Gartner Licenses BPA Call against Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) N66001-19-A-0049

*Contract action was not awarded competitively." Per DFARS 208.7402 (1), Departments and agencies shall fulfill requirements for commercial software and related services, such as software maintenance, in accordance with the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) (see website at http://www.esi.mil/). ESI promotes the use of enterprise software agreements (ESAs) with contractors that allow DoD to obtain favorable terms and pricing for commercial software and related services. On 25 March 2019, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific awarded BPA N66001-19-A-0049 to garter Inc for the purpose of aligning research, data, advisory, and consultation to its customers' agendas and helps them understand existing and potential impacts of technology. Gartner research licenses focus on delivering research-based support and expert guidance on a broad range of technical topics that specifically focus on industry and market trends. Through Gartner research licenses, Gartner is currently providing focused IT Research and Advisory support across the DoD and, more specifically, across the medical IT domain. Currently, Gartner licenses assist DHA senior leadership and their support staff in their decision making by providing access to research libraries, advising partners, curated research documents, and document reviews. In order to maintain this support, Gartner research licenses need to be renewed. Gartner, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of Gartner licenses, does not release product codes to the public and has placed restrictions on who is authorized and therefore, uniquely capable of providing maintenance and support to Gartner products, which are proprietary. Therefore, only Gartner can support and maintain the renewal of Gartner research licenses currently being utilized by DHA.