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Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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Section A: General Contract Information

Contracting Activity: 341 CONS

Project/Program Name: General Services Administration (GSA) Vehicle Equipment Installs

Purchase Request/Identification Number: F2W6A18204AW01

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options):

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

Purchase public address (PA) systems, light bars, and associated control systems for 20 GSA vehicles.

PA System: Light Bar: Controller System:

Manufacturer - Federal Signal Manufacturer - Federal Signal Manufacturer - Federal Signal Product Name - ES100C Speaker-Siren Product Name - Police Legend LPX Discrete Product Name - ESB-FRD 15

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

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), the supplies or services needed by the agency are available from only one responsible source or from a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy the needs of the agency, as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, required by FAR 6.303-2(b)(4).

(2) When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for.

(b) Application. This authority shall be used, if appropriate, in preference to the authority in 6.302-7; it shall not be used when any of the other circumstances is applicable. Use of this authority may be appropriate in the following situation:

(1) When there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the agency's minimum needs can only be satisfied by--

(ii) For DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, unique supplies or services available from only one or a limited number of sources or from only one or a limited number of suppliers with unique capabilities.

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

There were no efforts to obtain competition as the equipment required must be compatible with the GSA vehicles the agency has on hand. Federal Signal products have been field tested with the current vehicle fleet and have proven to be compatible with the vehicles to be outfitted. Standardization of all responder equipment is vital in maintaining proper end-user training, safety and utilization.

Furthermore, equipment under this acquisition matches the mandatory salient characteristics required by Air Force Instruction 31-118, Security Forces Standards and Procedures, Paragraph 3.8 Vehicle Equipment.

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

Until such time market conditions change providing more equipment/manufacturers that match salient characteristic requirements, or the United States Air Force rewrites its equipment requirement regulations, there will be no steps taken to preclude future brand name awards for the Federal Signal line of responder products/equipment.

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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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

06-Aug-2018

Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer

Charles M. Weibel/ GS13

Signature of Contracting Officer

WEIBEL.CHARLES.M.10956972

Digitally signed by

WEIBEL.CHARLES.M.1095697247