NIWC Secures Software Through Dell

Dell Marketing L.P., Round Rock, Texas (N66001-21-A-0084) is being awarded an estimated $155,300,000; and Insight Public Sector Inc., Herndon, Virginia (N66001-21-A-0085) is being awarded an estimated $161,500,000, short-term, single-award, firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreement under the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (DOD ESI) in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation System (DFAR) 208.74. The DOD ESI streamlines software licensing acquisition and provides information technology products that are compliant with DoD technical standards and represent the best value for the DoD. This agreement will provide commercially available perpetual licenses, software assurance, user-based subscription licenses to include Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure and client access licenses among others.  This agreement will be used by the Department of Navy to include the Marine Corp and Coast Guard when authorized under the provisions of 14 U.S. Code (U.S.C.) Section 3 and Section 145; 10 U.S.C. Section 2571; and 31 U.S.C. Section 1535.  The total value of this award is $316,800,000. The ordering period will be for a total of six months from June 17, 2021, through December 16, 2021. This agreement will not obligate funds at the time of award. Funds will be obligated via delivery orders using operation and maintenance (Navy) funds.  Future requirements will be procured in accordance with DFAR 8.405-3(c)(1). This action was sole-sourced under the authority of DFAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(a) urgent and compelling. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity. (Awarded June 16, 2021)