Sole-source purchase of 220 HP Z840 workstations

The contract awards a purchase order for 220 Hewlett Packard Z840 workstations to be procured directly from the manufacturer. This acquisition supplements a previous procurement made in September 2015 and supports the Integrated Exploitation Capability (IEC), which is the primary imagery analysis tool used by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The IEC system requires both specific production software and hardware architecture, developed and maintained by Lockheed Martin Corporation as the sole contractor. A trade study conducted by Lockheed Martin selected Hewlett Packard as the optimal hardware provider because the IEC software image was specifically designed and tested with HP BIOS and hardware, rendering it incompatible with other vendors’ equipment without significant additional investment. Due to the extensive engineering and testing efforts previously invested, using hardware other than HP would necessitate a costly and time-consuming revalidation process. This justifies the sole-source procurement approach to avoid duplication of investment. The contract is managed by the Department of Defense's NGA office located in Springfield, Virginia, with Dominique M. Bataille as the Contract Specialist and Maj Adam Vance as the Contracting Officer overseeing the acquisition.