Brand Name Justification_Redacted.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

OKLAHOMA CITY AIR LOGISTICS COMPLEX

(AFMC) TINKER AIR FORCE BASE OKLAHOMA

July 14, 2022

TO: AFSC/PZIMA

FROM: OC-ALC/OBCA for 76 AMXG

SUBJECT: Brand Name Justification for A22-095 Gloss Gray Paint Kits

1. The 569 AMXG/AMXS request the purchase of 440 gallons of MIL-PRF-85285 Type IV, Fed-

Std-595 Gray Color #16515 used in the production of the E-3 AWACS airframe.

2. The 569 AMXG/AMXS Paint Shop is required to use MIL-PRF-85285 Type IV, Fed-Std-595

Gray Color #16515 in accordance with (IAW) Technical Order (TO) 1E-3A-23. The Qualified

Product List of Products Qualified Under Performance Specification MIL-PRF-85285 (QPL-

85285) currently lists seven (7) manufacturers of this material, however, only three (3) have been tested and authorized for use in the Enterprise Environmental, Safety and Occupational

Health-Management Information System (EESOH-MIS). The MIL-PRF-85285 Type IV, Fed-

Std-595 Gray Color #16515 material must meet the requirements of the TO, QPL and EESOH-

MIS authorized products. As a result, the only MIL-PRF-85285 Type IV, Fed-Std-595 Gray

Color #16515 material currently authorized for use in the 569 AMXG/AMXS Hazmat Paint

Shop is Sherwin Williams (MSN: 8010PHM00357093), PPG (MSN: 8010PHM00353684) and

Hentzen (MSN: 8010PHM00352068).

3. Therefore, it is requested that one (1) of the following Brand Name products is procured to meet all the requirements of the program office and subsequently the warfighters.

Sherwin-Williams Company (MSN: 8010PHM00357093)

PRC - Desoto International, Inc. PPG Aerospace (MSN: 8010PHM00353684)

Hentzen Coatings, Inc. (MSN: 8010PHM00352068)

4. The MIL-PRF-85285 Type IV, Fed-Std-595 Gray Color #16515 material must meet the requirements of

Technical Order (TO) 1E-3A-23, Qualified Product List of Products Qualified Under Performance

Specification MIL-PRF-85285 (QPL-85285), and the Enterprise Environmental, Safety and Occupational

Health-Management Information System (EESOH-MIS). There is no other avenue outside of Brand Name for this contract. The Government will continue efforts to identify additional sources with authority to provide OEM material.

5. For further information or clarification please contact Brooklyn Nei/ OC-ALC/OBCA, , or email at .

6. I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13, that the circumstances of this contract action deem a specific brand name to be required.

CO NAME

Contracting Officer

AFSC/PZIMA