JA LSJ Trellix - R

LIMITED SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

SECTION 1: IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTING

ACTIVITY

Department of
State Contracting
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Activity

Acquisition Management

Requiring
Bureau of Intelligence & Research Technology & Innovation Office (INR/TIO) Activity

SECTION 2: NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING

APPROVED

Approval is requested to limit the number of sources for soliciting and awarding an order under a Federal Supply Schedule contract for the supplies and/or services described in Section 3 on behalf of the Requiring Activity. Vendor - CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 100, Reston, VA 20190

SECTION 3: DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET THE

AGENCY’S NEEDS

x Product Name: Trellix MAX Resident Specialist / Engineer o "Resident" / "MAX Resident": This provides a dedicated, embedded subject matter expert (SME) or resident engineer from Trellix who works directly with the organization to support deployment, operational tuning, incident response, or system administration for the Trellix security stack.
x Part Number (SKU): MAXRESIDENT-MB-AG
o MAXRESIDENT: Trellix Resident Engineer / SME Service. x Term:
o 1 year: 12-month period of performance (POP).
This SKU is purchased to provide an organization cleared, high-level Trellix engineers embedded within their security operations or engineering team to manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise security solutions (such as Trellix Endpoint Security, Network Security, or XDR).

SBU - CONTRACTING AND ACQUISITIONS

The estimated value for the entire period of performance of Trellix Max Resident .
subscriptions is

SECTION 4: IDENTIFICATION OF THE EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY

AND THE SUPPORTING RATIONALE

This acquisition is conducted pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 4103 and 4106 as implemented by FAR 8.401 and GSAR 538.7104-3(b)(1)(ii).

Only Trellix Solutions Group at Carahsoft or an authorized Trellix partner possess the combination of manufacturer-recognized certifications, cleared personnel, and direct access to proprietary Trellix engineering resources necessary to perform the highly specialized remediation, tuning, and validation services required by INR. This is not a matter of preference for a particular product feature, but a limitation on the number of qualified sources capable of safely performing embedded, manufacturer-authorized engineering work on a Top Secret production environment.
INR requires embedded resident engineers because corrective actions involve continuous