Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition FSS Sole Source Justification FedDataCheck Redacted 1

United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE (FSS)

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

AUTHORITY: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 8.401(b), General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) 538.7104-3(a) and 40 U.S.C 501(b)(1)(A)

SOLICITATION No. 140D0426Q0860

This acquisition is conducted under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program. 1. Contracting activity/agency.
This document is a FSS Sole Source Justification for the Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), Division 1, Branch 4, is conducting this procurement on behalf of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) Procurement Department.
2. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs. DOI intends to solicit and award a delivery order on a firm fixed price basis in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 8.401(b). PotomocWave, Inc. for FedDataCheck which is a web-based business intelligence software tool used by federal agencies to monitor, clean, and validate federal procurement data. FedDataCheck is the only solution that will satisfy PBGC’s requirements. PotomocWave, Inc. is the only licensing company with access to FedDataCheck, and there are no other authorized resellers. The vendor has a current and valid GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, GSA GS-00F-0007X, which includes the required FedDataCheck data blending software tool.
This requirement is to procure a Robotic Process Automation subscription service that performs a Contractor Responsibility Assessment (CRA) and an automated data validation services (ADVS) that identifies suspected or known FPDS-NG errors at the time of award or modification. The two actions ensure that the entered FPDS-NG data is valid, accurate and complete. Third, the RPA will generate the annual Verification and Validation report required by the OMB Directive Improving Federal Procurement Data Quality - Guidance for Annual Verification and Validation dated May 31, 2011.
FedDataCheck is a data blending tool which verifies data entries into the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) and compares PBGC reporting to governmentwide data and various benchmark standards. FedDataCheck assists with analysis of procurement data for category management, oversight of Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) acquisition implementation, and to improve data quality prior to the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA)