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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE

OR BRAND NAME

Brand Name Justification:

☒I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with only with vendors who can provide the subject band name from General Dynamics for URC-300 Radios. The total estimated cost of this effort is ____________and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is _______.

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 URC-300 is going to be the required radio for current and future operations, with the current model of radios on hand we have been experiencing failures and are unable to get them repaired due to age. The requested URC-300 model provides the correct fitments requirements for our current mobile comms operations.

2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.

With the current fitment we have for Global Hawk Vehicle Test Controller mobile comms and the ER-2s chase vehicle. The URC-300 allows us to replace our current model of failing radios with the newest generation the fits into our brackets. A different model would be an impact to Global Hawk and ER-2 mission success as new brackets would need to fabricated to fit causing a delay in scheduled maintenance and Flight operations.

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