Sole_Source_JA.pdf

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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Section A: General Contract Information

Contracting Activity: 52 CONS/PKC

Project/Program Name: Service Maintenance Liquid Analytical Resource (LAR) Total Organic Carbon (TOC) System

Purchase Request/Identification Number:

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options): $349,328.74

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

The 52nd Civil Engineering Squadron (52 CES) requires annual maintenance and calibrations on Liquid Analytical Resource (LAR) Total Organic Carbon (TOC) systems located in buildings 614, 615, 730, and 2023, which measure the organic compounds that flow into Spangdahlem Air Base's water treatment systems. In addition, unscheduled repairs will be purchased under this initiative because historically the system will break down unpredictably during the year and will require emergency repairs following the annual inspection. This new service contract will be a five (5) year contract with a period of performance from 16 March 2018 until 16 March 2024.

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

LAR Process Analyzers AG, located in Berlin, Germany is the only contractor authorized to provide maintenance and calibration for LAR TOC analyzers within Germany. This is the manufacturer of the total organic carbon analyzers that reside on Spangdahlem AB. In an effort to keep an exact TOC measurement this annual service must be reliably performed by a professionally trained individual. As attested by LAR Process Analyzers AG, they are the only company with the skill set and authorization to carry out maintenance, repair work, and software updates on the analyzers.

LAR Process Analyzers AG is the local distributor in Germany which sells and maintains equipment on behalf of LAR.

The LAR TOC measurement systems are critical to the contaminated water collection operation and have to be property maintained to ensure that Host Nation's Higher Water Authority permits are not violated.

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

Similar work was purchased in FY11, FY14, FY16, and FY 18 with J&As published to www.FBO.gov. No interested parties responded. LAR Process Analyzers AG was contacted to obtain a list of authorized contractors that can provided the requested services. When approached for contract FA5606-16-P-0084 and FA5606-18-P-0049, LAR Process Analyzers AG asserted that no other source was authorized to perform the services requested. Subsequently, both contracts were awarded on a sole source bases as no other source was capable of providing the requested services.

North American LAR TOC distributer LAR, LLC confirmed that LAR Process Analyzers AG is the only source authorized to perform the requested services for this need.

Two companies (CRB Analyse Service & Mettler Toledo) were contacted in an effort to produce competition. They were asked if they would be able to conduct maintenance on the LAR brand total organic carbon (TOC) analyzers without infringing upon any proprietary information or voiding any warranties. Additionally, they were asked if there is a TOC analyzer in existence that is generic in nature to allow maintenance to take place by many individuals without voiding warranties or proprietary information. CRB replied to inform us that they were unfamiliar with the duties we were requesting of them and they were not aware of a universal TOC analyzer for all companies. Mettler Toledo replied to let us know that they would email whether or not they would be able to perform these duties; no email was ever received.

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

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Market research being continuously conducted to identify if any other sources become available in the future for this requirement. At this time, no other source is capable of providing the requested services.

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

13-Dec-2018

Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer

JUSTIN D. SCHERER

Signature of Contracting Officer

20 Apr 2017 Page of Section A: General Contract Information Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source or Brand Name Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source or Brand Name Awards 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.

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