Single Source Justification_351_Relays.pdf

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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Section A: General Contract Information

Contracting Activity: 9th Contracting Squadron

Project/Program Name: Installation and Commission of 351 Protective Relays

Purchase Request/Identification Number: F1H3A89281AW05

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options):

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

The contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, tools, equipment, materials, operations and incidentals as required to remove (4) each Existing 351 Protection system relays from Substation and install with (4) each new 351 Relays. The fixed relays will be returned to Beale AFB to be used as spares.

Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source or Brand Name

Only the 351 Relays are capable of accurately completing this requirement.

is the company that creates and manufactures that specific type of relay 351). The contracting office confirmed that they are indeed the only company that holds the patent for the request of the 351 Protection System Relays.

They distribute the specific relay to other companies; however, they do not allow other companies to maintain it and hold the patent to the item. They informed the contracting office that they distribute the specific relays to companies such as "Relay's/Equipment/software" are a proprietary system and cannot be substituted within our electrical grid.

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

This item can be subcontracted as long as they can provide the 351 relays. The company, distributes the specific type of relay to other distributors and companies but still holds the patent to the relays. The service of working on these specific relays and their system is proprietary only to authorized to Engineers, The system was created for software and the relays, and substituting the 351 relays with another type would not work with the electrical grid. is the only company that has authorized engineers to work on the relays and their systems.

Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source or Brand Name Awards

This sole source justification is for the specific 351 relays. distributes the specific relay to other companies;

however, they do not allow other companies to maintain it and hold the patent to the item. holds the patent for the specific relay. After speaking to the customer, the relays system was built for (since the last system had relays). Relays and Software are a proprietary system and cannot be substituted within the electrical grid at Beale

AFB.

Section F: Contracting Officer's Determination

I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is reasonably available.

Date

10-Jan-2020

Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer

JAMES A. MEYERS, SSgt, USAF

Signature of Contracting Officer

MEYERS.JAMES ALLAN

POTTER.RUFUGIO GA.1501126655

Digitally signed by MEYERS.JAMES ALLAN

POTTER.RUFUGIO GA.1501126655

Date: 2020.01.10 15:01:12 -08'00'