Attachment 3 - Brand Name Justification.pdf
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- BRAND NAME Rohde & Schwarz 50 GHz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- NB672020-26-01182
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This is a Brand Name Justification document for federal contract requirement NB672020-26-01182 requesting a Rohde & Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA), either new or used demo model. The contracting officer, Clifford Nicholson, justifies the brand name restriction based on integration compatibility with existing laboratory test infrastructure at CTL (Calibration Test Laboratory). The current facility operates a Rohde & Schwarz ZVA50 Vector Network Analyzer that is integral to the antenna laboratory's infrastructure and provides mission-required antenna calibrations.
The justification cites multiple factors supporting the brand name requirement: CTL personnel have extensive training and considerable experience with the existing Rohde & Schwarz equipment; replacement with alternative equipment would disrupt antenna calibration services; alternative vendors would require extensive rework of control bus configuration programming; competing equipment cannot meet laboratory requirements for ease of integration and employee training investments; and alternative platforms cannot integrate with the facility's decade-old catalog of calibration data. The document concludes that selecting other vendor hardware would be cost- and time-prohibitive and could hinder CTL process efficiency. The document was digitally signed on May 8, 2026.
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| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NB672020-26-01182 - RFQ.pdf | ||
| Attachment 1 - Specifications.pdf | ||
| Attachment 2 - Provisions and Clauses.pdf |
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BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION
Requirement. NB672020-26-01182 – Rohde & Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA)
This is a brand name requirement for Rohde & Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). This acquisition is for new or used demo model Rohde & Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA).
This purchase must be BRAND NAME Rohde & Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) due to integration compatibility with existing laboratory test infrastructure and directly replacing the existing vector network analyzer. CTL personnel have trained extensively on this equipment and have considerable experience with the current Rohde & Schwarz ZVA50 Vector Network Analyzer. The existing Rohde & Schwarz analyzer is incorporated throughout the facility’s antenna laboratory infrastructure and provides mission-required antenna calibrations.
Replacement with non-Rohde & Schwarz equipment would have a disruptive impact on the laboratory’s antenna calibration services. Alternative equipment would require extensive rework of the control bus configuration programming. Alternative platforms could not meet the laboratory's requirements for ease of integration, employee training investments, and would not integrate with the extensive catalog of calibration data amassed over the past decade. Choosing other vendor hardware and support would be cost- and time-prohibitive and could hinder the efficiency of CTL processes.
Clifford Nicholson, Contracting Officer
| 2026-05-08T17:56:46-0500 | |
| CLIFFORD NICHOLSON |
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