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Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition Bureau of Land Management FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) Simplified Acquisitions FY24 Indio Hill Lease

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting office.

DOI, Bureau of Land Management, CA State Office Support Services Division, Telecommunications Branch 2800 Cottage Way, Ste. W-1623, Sacramento, CA 95825-1886

2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency’s needs.

Government requires leasing of radio vault and antenna tower space at the following site(s):

· Indio Hill – Located in Riverside County, CA The specific antenna(s) / radio(s) to be housed at this site are the following:

· Codan MT – 4E / MT-5 Repeaters

· Telewave Omnidirectional Collinear (ANTF150-2 or equalivelent)

3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.

No competing sources exist for this requirement. There is a required area of signal coverage to ensure the safety of BLM employees that have the need to use radios while working in the field. The contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available, In Accordance With (IAW):

· FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements

· FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition

4. A description of the Market Research (MR) conducted and the results or a statement of the reason MR was not conducted.

The Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) reviewed the prior pricing and contracts, as well as discussed, the differences in pricing between use of a public entity versus a private firm.

Additionally, consideration of the past performance of incumbent(s) and the costs to relocate the equipment to an entirely different mountain were also discussed and considered to be prohibitively high.

5. Price estimate, including all options, if applicable.

The total Base Year value for all sites being setup, which include one-time setup fees, is estimated at around $ 6,859.80

6. Recommended source.

The only source that can provide this service at this location at this time is the following:

1. The BLM staff needs to establish a communications site lease at Indio Hill to support the California Desert District -Plam Springs Resource Area two-way radio infrastructure.

2. The site must be capable storing three BLM Codan Model MT4E repeaters, three Sinclair duplexers Model Q2220E, two -Astron 50M –BB power supply, Low voltage disconnect, two - Battery trays, four gel cell batteries, three- Band Pass Cavities, three- Pre-Amplifiers, hybrid combiner, three Crescend Amplifiers, and the equipment needs to be mounted into two 6’ 0” H / 19” equipment racks.

3. The site must meet or exceed current coverage plot areas. Current coverage plot attached.

4. The vendor will provide a secure place for the BLM owned repeaters

5. Site must be in an enclosed facility away from the outside elements

6. Site must have lights and power receptacles that operate on 110V A/C

7. Site must meet or exceed Motorola R56 standards.

8. The site must meet or exceed current coverage plot areas. Current coverage plot attached.

9. The site must be secure and have 24-7 / 365 access.

10. Site must have a tower capable of having three Telewave ANTF150F2 or equivalent mounted to it with the appropriate mounting brackets.

11. Site must not cause interference to any of the BLM’s equipment.

12. The site must have the ability to expand to an additional 6’ 0” H / 19” W 19” rack for equipment in the future.

13. Site must have a cable runway / ice bridge to neatly run coax up and down the tower.

14. Cable runway must have cushions, snap in’s, or industry standard hangers to neatly route coax

15. The tower and all tower components must meet or exceed Motorola R56 standards.

16. The tower must be able to be climbed by BLM or BLM contracted personnel

17. Site must have an ICE bridge or equivalent to run coax / heliax from the tower to the facility / vault.

18. Site must be able to be accessed with a 4X4 vehicle

19. Site must have a cable entry port to run LDF4-50 or LDF5-50

20. Site must have power connected to it (Power company or Solar)

21. Site must have an internal cable runway

22. Site must have a keyed or combination access

23. If the site has alarm access the BLM must be given the access code

24. Equipment rack needs to have a receptacle above the rack to plug in 110VAC power supply

25. Equipment rack receptacle needs to have an independent circuit breaker (15 or 20 amp) above each rack.

26. The BLM needs to have 24-7 / 365 access to all gates that lead to the communication site.

27. If site goes across private land the BLM needs to have the ability to receive a right of way from the site to access site at no additional cost to the BLM.

Certification The information contained in this Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition is certified accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Douglas Carter, Jr.

BLM CA Telecommunications Manager

Contracting Officer