4.03 SSJ Redacted.pdf

Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104

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

Document number: N0957724RC004F1

The supplies or services described herein are being solicited on a sole source basis or brand name 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: General Electric Manufacturer: Avid Controls Manufacturer POC: Erin Bauer Manufacturer Phone #: (412) 298-7204 Manufacturer Address: 101 N Campus Dr, Imperial, PA 15126 Dealer/Rep: Erin Bauer Dealer/Rep Address Phone No. (412) 298-7204 Email: erin.bauer@ge.com

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

This is a new requirement for the replacement and upgrade of the existing General Electric Company AFT Bow Thruster T2 Drive Rectifier onboard TSV5 Vindicator. This is a direct one-for-one replacement of the failed part. Cost Estimate: $33,322.15. The required delivery date is 27 weeks, once the contract is awarded.

Describe in detail why only this source can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources.

(what specific characteristics of the supplies or services limit the availability to a sole source (e.g., unique features, function of the item, etc.)?)

This is a sole source action for the provision of TSV5 Vindicator GE Automation upgrade support to services that are currently performed under Contract N0018922P0676. Contract N0018922P0676 was awarded 15 September 2022 on a sole source basis as a firm fixed-price contract to General Electric Company, GE Energy (USA), LLC; the existing contract expires on 30 September 2023.

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.

Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104

A patent, copyright or proprietary data limits competition.

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

Other information to support a sole source action:

TSV5 Vindicator, was built around a General Electric Company, GE Energy integrated system - Automation, Drive Controls, Dynamic Positioning, Power Management (in its entirety, from generation to delivery), alarm systems, monitoring, etc. All of which are proprietary to General Electric Company, GE Energy (USA), LLC.

The ship/vessel is an integrated system. For example, the “Steering System”, this vessel does not have rudders, it has a 360 degree rotating azimuth thrusters. The existing General Electric Company, GE Energy integrated system has over 19,000 pages of documentation, so it is incredible complex. Use of another product could void any warranties and is not guaranteed to work within the integrated system of the TSV5 Vindicator.

Document number:

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

MY KNOWLEDGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCESSING OF THIS SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

PRECLUDES THE USE OF FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.

19DEC23

Signature Date

Carrier Strike Group Four – TSVRON4 Logistic Management Specialist Activity Title

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

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

Contracting Officer Signature Date

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk Contracting Department <<adjust as necessary – Philadelphia Office, Mechanicsburg Office>>

16JAN24

SLEDGE-

ILTIS.ANN.ELIZAB

ETH.1174525206

Digitally signed by SLEDGE-

ILTIS.ANN.ELIZABETH.117452

Date: 2024.01.16 12:49:43 -05'00'

MILLER.SAMANTHA.ALEXI

S MULLANEY.1092827662

Digitally signed by

MILLER.SAMANTHA.ALEXIS

MULLANEY.1092827662