A.02.05 JA for Brand Name_redacted.pdf

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Control No: LRH-FY22-57

Contracting Officer’s Determination – Limiting Competition at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

1. Contracting Activity: USACE, Huntington District, 502 8th Street, Huntington, WV 25701

2. Description of Action: W9123722Q0141 JWF ADAS Components

Nature: ☒ New Requirement ☐ Follow-on Requirement

Contract Vehicle: ☒ Purchase Order ☐ Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) ☐ Order/BPA against FSS Contract:

☐ Order against Multiple Award IDIQ Contract:

☐ Order against a single award IDC Contract:

☐ Modification to existing PO/TO/DO/Call Order

Pricing/Contract Type: ☒ Fixed Price ☐ Time & Materials/Labor Hours ☐ Cost Reimbursable ☐ Hybrid

Funds: ☒ Operations & Maintenance ☐ Army (OMA) ☐ CG funds ☐ Other Funds:

FY: 2022

Name of Proposed Contractor(s) and Address:

Geonor, Inc.

51 U.S. Highway 206 (Suite 201) Augusta, NJ 07822

Brand Name Buy: ☒ Yes ☐ No

3. Description of Services or Supplies:

Geonor is a registered company in SAM.gov for the acquisition and distribution of equipment and instruments from various manufacturers in addition to Geonor’s own line of products in the geotechnical, soil investigation, in-situ testing and meteorological fields. The goal in obtaining all of this equipment is to collect high accuracy data at a quicker response rate vs. monthly manual readings taken by project personnel. This is in support of the Huntington District Dam Safety Mission in conjunction with the instrumentation performance and monitoring subCoP for the collection of high quality, https://sam.gov/content/home https://usace.dps.mil/sites/TEN-GGM/SitePages/Instrumentation-and-Performance-Monitoring.aspx?source=https%3a//usace.dps.mil/sites/TEN-GGM/SitePages/Forms/ByAuthor.aspx accurate data. The collection of these readings will feed into the Huntington District’s instrumentation database platform (MIDAS). Due to the change in dam safety guidance, Huntington District has seen an increase in automated data acquisition systems over the past five (+) years.

Part No. Description Qty U/M

VW2100

0.35-MM

Micro vibrating wire piezometer (11mm dia. @ 0.35 MPa)

Ea

EL380004

2-pair cable x 22 AWG, red polyurethane jacket, 6.35mm ø Note: cable should be attached to the transducers listed above

M

DT2011B

Single channel vibrating wire (vw) data logger

CRSTAR-D_CELL-NA

Revision: E

DT20XX-M1

Post mount kit for DT data loggers DT2011B/DT2485 Part # PMB4045KIT

ELGL1206

FlexDAQ CR6 data logger:

DATALOGGER FOR MONITORING 13X DT2011B

THROUGHWIRELESS RSTAR NETWORKWITH

CELLULAR

Part No. Description Unit Price Qty U/M

INTERFACE AND DUAL AC AND SOLAR

POWER.INCLUDES: CR6 LOGGER w/USB, 24AH BATTERY WITH BRACKET,CH201

SMART CHARGINGREGULATOR 170 WATT

OR SMALLER, UNIVERSAL AC-DC

24VPOWER SUPPLY (1.25A)PHOENIX UNO,

50 WATT SOLAR PANEL AND POLE MOUNT

KIT,SDIO COM CABLE, CELL 205NORTH

AMERICA (NON VERIZON), INTERNAL

ANTENNA CABLERSMA TO N,

ANTENNASURGE PROTECTOR, 5M

ANTENNA CABLE, HG908U-PRO 8 DBIOMNI

ANTENNA, ELGL1800 -L900 RSTAR

INTERFACE HUB (900 MHZ),

FIBERGLASSENCLOSURE WITH BACK PANEL

&GROUND LUG, CABLE GLAND, MISC

FITTINGS ANDDOCUMENTATIONNOTE: ALL

FLEXDAQ LOGGERS ARE PRE-

PROGRAMMED ANDREADY TO RUN.NOTE:

CELLULAR MODEM ACTIVATION (PUBLIC

STATIC IP SIMCARD) TO BE COMPLETEDBY

CUSTOMER ON LOCAL CELLULAR

NETWORK. MONTHLYCELLULAR

SUBSCRIPTION ISRESPONSIBILITY OF

CUSTOMER.DATALOGGER READING

INTERVAL IS (4X/DAY)CELL MODEM

SCHEDULE TO BE (ALWAYS

Part No. Description Qty U/M

ON)144219 CR6, RSTAR, CELL205, DUAL AC-SOLAR

PSLabor- Remote

Professional services labor – remote service 4 Hr

PDS-

PPTR30

1/4" Pel Plug TR30 - Time Release Coated Bentonite Pellets, 5 gal. bucket, 50 lbs. 1200ft of bore holes at 3/4 in diameter = 10,800 in³ = 6.25 ft³ = 46.75gal

Period of Performance: 7/31/2022

Total Value:

4. Authority:

☒ FAR 13.106-1(b)(1): For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), only one source reasonably available, urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization.

Or

☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) and 8.405-6(b)(1) Brand Name ☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(A) Urgency ☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B) Only One Source is Capable ☐ FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C) Logical Follow-on

Or

☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B) Only One Awardee is Capable ☐ FAR 16.505(a)(4) Brand Name ☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(A) Urgency ☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(C) Logical Follow-on ☐ FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(D) Minimum Guarantee

5. Reasons for Authority Cited:

The minimum Government need is to procure both RST and Campbell Scientific components through a US distributor in Geonor, Inc. This equipment is compatible with the existing software and hardware currently in use by the Huntington District as well other District’s inside of LRD. These components will be used to collect instrumentation data on existing open-tube piezometers at the John W. Flannagan Dam project. Other brands could be used to meet mission requirements, but would require a complete overhaul of equipment, hardware, and software to meet current quality of product achieved through RST and Campbell Scientific products. Therefore, the use of these brand name descriptions is essential to the Government’s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by another company.

The utilization of Geonor, Inc. is based off market research and prior solicitation document requirements. Geonor, Inc. is a certified distributor and authorized dealer within the continental United States and has worked closely with other government entities. Therefore, the use of essential RST and Campbell Scientific brand names require the services of an authorized dealer to meet the Government’s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product sold by another vendor.

Not acquiring these components will hinder both the installation and operation of collection of critical instrumentation data for Operations Division and the Dam and Levee Engineering Section. The dam and levee engineering section widely supports the Huntington District Mission and has worked closely with Operations personnel to convert and bring up-to-date outdated instrumentation and monitoring systems over the past few years.

6. Publicizing Contract Actions: For FAR Part 13 actions, the public display and synopsis requirements of FAR 5.101 and FAR 5.203 ☒ do not apply due to the dollar threshold, ☐ apply and will be followed, or ☐ do not apply due to an exception at 5.202

Requirement to post justification in accordance with FAR 8.405-6(b)(3), FAR 13.105(c), or FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii)(A)

☐ Action is NOT a brand name restriction and is under SAT, no posting required ☐ Action is a brand name restriction, under $25K, no posting required ☒ Action is a brand name restriction, over $25K. It will be redacted and posted with the solicitation.

☐ Action is a brand name restriction over $25K but will not be posted due to exception:

☐ FAR 6.305(f) ☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(A) ☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(B) ☐ FAR 8.405-6(b)(3)(iii)(C) ☐ FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii(C)

7. Market Research: The Dam and Levee Engineering Section has not found any other components by various manufacturers that will meet the mission requirements. All of the current transducers, data loggers, and office software processing are RST and Campbell Scientific units, and the software is proprietary to the hardware and workflow.

The District has no other options from a secondary software manufacturer. Andrew Sobonya, and Jordan Babbington preformed independent internet searches on or about March 18, 2022 for other systems and held teleconference calls with various manufacturers. The RST and Campbell Scientific components contain the functionality necessary to complete the field installations and to support the instrumentation performance and monitoring (dam safety) mission, which allows for seamless integration into our extensive existing infrastructure. No other manufacturers within the geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring community were found to perform the requirements necessary to carry out the District’s mission for instrumentation and monitoring. The District will require that the awardee be located within a 600-mile radius of the District Office due to the nature of equipment support and field technical support.

8. Other Facts: N/A

9. Technical/Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

09/20/2022

Andrew Sobonya, Technical Lead Date

10. Contracting Officer Certification/Approval:

I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based upon price analysis.

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that completing this purchase as a sole source is in the best interest of the Government. Additionally, I approve this justification to limit competition subject to the availability of funds and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

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Cynthia A. Oxley, Contracting Officer Date

Date: 2022.09.20 12:29:28 -04'00'