Justification (Sole Source)Posted Jun 22, 2026

Broadcom VMWare Licenses

Air Force and Space Force · FA9302 AFTC PZZ

Stage
Justification for other than full competition
NAICS
513210
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA930226F0013
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7A21
Place
VA, USA
Contact
Abel Alcantar (abel.alcantar.1@us.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA930226F0013 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Feb 27, 2026
    Award Notice
    CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP · $2.4M
    Open
Other notices
  • Jun 22, 2026 · this notice
    Justification (Sole Source)

Next steps for this stage

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  • The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.

What the notice says

FAR 8.405-6 requires an ordering activity to justify its actions when restricting consideration of schedule contractors to fewer than required in FAR 8.405-1. FAR 8.405-6(b)(1), �The item is peculiar to one manufacturer. A brand name item, whether available on one or more schedule contracts, is an item peculiar to one manufacturer.� This software is the entirety of the virtual infrastructure that is currently operating on all of our networks. To overcome the restricted consideration, the agency would be required to completely redeploy the entire virtual infrastructure for all of our networks. … (show all)

There could potentially be all kinds of issues with trying to deploy different applications for the virtual infrastructure. No other software is compatible with the current infrastructure and there would be a significant duplication of cost/labor/training/possible downtime that would be associated with switching to another virtual infrastructure product which would not be recovered through competition. Broadcom/VMWare Licenses VMware Cloud Foundation Base Period Part #: VCF-CLD-FND Qty: 2,136 VMware Avi Load Balancer Part: ANS-VMW-ALB Qty: 16 PoP: 2/1/26 - 8/5/26 VMware Cloud Foundation Year 1 Part #: VCF-CLD-FND Qty: 2,136 VMware Avi Load Balancer Part: ANS-VMW-ALB Qty: 16 PoP: 8/6/26 - 8/5/27 VMware Cloud Foundation Option Year 1 Part #: VCF-CLD-FND Qty: 2,136 VMware Avi Load Balancer Part: ANS-VMW-ALB Qty: 16 PoP: 8/6/27 - 8/5/28 VMware Cloud Foundation Option Year 2 Part #: VCF-CLD-FND Qty: 2,136 VMware Avi Load Balancer Part: ANS-VMW-ALB Qty: 16 PoP: 8/6/28 - 8/5/29 VMware Cloud Foundation Option Year 3 Part #: VCF-CLD-FND Qty: 2,136 VMware Avi Load Balancer Part: ANS-VMW-ALB Qty: 16 PoP: 8/6/29 - 8/5/30

Who won similar work

56 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 7A21.

Single-winner award sizes (56): middle half $80K to $690K, median $269K; range $28K to $317.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC.3$783KJun 9, 2026
The MathWorks, Inc.2$10.3MJan 12, 2026
Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC2$2.6MDec 31, 2025
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP2$858KSep 30, 2026
DATAMINR, INC.1$317.8MAug 27, 2026
OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE LLC1$15.0MApr 1, 2026
ECHELON SERVICES, LLC1$3.5MFeb 6, 2025
BOEING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.1$2.1MMay 30, 2025
ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.1$1.4MMar 25, 2025
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC1$1.2MAug 5, 2025

Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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