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Sole Source Justification Memorandum for Record
This document is a Sole Source Justification memorandum issued by the Department of the Air Force, United States Space Force, Space Launch Delta 30 (SLD30), Contracting Office (30 CONS/PKB). The procurement action involves a sole source service request for evaluation and repair of three Photo Sonic Nanosextant BCU (Board Control Unit) computers. The requiring activity is SLD30/2ROPS. The contracting officer, Christopher Hummel (GS-12, USAF), certifies that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.
The justification for sole source procurement is based on several technical and operational factors. Exact replacement components for the failed internal systems are no longer manufactured or available through alternative sources. Photo Sonics possesses the exact replacement components originally ordered in bulk during system buildup and sparing phases. The BCU units are loaded with non-standard proprietary software that only Photo Sonics can validate for compatibility and proper functionality. The BCU serves as the critical component of the PANDA system and is integral to multiple feedback loops; alternative vendors cannot reliably predict or test the impact of replacement components on these feedback loops or overall system performance. Attempts to source replacements through in-house repair proved unsuccessful, establishing the necessity for the sole source procurement action.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE
SPACE LAUNCH DELTA 30
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
FROM: 30 CONS/PKB
SUBJECT: Sole Source Justification for PANDA BCU Evaluation
1. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Processed:
The requiring activity, SLD30/2ROPS, requests the sole source procurement for service request for a evaluation for repair of 3ea Photo Sonic Nanosextant BCU computers..
2. Efforts to Obtain Competition: Attempted to source replacements of internal comments that have failed for in-house repair. Exact replacements are no longer manufactured or available. Photo Sonics is known to have exact replacement components as they were ordered in bulk for system buildup and sparing.
3. Identification of the Justification/Rationale for Sole Source and Demonstration of the Contractor's Unique Qualifications: The BCU is loaded with non standard proprietary software. Only Photo Sconics can truly know if a replacement component is a suitable sub and truly FFF. The BCU is the heart of the PANDA the system and involved in various feedback loops. Another vendor can not predict or effectively test the impact on those feed back loops and over all performance of the system.
4. Contracting Officer Certification: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable and that this sole source justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Christopher Hummel GS-12, USAF Contracting Officer PKB
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