LSJ Globus GSA

SOLE SOURCE OR LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION

(APPLICABLE TO PURCHASES >Micro purchase threshold < SAT)

1. Contracting Activity: ASA/OMAS

2. Purchase Request Number:

3. Authority for Action: Check applicable box for either GSA (General Services Administration), GWAC (Governmentwide Acquisition Contract), or open market action FAR 8.405-6(a), Orders exceeding the micro-purchase threshold based on a limited justification.
FAR 8.405-6(b), Items peculiar to one manufacturer. An item peculiar to one manufacturer can be a particular brand name, product, or a feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer.
FAR 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a Single Source.
FAR16.505(b)(2), Exceptions to the fair opportunity process. 4. Describe the supply or service to be acquired and the total estimated dollar value: Include the value of any options in the total estimated dollar value

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The NIEHS Office of Scientific Computing requires continuing license and subscription to the Globus Data Transfer System in order to support transmission of large files between the NIEHS High Performance Computing List
the proposed
(name,
contact,
and phone
number) or brand
name and
environment
and contractor
NIH Biowulf
as well
as extramural
collaborators.
The total
describe
the
unique
knowledge
or
capabilities:
estimated dollar value is $97,097.00.
The proposed contractor is The University of Chicago
([email protected]). The University of Chicago is the developer of Globus software and maintains the shared computing resources required to Describe
youridentities
market research
efforts and
efforts to ensure
that offers/quotes
confirm user
across different
organizations
and facilitate
direct file are
solicited
as many
potential
sources as
is practicable:
transfersfrom
between
disparate
computing
systems.
Historically, Globus software
Market
has been
conducted
searches
of SAM.gov
and
the
license research
and subscription
has
only beenvia
available
directly
from the
University
of

NITAAC

Chicago.CIO-CS catalog. Nearly all contracts to procure Globus subscriptions have been awarded to the University of Chicago, however, two instances of State
why you
feel that
the anticipated
cost toresults:
the Government
be fair and
alternative
vendors
appeared
in the search
New Techwill
Solutions