Attachment 3 Fair Opportunity Exception_Redacted.pdf

Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity or to Use Brand-Name Restriction

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Is this a brand-name justification? Yes No Please provide the product title and description. [ FAR16.505(a)(4)(i) ]

Brand-Name Product Title: RAF Fairford TDMA RF Site Capacity Expansion

Brand-Name Product Description: Motorola Radio Equipment Upgrade

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan? Yes No

Contracting Activity: 501st Regional Contracting Office, RAF Alconbury, UK

Purchase Request / Local ID Number: /

Program Name (and Program Element, if applicable): RAF Fairford TDMA RF Site Expansion

Estimated Cost/Price of the Order (including options): $

Type Program (see AFFARS 5302.101 for definitions): PEO Program Other Contracting

Type of D etermination: Individual Class Expires: [ click and select ]

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(1) Contracting Activity:

501st Regional Contracting Office, RAF Alconbury, UK

(2) Nature and/or description of the action being approved:

Restriction of competition to a brand name, Motorola.

(3) Description of the supplies/services required to meet the agency's needs:

Implement the upgrade of the current Radio Frequency (RF) site from Frequency-Division Multiple Access (FDMA) to Time- Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technology, effectively doubling RAF Fairford's capacity as TDMA technology allows for two simultaneous talk groups to operate on a single channel. This upgrade includes programming 58 Motorola FDMA-capable legacy radios augmenting the 100 recently procured Motorola 6000 TDMA-capable radios. This is primarily an application upgrade & Zone Core Licensing exercise which will double current capacity, endow legacy Motorola FDMA-capable equipment with TDMA capabilities ensuring all radios are system compatible, as well as ensure future scalability is incorporated into the existing system.

(4) Justification for restricting consideration to a brand-name item:

This is a justification for a Brand Name award. The USAF, in compliance with the Public-Safety Communication Officials (APCO) Project 25, is required to procure only Motorola or Harris Corporation Land Mobile Radio equipment. The 501st CSW's entire land mobile radio inventory, including & is Motorola equipment. Due to encryption issues, Harris equipment would be incompatible with 501 CSW's current Motorola inventory. TDMA enhancement is a license and software update at the core and attached radio frequency sites. The only company that this can be ordered from is Motorola, although any service center could implement. The use of any other vendors' equipment would require either replacing the whole of United States Air Forces in Europe infrastructure or result in RAF Fairford being isolated from the current network in contravention to APCO Project 25 requirements.

(5) Contracting Officer's determination that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable:

The 501 RCO intends on using the Tactical Communications Equipment and Services II (TACCOM II) contract. This contract was awarded via the Department of Homeland Security and has a total of 42 vendors, many of which provide Motorola products and services. Prices were determined to be fair and reasonable at the time the contract was awarded. With respect to brand name, Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity or to Use Brand-Name Restriction

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November 2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 2 of 2 adequate competition exists among the vendors and the anticipated price of the order will be fair and reasonable based on adequate competiton.

(6) Other facts supporting the justification:

The AF had an enterprise-wide class Justification and Approval (J&A) which used the authority under FAR 6.302-1(c) for Motorola and Harris brand land mobile radio equipment. This class J&A expired on 30 September 2020.

(7) Actions the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to decreasing the use of brand-name items before any subsequent acquisition of the supplies or services:

501 CSW/RCO will procure via the US Government-wide Tactical Communications (TacCom-II) contracting vehicle. TacCom-II includes a listing of pre-approved & certified vendors who are capable of providing both Motorola Land Mobile Radio equipment and services. Under the circumstances, the best price will be considered very competitive.

(8) Program Manager's certification that supporting data is accurate and complete:

As evidenced by my signature below, I certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my responsibility, is both accurate and complete.

(9) Contracting Officer's certification that the justification is accurate and complete:

As evidenced by my signature below, I certify that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(10) Approving Official's determination that FAR16.505(a)(4)(i) applies to the order:

As evidenced by my signature below, I hereby determine that the use of brand-name restriction applies.

Date

14 Apr 2020

Program Manager

SSgt, USAF

/ DSN

Signature

Date

14 Apr 2020

Contracting Officer

501 CSW/RCO /

Signature Digitally signed

Date: 2020.04.14 08:38:45 +01'00'