Brand Name Justification.pdf

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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Section A: General Contract Information

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan? Yes No

Contracting Activity: 341 CONS/PKB

Project/Program Name: CES Tankless Water Heater

Purchase Request / Local ID Number: F2W3D93348AW01

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options): $71,231.21

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

The request is for an Intellihot IQ751 tankless water heater.

Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source or Brand Name

In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), "Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization)." This requirement is for a brand name item; Intellihot IQ751.

The customer has stated that this acquisition is to replace two Intellihot IQ751 tankless water heaters in the Dining Facility that were damaged beyond repair due to flooding. Switching to a different brand or unit would cost more to install as well as to maintenance. A different unit would need to be piped differently, which would need different power to be ran for the units. The system is currently set up for the program to run Intellihot boilers. If changed, they would have to change all the programming to run the other boilers. The customer is also already trained on repair and maintenance for the Intellihot boilers.

The Intellihot units use a specific Masterless Cascading design with no master slave designation. The units have a selectable exhaust temperature limit suitable for venting with PVC or CPVC/Polypropylene/Stainless steel. The controls annunciate water heater and sensor status and include extensive self-diagnostics capabilities.

The Intellihot water heater control system incorporates the following additional features for enhanced external system interface:

set point, high exhaust temperature monitor/control, cascading via RS232, monitor and accesses daily, weekly, and monthly water usage data. The units also monitor inlet/outlet temperature flow rates, flue glass temperatures, combustion rates.

Regarding water heater management, the Intellihot units incorporates on board multi-unit sequencing logic that would allow master cascading functionality and sequencing between multiple water heaters operating in parallel.

The unique properties and maintenance/cost savings mentioned above justify acquiring two Intellihot IQ751 units to replace the damaged Intellihot units.

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

Market Research was conducted to determine if a suitable replacement could be made by sending out inquiries to eight vendors that quoted on our mission partner's initial outreach for units. The question listed to the vendors was if their company provides a brand name or equal item to the Intellihot IQ751 units. The results were that only the exact item was offered to fulfill the requirement.

Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source or Brand Name Awards

A method to preclude further brand name awards would be to conduct an RFI to multiple vendors listing the exact

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Section F: Contracting Officer's Determination

I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is reasonably available.

Date

17-May-2024

Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer

SSgt Joshua Crist

Signature of Contracting Officer

April 2021 Page of Section A: General Contract Information Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan?

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source or Brand Name Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source or Brand Name Awards Section F: Contracting Officer's Determination I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is reasonably available.

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