BRAND_NAME_JOTFOC_ZB026A.pdf

Justification for Brand Name Mandatory for Acquisitions under $150K

1. Vessel: 11 O' WPB Coastal Patrol Boats

2. PR#

3. Description of Supplies or Services: The purchase of four (04) Hatch, Marine; PIN:

NSN: 2040-01-293-5642 used on the 110' WPB Coastal Patrol Boats

Watertight Doors.

4. Estimated Value of Procurement :

Estimated cost each

Estimated Total PR Cost:

5. Source Requested:

Advantec MFG Freeman Marine Equipment Inc.

28336 Hunters Creek Road - P.O. Box F Gold Beach, OR.97444

(800) 770-0455 Ext. 3150 POC: Shelly Carpenter

6. Pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.106-l (b), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if they determine that the circumstances of contract action deem only one source reasonably available:

Check the appropriate reason below:

XX Br and Name Mandatory

7. Impact Statement:

The Door/Hatch Marine listed in this JOTFOC is the standard issue currently being installed on the 110' WPB's. The original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the Door and Hatch, Marine is Advantec MFG Freeman Marine Equipment Inc. The Door and Hatch, Marine must conform to size, materials, mounting and operating requirements.

The 11 O' WPB vessels have mandated standard configuration requirements so another vendors' Door Marine will not meet this requirement. The original door and hatch manufacturer (Eacco Inc) went out of business abruptly in the spring of 2014. The Coast Guard attempted to have doors and hatches manufactured by multiple companies for two years using Coast Guard provided draw!_ngs and specifications with no success. In the meantime vessels were stuck with doors and hatches that were not operating properly. In the spring of 2016 the Coast Guard solicited vendors who could provide doors and hatches with the same form, fit or function to be evaluated. Once evaluated a vendor would be picked. Only one vendor, Freeman Marine Equipment Inc submitted drawings for review. After review and changes, the drawings were accepted and doors and hatches have been being manufactured successfully.

The 11 O' WPB cutters routinely operate in bad weather and heavy sea state conditions during normal operations. These operations include search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, illegal migration prevention and homeland security missions in international and territorial waters. The Door and Hatch, Marine currently installed and identified in this acquisition was tested to meet the existing vessel manufacturer requirements and specifications. The failure of the Door and Hatch, Marine during active operations could cause personal injury as well damage from water intrusion and possible flooding, premature metal failure due to corrosion or failure to meet unit mission requirements. There are other Door and Hatch, Marine, available, however determining the equivalency of a non-Advantec MFG Freeman Marine Equipment Inc Door and Hatch, Marine will require operational testing, design reviews and system/sub-system re engineering to determine their suitability. This effort will require costs that would be diverted from other logistics elements which then would impact other support areas for the 11 O' WPB. Failing to perform these additional efforts and accepting without evaluation a so called equivalent Door and Hatch, Marine is unacceptable and may result in potential personal injuries, reduced reliability, reduced safety, increased maintainability and increased logistical costs which will impact Coast Guard Mission requirements.

8. Explain why an adequate purchase description or other information suitable to solicit by Full and Open Competition has not been developed or are not suitable.

All reproduction manufacturing drawings, specifications, and other technical data pertaining to the Advantec MFG Freeman Marine Equipment Inc Door and Hatch, Marine were not purchased by the Coast Guard and are not available for use by the Coast Guard now. The Coast Guard does not possess manufacturing data required to obtain full and open competition. Furthermore, the scop_e of manufacturing, special tools and equipment required to manufacture the Advantec MFG Freeman Marine Equipment Inc Door and Hatch, Marine are unknown. The technical data needed is proprietary. Without the adequate data, the Coast Guard is not capable of evaluating an equal or alternate Door and Hatch, Marine manufactured by other than the OEM. The use of the OEM Doors will ensure components and processes are sufficient to enable physical and functional interchangeability, as well as identifying source, size, configuration and performance requirements. Vendors other than OEM shall provide documentation certifying the Door and Hatch, Marine meet OEM specifications and standards and they pertain to the 11 O' WPB Patrol Vessels.

9. Provide a Statement of Actions, if any, the government may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before future acquisitions are required.

The COR will conduct market research with a focus on finding multiple sources for future procurement of this item, however without the proprietary data mentioned above this will be difficult.

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Technical Representative

B~S~ Contracting Officer

1/10/2017

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