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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 MPI Corporation for TA-5000A ThermalAir System. The total estimated cost of this effort is 36550.00 and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 6 weeks.

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.

This equipment is required to outfit an existing Rohde & Schwarz ATS-TEMP radome drybox with a convection temperature forcing system. The ATS-TEMP has been designed to only work with the MPI TA-5000A and has all required fixturing/adapters to interface with it. Additionally the system is only tested and warrantied for proper operation using the TA-5000A.

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

If another brand is used, compatibility with the existing government owned test equipment (ATS-TEMP, $50k value) is not guaranteed and may cause substantial damage and void warranties. This represents a substantial risk to the operational status of the facility which includes ~$1M of additional hardware and software tools. This facility is currently used to assess flight hardware and presents significant mission risk if brought offline or damaged by incompatible hardware.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

James Downey 7/19/2021 Technical User Name Date

Electronics Engineer Title

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