Brand Name Justification and Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition.pdf

.• SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONPROCE;DURES (SAP) FOR FAR 12.102(a) PURCHASE REQU�ST OR REQUISITION NUMBER: ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE, INCLUDING OPTIONS:

(Over Micro-Purchase Threshold, but up to the SAT)

AUTHORITY

FAR 12.102fat

FAR 5.201(c}(3}, FAR 11.204, FAR 12.102(a)

JUSTIFICATIONiYP'E ONL y ONE SOURCE· REASONABLY AVAILABLE (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, or industrial mobilization).

BRAND NAME - lte'ms·pecutiar to one manufacturer: The particular brand name, product. or feature is essenti�I to the Government's requirements, and market research indicates other cpmpanies' similar products, or products lacking the particular feature, do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet. the a en 's needs.

BRIEF DESCRIRTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQU.iRED AND THE INTENDED USE:

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Aviation Logistics Ce'nter (ALC), Industrial Operations Division (IOD) intends to

• purchase the item shown in the table below on a brand name basis and require that vendors provide traceability to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) if they are not the OEM or an authorized distributor of the OEM.

Nomenclature NSN Part Number Quantity eStrip1M Type VII Corn 5350-01-HS3;2657 I M85891-77- 2050 10 Containers (CO)

• Starch-g-Acrylic Blast

Media

_·The USCG uses eStripTM Typ.e VII Corn Starch-g-�cryli� blast media, herein referred to as Type VII blast media, to strip soat1ngs from all substrate.$ without damage to the subs.trate. It can be used for selective stripping and removing top coatings while \eaving primer intact. It is an engineered copolymer b1ast. abrasive derived from grafting starch with acrylic plastic. It also removes yinyl from aircraft interior panels, sealants from components and/or fuel cells, and paint from cadmium plated parts where the plating was left intact. Its use can replace chemical and plastic bead paint stripping systems traditionally used and limits exposure of personnel to hazardous material.

Midvale Group Inc 6310 Knox Industrial Drive St. Louis, MO 63139-3025 Cage Code: 3NKN&

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. RATIONALE FOR JUSTIFICATION TYPE SELECTED ABOVE TO INCLUDE RELEVANT INFORMATlON GAINED

THROUGH YOUR MARKET RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE JUSTIFICATION TYPE:

This acquisition is limited to Type VII blast media. Currently, the only manufacturer of Type VII blast media is Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), manufacturer of eStripTM GPX media (MIL-P-85891 Approved), who has assigned distribution rights for this product to Midvale Group, Inc. (Midvale Industries/Midvale Environmental (Saint Louis, MO)), herein referred to as Midvale, for exclusive distribution/sales to US Federal and State Military bases and US Military subcontractors supporting coating removal processes inside Midvale's established territory identified below and outside the territory on a case b case basis and as a reed u on b ADM in writin . Onl Midvale, the authorized distributor for the Eastern United

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: �tates; can supply the blast media to ALC ar1d·ptoyiqe1M:rn'ch9ical expertise to ensure mechanical interface with the qurrent

• blast system, vital for the continued operational re,quii�1;�nts of aircraft blasting operations. However, as this is a bran� name acquisition, any company able to provide the requiied"Type VI� blast media will be considered.

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COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR ITEMS IN A RELATED INDUSTRY

COMPARISON TO IGCE

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