lsj.pdf

Single Source Justification

Western Area Power Administration

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), Simplified Acquisitions

19WA129567

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting office.

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Upper Great Plains Region, Billings, Montana.

2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs.

Voltage Stability Assessment and Enhancement (VSA&E) products as described in the bullet list below.

The software provides capabilities required capabilities by operations engineering to prevent voltage instability/collapse. The software licenses includes the necessary action to set-up a Voltage Stability

Assessment tool. The work will be completed by a fixed-price contract.

The software, installation, and training requested are:

Item

Item Description Qty

1 Trial License Fee – 3 Months 1

2 Data Bridge for RT/OS Cases NTE 150 hours

3 Voltage Stability – Real-Time Mode and on-line Study Mode (Software License)

4 Voltage Stability- Actionable Control Recommendation Engine (Software License)

5 Voltage Stability - Look Ahead Mode (Software License) 1

6 CREDIT: Trial License Fee 1

7 On-Site Training and Travel

User Manual, Technical Reference Guides, Documentation, Technical Support

(1) Year Bigwood Systems Product Warranty**

All Included at no charge

3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.

Bigwood Systems Inc. is the only vendor with the expertise and experience to provide the specific tools and installation requested. Bigwood Systems Inc retains the development and support staff for the software they created and are thus uniquely qualified to provide configuration support. They have completed previous set-up projects with other customers. Other contractors do not have the intricate experience with the tool or the data required to run an analysis using Bigwood Systmes Inc tools.

Bigwood Systems is equipped to train WAPA staff how to set-up, maintain and use the software to its fullest capability; including bridging and mapping the tool into our SCADA EMS system. The expertise will save time, money and efforts, as any other contractor would still require Bigwood Systems contracting hours in order to complete the project as. Bigwood Systems is the only company with all-inclusive knowledge to support the project from start to completion.