran's Health Administration (VHA). This equipment is located at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 1010 Delafield, Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15215. The MVP team currently uses NetApp storage products as its tier 2 storage infrastructure in support of Genomic Information System for Integrative Sciences (GenISIS), the scientific phase of the MVP project. Currently there are 1.5 petabytes of raw storage installed but it needs to be increased to 2.7 Petabytes in support of GenISIS. The need for this increase is due to the project having already analyzed over 200,000 genomic samples which utilize 75% of current disk space. In the next year VA plans to analyze an additional 200,000 samples and the current capacity cannot store this additional data. This procurement is for the upgrade of VA's controller, disk capacity, and the renewal of current NetApp maintenance which provides 24x7x365 on-call, four hour on-site support and annual software maintenance for the NetApp operating system and NetApp certified high speed controllers. The period of performance is 12 months from date of award. 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) 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: This is a brand name justification in support of FAR 11.105, Items Peculiar to One Manufacturer. NetApp and its resellers are the only sources capable of providing the hardware upgrades, hardware support, increased storage capacity, and annual software maintenance for the entire infrastructure to function properly and securely. Only NetApp hardware, software, and support can meet VA's requirements due to the proprietary nature of the products. NetApp is the only hardware that can continue to build upon VA's existing tier 2 Netapp infrastructure. No other products are able to integrate with the currently installed Netapp storage infrastructure. Additionally, no other products are interoperable or compatible with the currently fielded Netapp infrastructure. Specifically, the current storage system communicates through a source code that is based on NetApp's proprietary On Tap Operating System. No other products can provide the increased storage and provide the support that integrates into VA's current environment without access to that source code. Existing NetApp hardware inventory includes existing ownership of 1.5 Petabytes of storage, appropriate licensing for the Netapp "On Tap Operating System" that manages the storage, and all the supporting peripherals that support this storage. 6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Market research was conducted, details of which are in section 8 of this document. This effort did not yield any additional sources that can meet the Government's requirements. It was determined, however, that limited competition is viable among authorized resellers for NetApp products. In accordance with FAR 5.301 and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D), the award will be synopsized and the justification will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities Page within 14 days after award and posted to NASA SEWP GWAC website along with the solicitation. 7. Actions to Increase Competition: The Government will continue to conduct market research to ascertain if there are changes in the marketplace that would enable future actions to be competed. 8. Market Research: The Government's technical experts conducted market research from November 2014 through January 2015, by reviewing similar products via vendor websites, NASA SEWP website, and consulting with resellers and manufacturers. Specifically, the Hewlett Packard 3PAR system was researched and was found that it could not work in the currently fielded NetApp enviroment. Market research revealed that only NetApp, or authorized NetApp resellers would be capable of providing the hardware support, increased storage capacity, and annual software maintenance necessary to provide the annual support and maintenance of the existing NetApp solution. The proprietary nature of the system requires NetApp products for the existing infrastructure to maintain interoperability to ensure proper operations of these mission critical systems. NetApp is required to perform key functions, such as system software updates, firmware updates, download configuration changes, while accessing system hardware and software components for any potential or actual problems. The software maintenance services also provide on-call and onsite support, bug fixes, patches, security updates, and upgrades to the Data OnTap Operating System, which is a NetApp proprietary operating system that manages the GenISIS storage infrastructure. Market research revealed that no other maintenance and support could meet the requirements. 9. Other Facts: None.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: NNG15SD25B VA118-15-F-0156 NNG15SD25B VA118-15-F-0156_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2207365&FileName=NNG15SD25B-002.docx)

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