P03 - Brand Name JnA - Grass Valley.pdf

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification for Brand Name Only IAW FAR 13.106-1 For

Over Micro-Purchase Threshold but Not Exceeding the SAT ($250K)

Acquisition Plan Action ID:_ 36C776-24-AP-0261_

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Program Contracting

Activities Central (PCAC), Institute for Learning and Development (ILEAD) Production and Delivery (PD) manages a video production and post-production facility in Saint Louis, Missouri, which distributes training and communications programming to VA staff and to the veteran patient community.

2. Brief Description of Supplies/ Services required and the intended use/Estimated Amount: This support level agreement (SLA) provides ILEAD with Grass Valley Prime for “Multiview – Prime, CC and M – Prime, and Switcher-Prime.

Grass Valley service professionals will provide ILEAD staff with 24/7/365 telephone support, hardware advance exchange, and the software updates as needed to successfully maintain and quickly troubleshoot ~ 100 pieces of Grass Valley equipment.

3. Unique characteristics that limit availability to only one source, with the reason no other supplies or services can be used:

4. ILEAD PD utilizes Grass Valley equipment for video production an post production.

As the manufacturer, Grass Valley and its resellers are the only vendors that provide support level agreements for their equipment. Because of this no other service can be used to provide 24/7/365 telephone support, hardware advance exchange, and the software updates as needed to successfully maintain and quickly troubleshoot ~ 100 pieces of Grass Valley equipment.

5. Description of market research conducted and results or statement why it was not conducted:

In accordance with FAR Part 10, market research has been conducted for this acquisition. The following techniques were used:

SDVOSB/VOSB Sources via VetBiz (VIP): In accordance with VAAR Subpart 819.7004, 819.7005, 819.7006 - a search was conducted on https://vetbiz.va.gov/gov/ on 01/10/2024, to locate Service-Disabled-Veteran- Owned-Small-Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned-Small Business (VOSB) 2439 vendors were identified.

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Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice: A Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice was published to Contract Opportunities at https://sam.gov/content/home on January 25, 2024, through January 31, 2024; all 2439 vendors identified in the VIP search were emailed.

MARKET RESEARCH FINDINGS

In addition to the RFI, we emailed the equipment manufacturer, “Grass Valley” to enquire about authorized resellers of their support agreement. They replied that they have 4 authorized resellers of this service. All authorized resellers are listed.

6. Contracting Officer's Certification: Purchase is approved in accordance with FAR13.106-1(b). I certify that the foregoing justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Terry Hester Date Contracting Officer

Vendor SAM UEI Socio-Economic Category

Authorized by Grass Valley

DIGITAL VIDEO GROUP INC LNWMEFZ7J

UV9

SB Yes

GRASS VALLEY USA, LLC YHADQHFW4

WA6

SB BOD

GUERRERO PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES, INC

M94JMRP7K5

G5

SDVOSB No

IDENTITY CREATIVE, INC C86BEE3M6V

N7

SDVOSB No

J2C ENTERPRISE LLC FD1MUDH7V

BK8

SB Yes

JASPER STEWARD, LLC ZBCWK8LDE

7C5

SB No

ONE DIVERSIFIED LLC VSECQELAL

DY7

OTS Yes

TBC INTEGRATION, INC YB6KXXKSW

AZ9

SB Yes