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- 4 bench power supplies Federal contract opportunity
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This document contains a recommendation and determination to solicit from one source or brand name for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The recommendation is to negotiate solely with Keysight Technologies to provide four benchtop power supplies. The justification provided is that the Keysight brand meets the requirements in the statement of work and is compatible with existing Keysight devices currently used by the group. Purchasing an alternative brand could result in additional time and costs to learn a new system with potentially lower reliability and compatibility issues. The total estimated cost of the effort is redacted and the estimated period of performance is 90 days.
The related federal contract opportunity is a solicitation from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center for four bench power supplies. No other details are provided in the solicitation such as response dates, award dates, pricing terms or set asides.
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| RFQ 80NSSC23846764Q.pdf |
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Page 1 V2.0 3-15-2017
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE
OR BRAND NAME
PICK ONE
Sole Source:
I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with Vendor Name only for Enter Supply or Service to be procured. The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is Date.
OR
Brand Name Justification:
I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with only with vendors who can provide the subject brand name from Keysight Technologies for Benchtop Power Supplies. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 90 days.
This recommendation is for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available from only one source/only one manufacture. Competition is impractical for the following reasons (please answer the questions below):
1. What are the reasons for soliciting only the suggested source/suggested brand name? Please provide the unique characteristics of the items or services along with the supporting rationale and the market research performed to substantiate your reason for the suggested source/brand name.
The Keysight brand of power supplies are ones that are used regularly in the group and known to be of good quality and reliability. The brand meets all the requirements in the statement of work and will complement the existing Keysight devices we currently have.
2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.
Purchasing another brand of bench top power supplies could lead to additional time to learn a new system that we haven’t worked with along with lower reliability resulting in more frequent acquisitions to replace broken systems or repair them. Not meeting the specific requirements of the statement of work would also result in power supplies that might not meet our lab testing needs, resulting in future unnecessary acquisitions.
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