FY20-17534 Sole Source Justification Under 250K.pdf

Sole Source Justification under $250K

PMD Number: FY20-17534

Department: A Dept.

Company Name/Brand: Americable International Japan, Inc.

Description of Product, Supplies or Services required to meet the agency’s needs:

Director, Department of the Navy, Deputy Chief lnformation Officer (Navy) authorized Naval

Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) to purchase a Deployable Site

Transport Boundary Secure Virtual Private Network (DSTB-VPN) via Ser.

N2N6BC/7U120085 for use in the Combat Systems Project Engineer office in Yokosuka, Japan to provide NMCI access.

The internet is used to utilize technical websites, technical drawing, system engineering planning and execution, and communication with Ships, maintenance team, Chain of command, sponsors and other stake holders; additionally, from a logistics support team they track, coordinate, and communicate logistics through websites, and emails with numerous entities and waterfront partners in order to perform their Combat System Project Engineer (CSPE) and logistician duties. We also host numerous technicians who utilize internet support to obtain technical and logistician data for their installations, repairs, and support to the ships.

Identification of Justification Rational:

☒ The Material or service must be compatible will aspects (Form, Fit, and Function) with existing systems presently installed.

☐ A patent, copyright, proprietary data, or licensing agreement limits competition.

☒ These are “direct replacement(s)” parts/components for existing equipment.

☐ Urgency.

Identification of the Justification Rationale Explained: **If using form, fit, and function, describe the current equipment and how the new item/service must coordinate or interface.

**If using patent, copyright, proprietary data, describe the proprietary data. **If using direct replacement, describe this below.

Requesting Monthly Wired Blue Internet Package (Internet Services) 200 Megabits per second Best Effort (B.E.) Down/50 Megabits per second B.E. Up to Ship Repair Facility

(SRF) Shack #17 Building Number 2043 Project Engineer Shack and Ship Repair Facility

#17 Shack Trailer Building Number A-40 SRF Shack #17.

Specific Characteristics of the Item or Service required that Limit the Availability to a Sole

Source or Brand Name: **This is the most important section. Explain in detail why this company or brand are the only ones that can meet the requirement.

Americable International Japan, Inc. service is the only company in Yokosuka Japan that provides Internet services on base. Americable is the only U.S. contractor/company and sole provider of commercial Internet services located on Yokosuka Naval Base that can provide and has been providing access to high speed internet for all commercial users on Yokosuka Naval

Base, Japan. Services are required to support the use of the DSTB to support access to NMCI for on-site LOGREP's, Project Engineers and numerous U.S. Government installation and Test

Teams visiting Yokosuka based ships.

Market Research Conducted:

Americable is the only authorized Internet Service provider for all Military and Department of

Defense (DOD) at Naval Base (Command Forces Activities) Yokosuka Japan.

The Yokosuka Base Communications Office (BCO) was contacted and asked if there were any other U.S commercial Internet providers on base and they stated there were no others. BCO was then asked if there were any Japanese commercial Internet providers on base and they stated there was none. There are no other U.S. Internet companies on the base. Japanese commercial

Internet providers lack access to the base. If a Japanese provider were used, the Government would have to submit a request for the BCO to contact a Japanese company to do a survey, with

BCO oversight. NSWC PHD would have to pay the BCO prior to the survey, and it is unknown what the cost of the survey would be.

Statement of Actions, if any to Remove Barriers to Competition in the Future:

NSWC PHD Contracts Office will continue to conduct market research as warranted to provide a broader vendor base as applicable for the types of supplies/services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, NSWC PHD will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.

Contracting Officer:

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Contracting Officer Signature:

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