1.04 Justification NC Brand Name Justification At or Below SAT-N0434A22RC00029 .pdf

Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104

JUSTIFICATION FOR BRAND NAME (Simplified Acquisitions - MPT to <$250K)

Document number: N0434A22RC00029

The supplies or services described herein are being solicited on a brand name mandatory basis and competition is precluded for reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available for the supplies or services.

Check One:

☐ Service:

Contractor:

Contractor Address:

Contractor POC:

Phone #:

Email:

Cage Code/DUNS:

☒ Supply:

Restricted to the following source. If a sole source manufacturer distributes via dealers, ALSO provide dealer information.)

Original Manufacturer Name: Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc.

Manufacturer: Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc.

Manufacturer POC: Steve Fritzmann Manufacturer Phone No./ Email: 312.226.2004 / stevef@lyonhealy.com Manufacturer Address: 168 North Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60607-1465 Dealer/Rep: Washington Music Sales, Inc.

Dealer/Rep Address 11151 Viers Mill RD, Wheaton, MD 20902-2533 Dealer POC/Phone No./Email: Melody O’Neill, 301.946.8808, melodyo@chucklevins.com Dealer Rep: GT Music, Inc.

Dealer/Rep Address 1030 Route 10 West, Randolph, NJ 07869 Dealer POC/Phone No./Email: Niel Di Lorenzo, 973.927.5800 x 110, neil@themusicden.com

☒ Description of the supplies or services required, the estimated price/cost, and required delivery date.

Quantity (2) new Concert Grand Pedal Harp, Model Style No. 23, Bronze-Ebony

Trade-In (3) Concert Grand Pedal Harps – Lyon & Healy / Salvi Harp Technician Guild Appraisal Lyon & Healy, Model Style No. 23, Serial No. 4351 Lyon & Healy, Model Style No. 17, Serial No. 4694 Lyon & Healy, Model Style No. 23, Serial No. 4040

Required Delivery Date: 120 Days ADC

Background: Harp manufacturer brands do not utilize standardized string spacing or string tensions that must adhere to other manufacturers. String spacing is the available octave range for the harp and string spacing ranges from narrow to wide or graduated depending on the harp type, (pedal or lever), as well as the manufacturer - brand, and model style. The string tension refers to how much “give” there is in a string when it is plucked that varies according to harp type (pedal or lever). Typically, harp musicians learn to play a specific manufacturer – brand and are unable to perform or transition on an instrument made from another manufacturer due to differences in string spacing and string tension.

Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc. Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc. is a small business and the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), repairer and distributor of the requested musical instrument. Only the requested concert grand pedal harps will seemingly fit into the current inventory on hand. No other known concert grand pedal harp in the marketplace to date can satisfy this government need. In Conclusion, the requested Lyon & Healy Concert Grand Pedal Harp, Model Style No. 23 represents the minimum requirements of the government.

☒ The requested supply represents the minimum requirements to the government.

☒ The supplies or services must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit and function) with existing systems presently installed/performing. Describe the equipment/function you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect, or interface with the existing system.

The US Navy Band uses only Lyon & Healy harps since its inception as a Command. The harpist identified after a highly competitive audition process performs exclusively on this manufacture’s instruments. Fulfilling this requirement with another brand would be in direct conflict with the performance practice of the member, necessitating a transition to another brand which may not result in the same qualities of performance for which they were identified as qualified by the Navy Band.

☒ A patent, copyright or proprietary data limits competition.

Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc. owns and maintains proprietary data for the requested Concert Grand Pedal Harp, Model Style No. 23.

☒ These are "direct replacement" parts/components for existing equipment.

The requested instruments will replace out of life cycle instruments of the same brand. Replacement by another brand will create incompatible performance technique for which the member would need to shift in an attempt to reproduce the same quality of performance on an inconsistent inventory.

☒ Other information to support a brand name action:

Any proposed acquisition on behalf of the U.S. Navy Band must undergo testing and evaluation by each musician. A great deal of research and playing experience has resulted in the determination that only these harps can meet the needs of the US Navy Band and members that will perform and utilize these instruments.

Document Number: N0434A22RC00029

I CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF

MY KNOWLEDGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCESSING OF THIS BRAND NAME MANDATORY

JUSTIFICATION PRECLUDES THE USE OF FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.

1/14/22

Signature: Date:

SCPO MUSC Michael Curtis

Activity: U.S. Navy Band Title: Contracting Representative

I HEREBY DETERMINE THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CONTRACT ACTION DEEM ONLY ONE

BRAND REASONABLY AVAILABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).

Contracting Officer Signature: Date: 1/18/2022 Jennifer M. Vatousiou (Patton), Contract Specialist

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk Contracting Department - Groton Office