ATTACHMENT_1-J A_ANALOG_GENERATOR.pdf

FA8751-16-R-0060

ATTACHMENT 1

BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

Contracting Activity: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL – Rome Research Site

AFRL/RIKO

26 Electronic Parkway Rome, NY, 13441-4514.

Purchase Request/Local Identification Number:

Program Name (and Program Element, if applicable): Keysight Analog Signal Generator Estimated Cost/Price of the Order (including options):

Type Program: Other Contracting Authority: 10 USC 2304(c)(1) Type Determination: Individual Approving Authorities:

Program Manager: _________________________________________ _____________ Date Signed

AFRL/RITE

Local Small Business Office: See DD Form 2579 for local Small Business Office approval.

APPROVED

Date Signed

CONTRACTING OFFICER, AFRL/RIK

BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

1. Contracting Activity: AFRL/RIKO, 26 Electronic Pkwy, Rome NY 13441 Contracting Officer:

Purchase Request:

2. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Processed

This action is a new firm fixed price contract for a set of instruments for characterizing microwave and optical beams used for assisting an ion trapping optical setup that will be laid out and built in support of the Quantum Information Science (QIS) (Quantum Networking Project).

3. Description of Supplies/Services Required to Meet the Agency’s Needs

POWER METER + 2 SENSORS + 2 CABLES for characterizing optical beams

1) N1912A POWER METERS - P-SERIES, DUAL CHANNEL

2) N8482B POWER SENSOR - THERMOCOUPLE, AVERAGE, 100KHZ TO 6.0GHZ

N8482B-025 30DB ATTENUATOR, AVR PWR,100KHZ-6GHZ,- 5DBM TO +44DBM,

N-TYPE,

WITH AVERAGE INPUT POWER TO 25W N8482B-100 TYPE N (M) CONNECTOR N8482B-

STD STANDARD OPTION, -5DBM TO +44DBM

3) N1917A SENSOR CABLE 1.5M/5FT (N1917A)

4) E9323A PEAK AND AVERAGE POWER SENSOR, 50 MHZ TO 6GHZ, 5 MHZ

BANDWIDTH

5) N1917A SENSOR CABLE 1.5M/5FT (N1917A)

Microwave generator MXG X at 12.6 GHz with narrow pulse option and ultra-low noise floor.

DC Power supply Single output, dual range: 0-15V, 7A; 0-30V, 4A 105/120W. GPIB DC power supply triple output 0- +25V, 0-1A;0- -25V, 0-1A; 0- 6V, 0-5A 80W.

N5242A 10 MHZ TO 26.5 GHZ PNA-X NETWORK ANALYZER

RETURN TO KEYSIGHT WARRANTY - 3 YEARS

INSTALLED OPTIONS:

N5242A-010 TIME-DOMAIN MEASUREMENTS

N5242A-087 INTERMODULATION DISTORTION MEASUREMENTS

N5242A-086 GAIN COMPRESSION APPLICATION

N5242A-083 VECTOR AND SCALAR CALIBRATED CONVERTER MEASUREMENTS

N5242A-080 FREQUENCY OFFSET MEASUREMENTS

N5242A-008 PULSED-RF MEASUREMENTS

N5242A-200 2 PORTS, SINGLE SOURCE

N5242A-021 ADD PULSE MODULATOR TO INTERNAL FIRST SOURCE

N5242A-025 ADD FOUR INTERNAL PULSE GENERATORS

N5242A-A6J ANSI Z540-1-1994 CALIBRATION

N4419AK20 TEST PORT CABLE, 3FT, 3.5 MM (M-F) - 4 CABLES

85052D ECONOMY MECHANICAL CALIBRATION KIT, DC TO 26.5GHZ, 3.5 MM

85052D-A6J ANSI Z540-1-1994 CALIBRATION

4. Authority Permitting a Brand Name

The specific exception that authorizes restricting consideration based on limited sources for this acquisition is 10 USC 2304(c)(1)-- Only one brand is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized.

5. Applicability of Authority

The brand name products to be acquired are essential to the Government’s requirements and other companies’ products do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the Government’s needs.

Keysight is the only known manufacturer of benchmark network analyzers that are capable of characterizing signals with the 127dB dynamic range, a noise floor or -114dBm, and high speed acquisition (6ms at 201 point, 1 sweep), which is needed in our experiments.

6. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination by the Contracting Officer

It is anticipated that the receipt of competitive re-sale proposals will produce a fair and reasonable price less than or equal to the Government estimate.

7. Description of Market Research Conducted Among All Awardees

The Government estimate is based on an open market quotation provided by t. To meet the customer’s fiscal requirements, AFRL Market research concluded that the required brand name hardware is available from resellers of . Therefore, to promote competition, this procurement will be solicited full and open on FedBizOpps (FBO.gov).

8. Other Facts Supporting the Justification

There are no other facts supporting this justification.

9. List of Any Awardee That Expressed Interest in the Acquisition

Keysight technologies

10. Actions to Remove/Overcome Barriers to Increasing Fair Opportunity

The end-user will continue to perform market research in order to identify opportunities to maximize competition in potential future requirements and will analyze any changes to the market that may result in a decision to replace the existing products.

11. Contracting Officer’s Certification

The contracting officer’s signature on the signature page evidences that he/she has determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of his/her knowledge and belief.

12. Technical/Requirements Personnel’s Certification

As evidenced by their signatures on the Coordination and Approval Document, the technical and/or requirements personnel have certified that any supporting data contained herein, which is their responsibility, is both accurate and complete.