A27_Non_comp_signed_Redacted.pdf

This is a Memorandum to the File documenting the justification for using other than full and open competition for a single-source acquisition under the simplified acquisition threshold.

The procurement is for Schneider Electric USA, Inc. and authorized distributors located in Boston, MA (CAGE 56365) to supply Schneider Electric Square D brand components. Specifically, the acquisition covers two bus ways or bus bars to replace failed existing equipment, with a total dollar value not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. The required items include one SQD H-line bus way segment, two SWD PHD3620GN-CB units, two SQD PHD36030GN-CB units, one SQD PHD36060GN-CB unit, one SQD K-line bus way segment, ten SQD PHD36020GN-CB units, four SQD PHD36030GN-CB units, and one SQD PHD36150GN-CB unit. The required delivery date is 60 days after award of contract (ADC).

The justification for single-source procurement is based on brand name requirement. The material must be procured from Schneider Electric as the OEM and be of the Square D line to serve as a direct replacement for existing Government-owned equipment that is in electrical failure. The contracting officer determined that using another OEM's products would require additional electrical studies and modifications to Government-owned tooling and existing structural support infrastructure, making it inefficient to the requirement. The contracting officer, Kelly Lynn Kapanzhi, approved the use of other than full and open competition on this acquisition.