FAR 13 Under SAT Justification_Sole source website .pdf

SOLE SOURCE or BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION (FAR 13 Under the SAT)

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED

State the requesting organization and the supplies or services required. Include the total estimated value and the period of performance or required delivery timeframe.

R5 Regional Air Quality program has a website (Sequoia National Forest Raw Data (air-resource.net)) created, designed and operated by Air Resource Specialist, Inc. This website has data from smoke monitoring sites operated by the R5 Air Program. Updates are needed to the website with the cost is estimated to be $30,000. Period of performance June 30, 2022 to October 1, 2022.

2. JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLICITING FROM A SINGLE SOURCE or FOR A BRAND NAME

Provide a detailed reason why another vendor or another brand name cannot be used to provide the required supplies or services.

This website incorporates communication devices designed and run by Air Resource Specialists, Inc. in support of our smoke monitoring program to provide near real time data to the public and partners as part of the interagency smoke management in CA. A new vendor would need to create and host another website along with coordinate closely with Air Resource Specialists, Inc. to provide seamless coverage of the the data made available to our agency partners and the public.

There would be additional cost for the new web design and communication linkages.

3. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION

Describe what market research was conducted in an effort to identify other vendors or brands suitable for the Government’s requirements; or provide the reason market research was not conducted.

Air Resource Specialists, Inc. was initially chosen to design and support this work as the lowest cost and the additional enhancements to the website will help it remain a value to the FS smoke management commitment.

4. STEPS TO PRECLUDE FUTURE SINGLE SOURCE (or BRAND NAME) AWARDS

State what planned actions will the agency take, in order to ensure competition on future requirements for these supplies or services.

The website and communications are currently not near the end of their life expectancies but as they age and need a more thorough overhaul, it will not be single source.

5. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S DETERMINATION

I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is available for the required services.

https://www.air-resource.net/SEQrawdata/

Requesting Office: R5 Regional Air Quality

NAME: Guadalupe Amezquita Title: Natural Resource Specialist

Concur/Does Not Concur:

Monica Gallegos Contracting Officer