DB10--Brand Name Puppet Enterprise Software Licenses and Maintenan

Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity

This document justifies the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeking to renew brand name Puppet Enterprise software licenses and maintenance through a Firm-Fixed-Price task order under the NASA SEWP V GWAC. The renewal is for the VA's Infrastructure Operations, Linux/Unix Division, which uses Puppet Enterprise for automating server builds and managing configuration across its infrastructure.

• Renewal of 1,000 Puppet Enterprise software licenses.

• Renewal of Premium Support, providing 24x7x365 support with unlimited contacts and cases.

• The period of performance includes a 12-month base period with three 12-month option periods.

• Contract type: Firm-Fixed-Price task order.

• Contract vehicle: NASA SEWP V GWAC.

• Estimated total value: [REDACTED] (inclusive of all option periods).

• This is a justification for an exception to fair opportunity, citing FAR 16.507(a) and 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(2) for a brand-name requirement.

• Market research identified limited competition among authorized resellers of Puppet Enterprise software on the NASA SEWP V GWAC, specifically 7 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.

• The justification will be provided to appropriate NASA SEWP V GWAC holders, and the award notice will be posted publicly.

• Pricing will be determined fair and reasonable based on historical pricing, anticipated competition, and catalog prices on GWACs, with a final price analysis by the Contracting Officer.

• Limited competition is anticipated among authorized resellers on the NASA SEWP V GWAC.

• The VA has utilized Puppet Enterprise since 2014 and has invested significant time and effort (approx. 1,000 scripts/modules) into its current implementation.

• Pivoting to alternative software would require extensive re-engineering, rewriting scripts, and recoding modules, estimated at 3,640 to 5,460 hours of duplicative effort and significant additional cost.

• Failure to renew would lead to manual execution of tasks, impacting the VA's ability to manage its infrastructure and potentially degrading medical data support.

• Only Puppet Software or an authorized reseller can provide the required support due to proprietary source code.

Other / Unclassified

This document is an award notice for the renewal of Brand Name Puppet Enterprise Software Licenses and Maintenance. It synopsizes the award in accordance with FAR parts 6.103-1(d) and 6.301, making the justification publicly available.

This award notice is relevant to bidders as it confirms a contract has been awarded to Software Information Resource Corp. (SIRC) for Puppet software licenses and maintenance. The contract includes one 12-month base period and three 12-month option periods, with a total award amount of $822,640.00. This information indicates a completed procurement for specific software and maintenance, which may inform potential bidders about the agency's needs and past contracting actions in this area.