JnA AWS Additional Cloud Credits Redacted

AWS Additional Cloud Credits

Control Number VA-27-00004345

JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO FAIR OPPORTUNITY

1. Contracting Activity:

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Office of Procurement Operations
Technology Acquisition Center

23 Christopher Way

Eatontown, New Jersey 07724

2. Description of Action: The proposed action is to modify VA Contract/Order NNG15SD22B / 36C10B22F0207 with Four Points Technology, LLC, an authorized Amazon Web Services (AWS) reseller, to increase the ceiling to purchase additional AWS cloud credits for a consumption period estimated at 12 months while a new requirement is competitively solicited. The Delivery Order is a firm-fixed-priced effort for AWS cloud credits issued under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) to access AWS cloud service capabilities and professional services.
3. Description of the Supplies or Services: VA, Office of Information and Technology, Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO) has a requirement to issue a modification to increase the Not-To-Exceed (NTE) credit ceiling to ensure continued availability of brand name AWS cloud service capabilities and professional services for the VA Enterprise.
The VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) strategically built a multi-cloud environment. Beginning in 2017, ECSO successfully built a new enterprise cloud solution following a competitive solicitation to award its initial Enterprise Cloud Contract (ECC). The solicitation was open to all Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) that could fully meet VA’s security requirements of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Government Community Cloud (GCC) with existing VA Authorities to Operate. At that time, only AWS and
cloud services could fully meet
these technical requirements. In 2022, VA solicited an AWS brand name requirement among authorized resellers on NASA SEWP V to replace the initial 2017 delivery order for AWS cloud credits and professional services.
The VAEC-AWS cloud environments are currently used by over 540 VA systems and applications throughout the VA enterprise. VA systems and applications refer to a wide range of capabilities including but not limited to applications, systems, services, and/or platforms. The minimum technical requirements under this effort shall comply with the following U.S. Government and VA Agency requirements:
1. Provide cloud service offering with VA Authority To Operate (ATO) within each