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This is a Determination for Restricting Competition under IAW RFO 12.102(a) for a sole-source award to Georgia Power Company.

The Air Force Space Command Procurement & Integrated Materiel Management Agency (AFSC/PZIMA) is awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole-source basis to Georgia Power Company (Cage Code: 1KY73) for the rental of an existing 450-ton air-cooled chiller located at Building 20128, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The determination authorizes restricting competition based on Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (RFAR) FAR 12.102(a), which permits sole-source awards when only one source is reasonably available at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.

The rationale for sole-source restriction centers on operational continuity at Robins AFB. Georgia Power Company has been the sole provider of the required 450-ton chiller rental since 2022, when the base central plant failed and the chiller was installed to provide chilled water to administrative and industrial facilities. The base central plant failure impacts four WR-ALC facilities used for aircraft depot maintenance operations including plating, machining, metal forming, and corrosion control. Switching to an alternative vendor would require approximately [redacted] to coordinate utility outage, removal of the existing chiller, site preparation, and new installation. Without sufficient chilled water, Building 20128 plating processes would experience significant downtime, resulting in potential aircraft groundings due to delayed corrosion control plating. The one-year rental bridges the transition period during which the US Army Corps of Engineers Huntsville Energy Division contract ends and the Defense Logistics Agency Energy assumes contract administration under a new DLAE contract vehicle.