Q1 Labs Equipment, Licenses, Support, and Maintenance

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (Brand Name Justification) In accordance with FAR 11.105 (a) (3), the following brand name justification is hereby provided for public dissemination. NOTE: This requirement will be competed under the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) among Groups A, B, C, and D. All prime vendors under these Groups of the NASA SEWP contract will be given a fair opportunity to compete. The NASA SEWP RFQ Number is 144766. 1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND SUPPLIES: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Office of Technology and Information Management (OTIM) has a requirement for the purchase of equipment, licenses, support and maintenance specifically provided by Q1 Labs. 2. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: FAR 6.302-1 (c) Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, Application for brand name descriptions. 3. RATIONALE SUPPORTING USE OF AUTHORITY CITED ABOVE: (Note: A redacted copy of the full Brand Name Justification is attached.) This requirement is for specific brand name equipment, licenses, support, and maintenance. Although this requirement is brand specific to Q1 Labs, multiple distributors are available to quote on a competitive basis under the NASA SEWP multiple award contract vehicle. Brand Name Justification: The following considerations are used to justify the acquisition of additional Q1Labs Q1Radar SIEM devices and maintenance: • FHFA currently uses Q1Labs Q1Radar (SIEM) deployed on the FHFA network. • Equipment, maintenance and support are provided by Q1Labs services either by calling their support center or via e-mail. • All maintenance services are provided by Q1Labs personnel either on site, remotely, via download or through Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA). • Q1Labs is the sole provider/manufacturer of their equipment, support services and maintenance. • If FHFA procures different brand name equipment and support, it will be incompatible with our current SIEM infrastructure. • Not purchasing support for the upgraded SIEM devices will cause our current agreement to expire and devices will not be updated or maintained. This in turn will render the systems unable to operate within normal parameters. • The cost of replacing, installing, modifying, and training another system other than Q1Radar will be significant. • Not purchasing additional SIEM devices and maintenance will render FHFA unable to cope with current data analysis demands.