Attachment 2 - Brand Name Class Justification and Approval.pdf

This document is a Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other Than Full and Open Competition, specifically for the Department of the Air Force's HVAC chiller standardization initiative. The J&A covers HVAC chiller purchases from October 2024 through September 2029, with an estimated contract value of $437.5M for 1,654 chiller units (replacing chillers at least 17 years old). The procurement aims to reduce overall total cost of ownership by limiting HVAC chiller brand manufacturers at Air Force installations, with a focus on standardizing to a select group of manufacturers.

Key benefits of the standardization include reducing training costs (estimated $50M savings), improving cybersecurity, enhancing maintenance resilience, and supporting small businesses. The initiative will concentrate on 87 installations, with twelve bases already at least 80% standardized. The chiller manufacturers selected represent 77% of the total DAF HVAC chiller inventory, including Trane (50%), Carrier (22%), Daikin (5%), York (3%), and others. The procurement is a small business set-aside, with 92% of chiller purchases historically made with small businesses, and the strategy has been vetted through a 2018 Category Intelligence Report and industry market research.