2.2.1 Sole Source Justification under SAT FAR 13.1 HAVOC 1_07.11.2025-Fully Executed_Redacted.pdf
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This Sole Source Justification (SSJ) document details a vehicle repair procurement for the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Civil Disturbance Unit (CDU). The document justifies a sole source contract with Patriot Fire LLC in Grasonville, MD to repair a Platoon Support Vehicle (a large fire truck-sized vehicle) that sustained damage to its left side and wheel well area. The repair requires specialized technical work including sheet metal fabrication, body work, frame repair, repainting, and decal replacement.
The justification emphasizes that Patriot Fire LLC is the only authorized body shop within a 50-mile radius capable of performing the complex repairs, with the next closest qualified shop over 200 miles away in Virginia Beach. The procurement will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures under FAR 13.106, with the repair being critical to maintaining the CDU's mission capabilities. The document notes that the vehicle has an associated warranty that further supports Patriot Fire LLC as the preferred vendor for the repair.
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\Sole Source Justification (SSJ) For Simplified Acquisitions (over the micro-purchase threshold and up to the Simplified
Acquisition Threshold (SAT)) pursuant to FAR 13.106, including Brand Name
SSJ No: Page 1 of 2
03.21.2022 v.1.0
SSJ Number: PR Number:
Sole Source Justification
1. Agency and Contracting Activity.
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Procurement Division, proposes to enter a contract on behalf of the Uniformed Division.
2. Nature and/or description of the item/service being procured and anticipated cost.
The Uniformed Division Civil Disturbance Unit (CDU) maintains a Platoon Support Vehicle (large fire truck size vehicle). This Platoon Support Vehicle provides command and control to 1st amendment gatherings. Additionally, this vehicle provides support to crowd management tasking and support intermediate and advance public order response teams to serious disorder as well as serve as a rehabilitation location for the CDU teams. This Platoon Support Vehicle sustained damage to the left side and left wheel well area because of an accident. This procurement seeks to repair the damage at the affected area, which includes repairing the body, frame, and repainting. Patriot Fire LLC, 215 Pullman Crossing, PO Box 69, Grasonville, MD, 21638 is the only authorized body shop within a 50-mile radius of RTC equipped to repair damage to the Platoon Support Vehicle. Patriot Fire, LLC submitted a repair estimate in the amount of .
3. Identification of the authority and rationale.
The proposed procurement will utilize simplified acquisition procedures and will be awarded on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) and as specified below.
Only one source reasonably available:
☒ Other. Only one source is capable.
• Although there are many autobody shops in the National Capital Region equipped to repair passenger vehicles, Patriot Fire LLC, 215 Pullman Crossing, PO Box 69, Grasonville, MD, 21638 is the only authorized body shop within a 50-mile radius of RTC equipped to repair damage to the CDU Platoon Support Vehicle (which is a large, fire truck size vehicle). According to the estimate, the repair includes sheet metal fabrication and other highly technical repair procedures including body work, frame repair, repainting and replacing decals. According to the program official, the next closest body shop authorized to repair such large fire truck size vehicles is in the Virginia Beach VA area, over 200 miles away which is not practical or cost effective to travel for body shop repairs. This repair is critical to the CDU mission and without repairing the vehicle as necessary, as soon as possible, additional damage could occur to the vehicle, further increasing the cost of repairs. The
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