Brand_Name_Exact_Match_Letter_ANC_Equipment_Procurement_pdf.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

U.S. ARMY MISSION AND INSTALLATION CONTRACTING COMMAND

925TH CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING BATTALION

31 QUARTERMASTER ROAD

FORT DRUM, NY 13602-5220

REPLY TO

ATTENTION OF

SAAC-OCIO 8 Feb 2019

MEMORANDUM FOR MICC-Fort Drum

SUBJECT: Brand Name Exact Match Memo for FedBid Buy #963994

1. In order to match existing inventory and ensure that employees have the best communication throughout the cemetery, Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) requires the acquisition of the products listed below.

Harris XL-185P portable Land Mobile Radios along with the trunking software and programming.

The reason the communications equipment is requested by name is due to ANC maintaining communications with Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall (JBM-HH) Law Enforcement. Multiple vendors sell these products, but ANC requires the specific approved manufactured model and brand from Superior Communications, as they have supplied the radios to JBM-HH and ANC requires rapid communication with Law Enforcement in case of emergencies.

2. Market research has been done online and it has been determined that no substitute items are currently available that will match the Superior communications brands.

3. For the reasons listed above, Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) requests the purchase of Harris XL-185P handheld radios.

JEFFREY A. STEINLAGE

LTC, SC

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