Notification of Sole Source Award Databricks

This contract awards a sole‑source modification to Carahsoft Technology Corp for the procurement and implementation of the Databricks cloud‑based analytics platform to support USDA‑FSIS operations. The agency determined that Databricks is the only product meeting its detailed technical and security requirements, and therefore justified a non‑competitive award under FAR 16.507‑6(b). The award modifies an earlier competitively‑sourced contract (original solicitation February 2 2026) and is valued above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. • Scope: Provide Databricks platform, integrate with existing FSIS systems, enable LLM‑driven document analysis, regulatory Q&A, and predictive risk modeling. • Vendor: Carahsoft Technology Corp (sole‑source award) – the contract’s technical implementation partner for Databricks. • Reason for sole‑source: Only Databricks satisfies the agency’s proprietary, “sensitive” requirements despite a large market response.