06 JA limitedunder250k N0534A20MPFL037.pdf

Limited Sources/Sole Source Rationale

For all Requirements under $250K

1. REQUIRING AGENCY AND CONTRACTING OFFICE:

Requesting Agency:

Pacific Missile Range Facility

32 Miles West Kaumuali’i Hwy

Kekaha, HI 96752-0128

Contracting Activity:

DISA/DITCO/PL72

477 Essex Street, Building 77, Suite 129

Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-5815

2. Procurement Title: Koke'e and Makaha Aerial Fiber Maintenance FY20

Funding Document Number: N0534A20MPFL037

Purchase Request Number: Same as the funding document number

Contract Number: To be determined

Task/Delivery Order Number: N/A

Estimated Value: $40,797.75

3. Statutory Authority: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1/DFARS 206.302-1.

4. Description of Action: The nature of this contractual action is maintenance of an aerial fiber optic cable required to support data transport capabilities between Pacific

Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands main base site and PMRF’s remote instrumentation sites at Koke'e and Makaha Ridge. The fiber optic cable is owned by the Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) who provides PMRF exclusive use of a portion of the fiber cable via an existing Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA).

Additionally, per the MOA, the aerial fiber optic cable (which resides in the electrical space on KIUC transmission and distribution poles) is solely owned and operated by

KIUC. While KIUC reserves 60 of the 72 total strands of fiber contained with the cable for PMRF use, the MOA states that the Government does not have any access to any of the poles, ducts, conduits, rights-of-way, or any utility property including the installed aerial fiber optic cable owned by KIUC. KIUC retains exclusive use of the remaining 12 strands.

5. Proposed Sole Source Contractor: Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC)

6. Market Research: As the sole owner of the fiber optic cable, and the owner of the majority of the infrastructure that the fiber cable is installed on, KIUC is the only source available to conduct the maintenance. KIUC is the only company with ownership and access rights to the poles, ducts, conduits, rights-of-way, and any utility property including the installed aerial fiber optic cable. No other options exist to go to another source to repair the KIUC-owned fiber optic cable. Going to another source would require installation of a new fiber optic cable at an exponentially higher cost than maintaining the existing cable, not to mention violating the MOA.

Based on current market research, dated 09 January 2020, it has been determined that only the aforementioned service provided by KIUC, can fully support the Governments need.

7. Upon the basis of the following justification, I, as the Contracting Officer, hereby approve this sole source justification for the proposed contract action pursuant to the authority cited above as the particular service is essential to the Government's requirements, and market research indicates other companies' products or services do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the agency's needs.

Based on the justification provided by PMRF, a determination has been made to issue a sole source solicitation for the above described requirement.

Prepared by:

ANSON LEE

Communications Engineer/PMRF

Approved:

MEGAN M. SMITH

DITCO Contracting Officer