Attachment 2 - Brand Name Justification.pdf

CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

Is this a new or amended J&A Document? New Amended ( Prior to Award Only! )

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan? Yes No

Funding level for this acquisition: >SAT and < $750K > $750K and < $15M

Contracting Activity: 30th Contracting Squadron

Purchase Request / Local ID Number:

Program / Project (and PE, if applicable): 30th Space Communications Squadron

Program Type (PEO or Other Contracting): Other Contracting

Authority: AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901)

AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 2304a, Special Emergency Procurement Authority (41 U.S.C. 1903)

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): $29002.02 Justification Type: Class Individual

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APPROVAL (AFFARS 5306 . 304 ( a))

Date Chief of the Contracting Office (COCO) NICHOLAS A. SPEAR, Lt Col

30 CONS/CC, 805-605-8022

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NOTE: If a Justification was approved for the preceding acquisition, a copy of the approved Justification for the predecessor action must be included in the staff package for approval of the instant Justification. This applies to Justification staff packages that are submitted for review and approval at a level above the contracting officer. The predecessor Justification will be used as a reference document by the approving official.

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Date Project Lead / Program Mgr / Requiring Activity

ROGER WILLIAMS

30 SCS/SCXPM, 805-606-7798

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Date Contracting Officer

WILLIAM R. BUMPASS

30 CONS/PKB, 805-606-4469

Signature

Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

I. Contracting Activity.

30th Contracting Squadron (30 CONS/PKB), Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), California is responsible for the proposed contracting action.

II. Nature and/or description of the action being processed.

The 30th Space Communica ons Squadron requires equipment to add a node to the current Ciena Dense Wavelength Division Mul plexing Op cal Transport Network (DWDM/OTN) network. This addi on sa sfies Missile Defense Agency (MDA) requirements for reloca ng and expanding the data transport.

The DWDM/OTN architecture is cri cal to the high speed data transport of Command & Control, voice, video, telemetry, ming, and security data that directly support the current base Space Opera ons mission, Spaceport of the Future ini a ves and, in this case, MDA mission.

III. Description of supplies/services required to meet agency needs.

The Government requires equipment for the following Brand Name items:

Ciena 6500 Packet-Op cal Pla orm equipment, as configured with installed Ciena circuit cards and other

Ciena hardware. Ciena 5142 Service Aggrega on Switch and as configured components

Ciena 3926 Customer Premise Equipment and as configured components Related Ciena so ware and support

Total Es mated Cost of Brand Name Items - $29,002.02

The Government an cipates u lizing MDA provided funds for acquiring the brand name components men oned above.

IV. Statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901)

V. Demonstration that the contractor's unique qualifications or nature of the acquisition requires the use of the authority cited above (applicability of authority).

Name brand items are required to ensure compa bility with exis ng DWDM communica on network equipment. The DWDM communica on network is cri cal to the launch mission at Vandenberg SFB. U liza on of equipment other than from the manufacturer of the already installed DWDM network would cause unnecessary risk of failure and lengthy return to service of the communica on system.

VI. Description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable.

VII. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

VIII. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or a statement of the reasons market research

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Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items was not conducted.

IX. Any other facts supporting the use of Other Than Full and Open Competition.

N/A

X. List of any sources that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

XI. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required.

It is likely that future expansion of the DWDM network at Vandenberg SFB will require the use of Brand Name components. However, the Contrac ng Officer will seek compe on wherever possible and only limit compe on via Brand Name jus fica on when required to ensure compa bility within the exis ng communica on network.

XII. Certification by the Contracting Officer.

As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

XIII. Certification by the technical/requirements personnel.

As evidenced by my (our) signature(s) above, I (we) cer fy that any suppor ng data contained herein, which is my (our) responsibility, is both accurate and complete.

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