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BRAND NAME DETERMINATION & FINDINGS FOR OTHER THAN FULL & OPEN COMPETITION

(ACTIONS SAT AND BELOW)

1. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT: Quantity of one (1) Keysight M8190A/002/12G/02G/SEQ/BU2 Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG)

2. PROPOSED CONTRACTOR/MANUFACTURER:

Manufacturer:

Keysight Technologies, Inc.

1900 Garden of the Gods Road

Colorado Springs, Colorado

80907, United States of America

DUNS: 079735571

CAGE Code: 7ZXR5 Large Business Concern

SAM Expiration Date: 14 December 2022

Authorized Resellers:

NSCA, LLC

7901 Beechcraft Avenue Suite M

Gaithersburg, Maryland

20879, United States of America

DUNS: 782067037

CAGE Code: 1MFV4 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

SAM Expiration Date: 24 January 2023

Tevet, LLC

310 T Elmer Cox Drive

Greeneville, Tennessee 37743, United States of America

DUNS: 149433844

CAGE Code: 34SR4 HUBZone & Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

SAM Expiration Date: 15 November 2022

3. ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE: $97,144.00

4. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION: The statutory authority permitting sole source is 41 USC 1901(e), implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i):

✓ Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements

___ Unusual and Compelling Urgency

___ Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services

___ International Agreement

___ Authorized or Required by Statute

___ National Security

___ Public Interest

5. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE AUTHORITY CITED ABOVE:

The item(s) listed in section one above is available from only one source and competition is precluded for reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available.

___ Compatibility: The item(s) must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit, and function) with existing systems presently installed. Describe the equipment you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect, or interface with the existing system:

___ Proprietary: A patent, copyright, or proprietary data limits competition. The proprietary data are described as follows:

___ Experimental Continuity: The item(s) must be consistent with prior materials in order to ensure experimental continuity. Describe the conditions that necessitate the use of experimental continuity:

___ Warranty: Purchasing item(s) from another manufacturer/provider would void existing warranty. Provide a brief explanation for the use of this reason and the impact that would occur if the item was purchased from another manufacturer/provider:

___ Direct Replacement: These are “direct replacement” parts/components for existing equipment and no substitutes exist.

✓ Other reasoning to support a sole-source buy:

[REDACTED] and [REDACTED], which are both part of the [REDACTED], are researching how to autonomously adapt robotic and tactical networks to interference (unintentional disruption) by friendly nodes and jamming (intentional disruption) by near-peer adversaries.

The team currently does not have the experimental capability to emulate interference and jamming sources. As such, the team requires an Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) – specifically the Keysight M8190A/002/12G/02G/SEQ/BU2. An AWG is used for experimentally simulating a very broad range of waveforms, and in this particular case, will specifically be used to emulate interference and jamming signals to disrupt robotic and commercially available networked systems.

For this research, the team requires a dual-channel AWG with a minimum sample rate of 12 gigasamples per second (GS/sec) and a bandwidth greater than five (5) gigahertz (GHz) in order to simulate signals in the two-point-four (2.4) GHz and 5 GHz ranges simultaneously; these ranges are the ones at which robotic systems generally operate. In addition, this piece of equipment will allow the team to simulate other frequencies of interest such as the 40MHz (megahertz), 400MHz, and 900MHz bands. The Government also requires that the AWG be compatible with its existing data analysis framework, which is based on National Instrument’s LabVIEW. These licenses were purchased around 2016 and via Government Purchase Card. National Instruments is moving towards a subscription-based model, but previous licenses were mostly perpetual. Researchers utilize LabVIEW for data analysis (expertise). Other AWGs would not have the totality of all these benefits. Keysight’s AWG has a LabVIEW-based user interface that can be customized to meet the needs of the various experimental research efforts.

The Keysight M8190A/002/12G/02G/SEQ/BU2 uniquely fits the Government’s minimum requirements. Without an AWG that matches the aforementioned specifications, it will not be possible to simulate the waveforms which interfere with robotic and networked systems. As a result, the team will not be able to pursue research which seeks to harden our novel technology approaches against near-peer adversaries.

Therefore, it is in the Government’s best interest to solicit this requirement as a brand name sole source, as only Keysight is the only brand of AWG will fulfill the Government’s requirement; however, there are at least two (2) known authorized resellers.

6. FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE DETERMINATION:

It has been determined that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable and that approval of this recommendation is in the best interest of the government. This justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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