CONTRACTS MARKET-RESEARCH-Service 8-30-2021-REVISED.pdf

CONTROL NO. W45N7V02020087

Version – August 2018

CONTRACTING ACTIVITY MARKET RESEARCH FOR SERVICE

1. Contracting Organization:

Army Contracting Command – Redstone Arsenal, Corpus Christi Army Depot, Contracting Office 9035 Ocean Dr. Bldg. 10, Mail Stop 18 Corpus Christi, TX 78419-5260

2. Contracting Activity POC:

Kevin Palmer

Phone Number:

361-961-9071

3. Date(s) Market Research Conducted: 05-26-2021

4. Total Estimated Value (for all Contract Line Item Numbers on the contract including options):

$23,400.00

5. Period of Performance: 9/25/2021 – 09/24/2025

6. Description of Services: Non-personal services for the annual calibration and maintenance support on the 5K volt Electric Motor Analyzer, Model MCEmax

7. Product Service Code (PSC)? J049

8. North American Industry Classification Standards (NAICS) code? 811310

9. Is the market research documented in sufficient detail in the Memorandum for Record – Limiting Competition at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, located in the PCF File?

Yes No

10. Can the required services be obtained in the Commercial Market? Yes No

11. Are the services that are to be provided new tasks or are the services the same tasks that have been provided previously (follow-on tasks)? New Tasks Follow-on Tasks If Follow-on, answer the following:

a. Has the SOO/PWS changed from the previous contract?

If yes, what were the changes?

Yes No

b. Who was the previous Contractor? PDMA Corp Was it a large business? Yes No

c. If not a large business, was it an 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, VOSM, SDB, or

d. Small Business? Yes No If yes, which category or categories?

12. Previous contract number(s) and if known, previous acquisition strategy?

CONTRACT NUMBER *TYPE OF PURCHASE **PRICE/COST STRUCTURE

W912NW-18-P-0063 SOLE SOURCE FIRM FIXED PRICE

*TYPE OF PURCHASE:

SOLE SOURCE.

**PRICE/COST STRUCTURE:

Firm Fixed Price.

13. Sources Screened (FAR Part 8/DFARS Part 208):

a. Use of other mandatory sources identified at FAR 8.003 for public utility services and leased motor vehicles does not apply.

b. FAR 8.002 Priorities for Use of Mandatory Sources. A search was conducted on the Ability One website for services which are on the Procurement List maintained by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (see Subpart 8.7).

_X Required service was not found on Ability One’s website.

Required service was found on Ability One’s website.

c. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FAR Subpart 8.6) website _X Required service was not found on Unicor’s website.

Required service was found on Unicor’s website.

d. Federal Supply Schedules, Government wide acquisition contracts, multi-agency contracts, and any other procurement instruments intended for use by multiple agencies, including blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) under Federal Supply Schedule contracts (e.g., Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) agreements accessible at http://www.gsa.gov/fssi Federal Service Schedules (see FAR Subpart 8.4).

_X_ Required services are not available through these sources.

_ Required services are available through these sources:

e. DFARS Subpart 208.74 Enterprise Software Agreements for commercial software and AFARS Subpart 5108.74 Enterprise Software Agreements _X_ Not applicable.

Required services are not available.

Required services are available and will be purchased using CHESS.

http://www.gsa.gov/fssi

f. Preferred Sources list on Strategic Sourcing Initiatives site at https://spcs3.kc.army.mil/asaalt/zp/Strategic%20Sourcing/Initiatives.aspx was reviewed.

_X_ There is no preferred source for the services.

Preferred source is mandatory. The vehicle required for use is Preferred source for the services was found on the website under Preferred source for the services was found on the website but is not suitable to meet mission requirements.

14. What Search Engines have been queried regarding current market capabilities/availability?

SITE RESULTS

EFEMS DATA BASE Only one result found that could meet the Government’s exact need.

SAM.GOV Registered in SAM as a Large Business

SBDS.gov 1. I was able to find that the selected sole source vender is not a Small Business.

2. There are numerous small business concerns that came up under NAICS code 811310.

Google search, I was only able to find one source for this requirement. PDMA Corporation, PDMA do not have any authorized service providers for the 5K volt Electric Analyzer.

15. Have any Government Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) been contacted? Yes No

NAME Position Date of Contact

Contact Type (Phone/Email)

Summary of Discussion

JAMES SPURGEON EQUIPMENT

SPECIALIST.

DEC

361-961-6714 Explain the process

16. Have any industry experts been contacted? Yes No

NAME Position Date of Contact

Contact Type (Phone/Email)

Summary of Discussion

17. List all companies found from Market Research conducted.

NAME CAGE Able to Meet Requirement

8(a) SDVOSB WOSB HUB Zone

Small Other Than Small

PDMA

CORPORATION

07XB9 Yes

Partial*

Yes

18. Based on the above, if two or more vendors were found with the same Small Business preference, address why you wouldn’t do a set aside for that preference? Based on the above information numerous small business sources were found, but due to the proprietary nature of this requirement, no other vender was found that could offer this service. This requirement will be a sole sourced to PDMA Corporation.

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