C14 Redacted BNJ.pdf

Subj: BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION TO PROCURE SONAR EQUIPMENT RENTAL

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Brand Name Justification.”

This is a brand name justification. Contracting activity is NSWC-PCD, 110 Vernon Ave., Panama City, FL, 32407.

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

This action will award a firm fixed price contract from an equipment rental company for the items listed in Paragraph 3 of this document.

3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated).

The items in the table below shall be delivered to Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) no later than 6 December 2024. The Government anticipates renting the following items, and initiate shipping them back to the Contractor 13 December 2024.

Line Part No. Description 1 ET3400-OTS EdgeTech 3400-OTS Sub-Bottom Profiler (2-16 kHz)

Equipment rental to supply a pole mountable 2-16 kHz chirp based sub-bottom profiler. Comes with topside interface, 10-meter deck cable, acquisition laptop preconfigured with EdgeTech's Discover control software, and transit cases.

2 81-G882-MAG Geometrics G882 Magnetometer Equipment rental to supply an underwater towed magnetometer system with pressure sensor and 500 kHz altimeter. Comes with 60m soft tow cable, junction box, RS232 serial comms cable, AC power kit, DC power kit, and shipping crate.

3 SW-SWPP CTI SonarWiz SBP Processing Software Software rental to supply a license of SonarWiz for processing side scan, sub-bottom, and magnetometer data.

Activation may be provided as a USB or soft lock authorization code.

4 81-MAG-LOG-LT Geometrics MagLog Lite Equipment supply of Geometrics MagLog Lite logging and display software.

This acquisition will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures. The Government’s minimum needs have been verified by the certifying technical and requirements personnel. This memo does not authorize acquisition for other requirements. This acquisition will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures with a total dollar value above micro-purchase levels, but not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.

4. Identification of the justification rationale and, if applicable, a demonstration of the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service.

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Application for brand name description FAR 6.302-1(c).

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) currently has a requirement for the item(s) listed in Paragraph 3 of this document. The items listed in Paragraph 3 of this document are needed to support an upcoming event. These items have been used by the requesting team and crew of the ship and they are knowledgeable in the system functionality and requirements. If another brand were to be selected, the team and crew would have to learn the functionality and requirements of the new system, resulting in project delay and additional cost of ship rental days.

As such, the Government does not expect significant savings through competition and does expect significant and unacceptable delays that will negatively impact this requirement.

Therefore, it is in the Governments’ best interest to rent the items listed in Paragraph 3 of this document.

5. A determination by the ordering activity contracting officer that the order represents the best value consistent with FAR 13.106-1(b).

The Contracting Officer has determined that the order represents the best value and results in the lowest overall cost alternative (such as considering price, special features, administrative costs) to meet the Government’s needs.

6. A description of the market research conducted among schedule holders and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

For the reasons specified in paragraph 4 above, the items listed in Paragraph 3 are the only items that can meet the Government’s needs.

7. Any other facts supporting the justification.

None.

8. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers that led to the restricted consideration before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services is made.

As stated in paragraph 4 above, the items listed in Paragraph 3 are the only items that can meet this requirement.