020 140802-26-0481 Sole Source Justification.pdf

SINGLE SOURCE DETERMINATION

USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP)

FOR AN ACTION NOT EXCEEDING THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

140802-26-0481

1. Contracting Activity.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation Operations – Marine Operations Acquisitions Branch

2. Nature and/or description of action being approved.

This is a new contract to procure equipment and services; the contemplated contract type is a firm fixed-price contract using pricing obtained during Market Research from proposed vendor’s budgetary estimate for equipment and services listed in Para 3. below.

3. Description of the supplies and/or services required to meet the agency’s needs.

Refer to attached Statement of Work; the following shall be provided:

A. Provide and deliver to NOAA Ship RAINIER the following:

1. Qty One (1) Integrated Public Address (PA) System Controller (salient characteristics included in the attached Statement of Work).

2. Qty Two (2) Button Control Stations for the Public Address (PA) System Controller

(salient characteristics included in the attached Statement of Work).

3. Qty One (1) Power Transfer Switch for Public Address (PA) System Controller

(salient characteristics included in the attached Statement of Work).

B. Provide Marine Electrical/Electronics Engineering Services to document new Public Address (PA) system and integrate new PA system into existing ships infrastructure;

provide new/updated ship As-Built drawings. The Engineering Services shall document the new system as follows:

- Show integration with ships existing Systems

- System installation and Wiring Drawings

- Ship-wide As-Buit drawings. (For ship’s records)

- Deliver System installation and Wiring Drawings to ship’s Port Engineer:

C. Provide Marine Electrical/Electronics Field Service Technical Services to install, test, and certify the new Public Address (PA) system and integrate the new PA system into existing ships infrastructure. Upon completion of installation testing, and certification of new PA system, provide a copy of all installation, test and certification documents showing that the final system installation, configuration, and testing meets all manufacturer’s performance criteria and documents final system certification.

- Deliver System installation and Wiring Drawings to ship’s Port Engineer:

3. Identification of the single source to be solicited.

MD Marine Electric 672 E 11th St Tacoma, WA 98421

Jordan Whitt JWhitt@mdmarineelectric.com Office: (253) 383-9983

Mobile: (562)522-1752

4. Market research conducted and the results (attach documentation as necessary).

There were at least four individual Maritime Electrical/Electronics vendors located within the Pacific Northwest region that were contacted either via phone or email to gather information as to whether they could provide the required equipment and services being requested. Additionally, the websites for Maritime Electrical/Electronics product and service vendors along the entire West Coast were reviewed to gauge whether any other vendors would be able to meet the Government’s requirement.

Various communications (email, voice, etc.) to a number of Maritime Electrical/Electronics service vendors located in the Pacific Northwest region; as well as review of trade publications and vendor websites; were conducted. The proposed vendor is the only vendor with availability and expertise that can complete the necessary actions in time to meet the ship’s underway schedule.

5. A statement of the actions the Agency may take to remove or overcome barriers to competition.

As shipboard Electrical/Electronics Systems approach end-of-life, a technical review of available technology will be conducted to select the replacement systems installed on NOAA ships in the future.

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief and the evidence presented herein forms the basis of, and supports the action being approved.

Donald E Jones________________________ 1 July 2026_______________ Technical Contact Date

Isaac Bright, Contracting Officer Date