JA Panasonic Brand Name Redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

The Kennedy Center

PART I-BACKGROUND

1. Date: Monday,

2. Program Office: Production Operations

3. Contracting Officer's Technical Representative:

4. Description of Services Required:

Provide Panasonic projectors and lens for use building wide.

5. Need By Date or Period of Performance:

6. Estimated Amount:

7. Proposed Contractor/Manufacturer and contact information

1. Authority Cited:

Panasonic Connect North America 2 Riverfront Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102

1-888-245-6344

PART II - Justification

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C.

253©(2) in accordance with;

[ ]FAR 6.302-1. only one responsible source _This authority shall be used, if appropriate, in preference to the authority in 6.302-7; it shall not be used when any of the other circumstances is applicable. Use of this authority may be appropriate in situations such as the following

(these examples are not intended to be all inclusive and do not constitute authority in and of themselves): (1) When there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the agency's minimum needs can only be satisfied by unique supplies or services available from only one source or only one supplier with unique capabilities; (2) The existence of limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights, or secret processes; the control of basic raw material; or similar circumstances, make the supplies and services available from only one source (however, the mere existence of such rights or circumstances does not in and of itself justify the use of these authorities) (see Part 27). (3) When acquiring utility services (see 41.101), circumstances may dictate that only one supplier can furnish the service (see 41.202): or when the contemplated contract is for construction of a part of a utility system and the utility company itself is the only source available to work on the system. ( 4) When the agency head has determined in accordance with the agency's standardization program that only specified makes and models of technical equipment and parts will satisfy the agency's needs for additional units or replacement items, and only one source is available.

_x__ Brand name. An acquisition that uses a brand name description or other purchase description to specify a particular brand name, product, or feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer does not provide for full and open competition regardless of the number of sources solicited.

[ ]FAR 6.302-2. Unusual and compelling urgency.

An unusual and compelling urgency precludes full and open competition; and (2) Delay in award of a contract would result in serious injury, financial or other, to the Government

8. A listing of the sources, if any, that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

9. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services required.

.PART III - CERTIFICATION/APPROVAL

1. .Program Office;

I certify that this request to procure services using the authorities cited in FAR 6.3 (Other than Full and Open Competition) is made in good faith, that the supporting data and information are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Program Director

2. ,Contracting Officer;

Date

I certify that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Contracting Officer

3. Director, Contracting Office concurrence

Date

12/16/2024