Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity or Use Brand-Name Restriction

This is a federal contracting form documenting justification for a sole-source exception to fair opportunity requirements under a multiple-award contract.

The contracting activity is the Air National Guard's 188th Wing Contracting Office at Fort Smith, Arkansas, procuring Power Conditioning Continuation and Interfacing Equipment (PCCIE) services under a Firm-Fixed-Price underlying multiple-award IDIQ contract (FA821721D0011). The proposed vendor is Computer Sites Inc (CSI), CAGE Code 3GN81 UEI M2GPMRKCJSA3, located in Denver, Colorado. The action type is a new Emergency Task Order on a sole-source basis. The exception cited is RFO 16.507-6(b)(1), addressing unusual and compelling urgency where providing fair opportunity would result in unacceptable delays. The mission involves two phases: an Immediate Emergency Mission Mitigation phase establishing temporary operational capability within a specified recovery window through lease and immediate installation of equipment, with CSI providing stock-available temporary systems and mobilized electrical crews for immediate installation; and a Permanent Capability Restoration phase restoring the site to pre-disaster operational baseline through permanent end-state solutions. The justification emphasizes CSI's unique qualifications based on immediate availability of compatible equipment, pre-positioned mobilized workforce, and historical site intimacy from original system installation, which would eliminate significant delay, engineering risk, and compatibility errors introduced by competing vendors unfamiliar with site-specific electrical distribution and facility interfaces. Price reasonableness will be established through comparison against PCCIE MAC III contract rates and historical pricing data adjusted for inflation, with technical evaluation performed by the PCCIE Program Office.