C14 - Redacted Brand Name Justification.pdf

MEMORANDUM

Subj: BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION TO PROCURE PERSISTENT SYSTEMS ITEMS

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, Code 024, 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 to authorized sellers of the Persistent Systems, LLC. items in Paragraph 3 of this document.

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

Line Item Description Qty.

1 WR-5100 Wave Relay® MPU5 & Twist Lock Battery *

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2 RF-5100 Upper C Band RF Module (5.1 - 6.0 GHz) *

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3 RF-2150 High Power Sband RF Module (2.2-2.5GHz) *

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

4 WR-INT-ANT-SYS-01-HC 120° Int Sector Ant(2.22 - 2.5 GHz) HC

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

5 ACC-MNT-MPU5-0007 Gen5 Vehicle Mag Mount System *

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

6 BSK-RAM-MOUNT-SYSTEM Blue Sky Mast Mounting System

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

7 WR-PTT-SYS-03 Dual PTT System (With Locking TJ-101) **

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

8 ACC-AUD-075-R Stereo headset with Dual PTT connector **

COO: SWEDEN

9 WR-SPKR-SYS-01 Dual Net Speaker System

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

10 ANT-2012 S 2.2-2.5GHz 4dBi N-Male Omni Ant

COO: UNITED KINGDOM

11 ANT-2111 2.2 to 2.5 GHz 3.5 dBi Hpol Veh-Antenna

COO: UNITED KINGDOM

12 ANT-4006 C 4.4-5.9GHz 3.5dBi RP-M Omni Ant

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

13 ANT-5003 5.18-5.82GHz Hpol Omni-Goose Ant, RPTNC

COO: UNITED KINGDOM

14 ANT-4001 GPS 13dBi (3.3V Active) SMA-M Stub Ant * COO: Mexico

15 CBL-DATA-2013 MPU5-D to IP67 Ether-F 11.5" COO: Mexico

16 CBL-DATA-2019 MPU5-A to USB-Eth converter 18.5" COO: Mexico

17 CBL-AUD-0001 MPU5 to 6pin U-329/U RoIP 36" * COO: Mexico

18 CBL-PWR-0001 MPU AC-DC Battery Eliminator PWR 90W *

COO: TAIWAN

19 CBL-PWR-0002 MPU Battery Eliminator to BB Plug *

COO: TAIWAN

20 CONN-019 RF45 Conn. - Field Installable - Metal

COO: CHINA

21 BAT-06 Gen5 Lithium Ion Twist Lock Battery

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

22 BAT-11 2-Bay Desktop Battery Charger

COO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

23 WARRANTY-GEN5-TIER01 MPU5 Extended Warranty: Tier 1 3 24 WARRANTY-GEN5-TIER01-D Upper C Band Extended Warranty: Tier 1 3 25 WARRANTY-GEN5-TIER01-S S Band Extended Warranty: Tier 1 3 26 Delivery ----- ---

This acquisition will be conducted using simplified acquisition procedures with a total estimated value greater than $25,000. 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 of $250,000.00.

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 items listed in Paragraph 3 of this document. The Persistent Systems radio is a tactical radio selected via an engineering trade study to be the best fit for the MVCS 2.0 for a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) radio with multiple inputs, outputs, and beamforming. The trade study looked at offerings from other brands and determined that the Persistent Systems brand radio was the best for our use case. The Persistent Systems radio is used by other systems that MVCS needs to interface with. No other radio can be used for this use-case because Persistent System radios are the only radio compatible with the external systems that MVCS must interface with.

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 acquire the Persistent Systems, LLC. brand.

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, Persistent Systems, LLC. is the only brand that can meet the Government’s needs. This requirement will be synopsized in the government point of entry sam.gov because it is estimated greater than $25,000.00.

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, Persistent Systems, LLC. is the only brand that can meet this requirement.