BU-B-UCL_Brand_Name JA__18MAR2026_Redacted.pdf

J&A Control No: JA-26-D-002

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR PART 13 JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Program/Equipment: Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case AE25030 BU-B- UCL Pacstar Networking Equipment.

Authority: 10 U.S.C. § 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.501(a)(2), Justifications and approvals are required under this subpart for sole-source (including brand-name) acquisitions or portions of an acquisition requiring a brand-name, the contracting officer’s certification that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the contracting officer’s knowledge and belief will serve as approval, unless a higher approval level is established in accordance with agency procedures.

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Rachel Weber Ops. Manager Email: Rachel.l.weber.civ@army.mil

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Contracting Officer: Aqua Jefferson Contracting Officer Email: aqua.m.jefferson.civ@army.mil

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Ben Ishak SAMD Engineer Email: benjamin.a.ishak.ctr@army.mil

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Requirements: Ivy Cheseldine Weapon System Manager Email: ivy.c.cheseldine.ctr@army.mil

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FAR Part 13 Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity: Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground ACC-APG 6515 Integrity Court, Bldg. 4310 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

2. Description of Action: This proposed action is for the award of a Firm-Fixed-Price “Brand Name” supply contract to purchase Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Pacstar Networking Equipment, Part numbers PS447-01, PS444-02, PS451-227, PS400- KG250XS-01, and PS400-250-CHAS-5-004. This is a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case for Bulgaria using FMS funds (non-expiring).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The hardware to be procured is as follows:

-Qty: thirty-eight (38) PacStar 447 ESR 6300, Part Number PS447-01 to include qty:

thirty-eight (38) PacStar Accessory Software, PS447 Upgrade, Part Number PSA-S-

447U-NE25-100

-Qty: thirty-eight (38) Pacstar Small Form GIG-E switch, Part Number PS444-02 -Qty: nineteen (19) Pacstar 6 Core Xeon Processor, Part Number PS451-227 to include qty: nineteen (19) Single 2.5” SSD, 1 TB Capacity, Part Number SSD-25-1000, and qty:

nineteen (19) VMWare ESXi Essentials Version 6.7, Part Number SW-VM-01-04 -Qty: nineteen (19) Pacstar KG250XS sled, Part Number PS400-KG250XS-01 -Qty: nineteen (19) Pacstar 250W chassis, Part Number PS400-250-CHAS-5-004

4. Authority Cited: 41 U.S.C.1901as implemented by FAR 13.501(a)(2)(ii), For a proposed contract exceeding $900,000 or the thresholds in paragraph (1) of the definition of simplified acquisition threshold in 2.101, but not exceeding $20 million, the advocate for competition for the procuring activity, designated pursuant to 6.501; or an official described in 6.304(a)(3) or (a)(4) must approve the justification and approval.

This authority is not delegable.

5. Reason for Authority Cited:

CECOM-SAMD requires the Pacstar brand of Networking Equipment, in support of Bulgaria. The equipment will allow mission requirements to be met as it relates to Battle Information Collection and Exploitation Systems (BICES). Using other equipment, or equipment from other brands would not be compatible with the existing equipment the partner nation has already procured.

If Pacstar’s brand of equipment is not procured and a different part number is qualified, the government risks significant operational setbacks including equipment incompatibility and security risks. Qualifying an alternative system would also result in delays of deployment of the BICES and potential compatibility issues. These delays would amount to a schedule lapse of 12-14 months and the approximate costs to qualify new part numbers would be approximately All the aforementioned would compromise CECOM-SAMD’s mission, readiness and effectiveness. Additionally, the U.S. Government does not possess the technical data package (detailed designs) for these items.

6. Publicizing Contract Actions: The requirement is in accordance with FAR 13.501(a)(ii) and is a brand name with a value of It will be redacted and posted with the solicitation.

7. Efforts to Obtain Competition: In accordance with FAR 12.603, Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services, a combined synopsis/solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov with the redacted brand name justification. It is anticipated that there will be competition amongst the OEM, Pacstar and resellers of Pacstar equipment.

a. Effective Competition: Competition will be among all resellers and the OEM of the Pacstar brand-name items.

8. Actions to Increase Competition: To increase competition, the combined synopsis/solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov to allow potential offerors to provide quotes for brand-name only Pacstar networking equipment.

9. Market Research: Market research was performed by CECOM SAMD from August 26, 2025, to September 5, 2025. An internet search using PartTarget, Google and WebFlis on the items was conducted. One (1) potential source was identified. The OEM, Pacstar was also identified as able to meet the requirements. As stated under Section 8, he searches were conducted

10. Interested Sources: The Government will continue to conduct market research to determine whether other sources exist as value added resellers for the networking equipment.

11. Other Facts:

Other Facts: N/A