Brand Name Justification Redacted.pdf

BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED SUPPLIES/SERVICES, ESTIMATED

VALUE, AND DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

The Naval Foundry and Propeller Center relies heavily on the Five Line’ Powermill V 240HS/5, (Serial # J-1447). NFPC intends to purchase various parts for this machine to increase production, mitigate downtime, and ensure machine runs at 70% uptime.

NFPC relies heavily on this equipment. It serves as the primary means of finish machining to the components prior to inspection by quality assurance. These machined components have hundreds of machining hours invested in them requiring NFPC to take proactive steps to mitigate the risk machine downtime which would severely effect delivery schedules to the naval fleet.

Part numbers and descriptions required are as follows:

RWU-65-DLOE-G2V3 Roller Carriage Bearing A06B-0414-B901-7000 Linear Motor Coil RWU-55-DOE-G2V3 Roller Carriage Bearing RWU-55-DLOE-G2V3 Roller Carriage Bearing RWU-45-DOE-G2V3 Roller Carriage Bearing RWU-45-DLOE-G2V3 Roller Carriage Bearing HL-23141 Ball Screw HL-23592 C.M. On Sheave ZKLN-4075-2RS-2AP Ball Bearing A860-0331-T001 Linear Motor Pole Sensor A860-0333-T002 Motor Position Sensor A06B-0272-B500-7008 AM401 Motor

The estimated value is Fives Line’ Machine Inc. are the required brand name for this material.

2. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR SOLE SOURCE/BRAND NAME

BASED ON CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR NATURE OF

THE ACQUISITION

Fives Line’ is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of SU15 – Powermill V 240 HS/5. They have exclusive proprietary rights to the original technical documentation, mechanical prints and drawings, specific parts and components.

The SU15 – Powermill V 240 HS/5 machine is an integral part of NFPC’s machining program as it plays a major role in the process of machining both VA class and CLB class rotors. If the machine downtime increases to over 30% then project scheduling would become severely delayed. This would affect every step of the production process