Attachment 4 - Brand Name Justification_Redacted1.pdf

This is a U.S. Coast Guard Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition under FAR 12.102(a), FAR Class Deviation 25-21, documenting a brand name justification for a commercial products procurement.

The U.S. Coast Guard C5ISC requires annual maintenance and licenses for TimeControl software, which supports high-volume field data collection for labor, material, equipment, and production tracking by the Industrial Operations Division and USCG Yard. The collected data is shared with internal systems including GovTA, FSMS, and NESSS. The contract period runs from 06 July 2026 through 05 July 2027, with an estimated total value over the micro-purchase threshold but below the SAT. The justification cites brand name as the basis for restricting competition, asserting that only Heuristic Management Systems Inc.'s TimeControl product meets current USCG system requirements due to interoperability with existing approved Government systems. The manufacturer is located at 189 Hymnus, Suite 402, Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 1E9 Canada (UEI: SDSAQVK1JTZ8), with QuantumPM listed as an authorized reseller (UEI: MVJXKARNGU63). The Coast Guard maintains that TimeControl is essential for supporting specialized industrial field contractors conducting routine maintenance on ships, airplanes, and equipment, and that no alternative products can fulfill the requirement without preventing proper data collection and tracking. Fair and Reasonable Price Determination methods include Market Research as the selected approach. The document was last updated 03/03/2026.