FY22-31199_JA_signed.pdf

Brand Name Justification under $250K

PMD Number: FY22-31199

Department: S32

Company Name/Brand: Emerson

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

PHD S32 requires 24/7 support for the Emerson branded Machinery Health Analyzer firmware and the AMS Machinery Manager software that is installed on an Research Development Test &

Evaluation (RDT&E) computer. The units are critical to S32 NATO Seasparrow Surface Missile

System (NSSMS) repairs and overhauls. The Machinery Health Analyzer is used to collect vibration analysis data in the field and the data collected is transferred to the RDT&E computer for analysis using the software to generate reports for S32 as indicators of bearing and gearbox degradation.

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.

This procurement is required for maintenance of existing equipment that is manufactured by

Emerson. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division purchased the original vibration analysis unit and software. The software is proprietary for the Emerson unit and services can only be obtained through Emerson LLC or by authorized distributors. The maintenance for the hardware is also offered and covers wear and tear that comes from normal use of the product to increase product reliability and performance to include Loaners to be provided by the local repair center in our region. The software and hardware combination is required in order for code S32 employees to evaluate the condition of the NSSMS equipment onboard the Navy ships.

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.

Emerson and authorized distributors provide telephone support, software updates, hardware repairs, calibrations, updates, product manual revisions, and database repairs for corrupted files, links and data for their proprietary hardware, Machinery Health Analyzer and software AMS

Machinery Manager Software. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Code S32 has been using Emerson branded hardware and software to acquire, analyze, and store Vibration

Analysis data for over 25 years. Since this data is in a proprietary Emerson format, switching to another brand of products would result in loss of all historical data and prevent trend analysis.

Additionally, since the data acquisition hardware, with its unique data acquisition technics, would be different, we would have to re-run a Faulty Bearing study at a cost of approximately

$120k and lose the years of experience analyzing the data using Emerson’s products. This substantial duplication of cost is not expected to be recovered through competition.

Market Research Conducted:

The Requirements generator conducted market research using sites such as GSA Advantage, UNICOR, DoD ESI and Ability One to determine if any other vendors could provide a form, fit function coupler and returned with no results found. No other manufacturer were found who can provide Machinery Health Analyzer and software AMS Machinery Manager Software.

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:

Signature Print Name, Title and Code Phone No. Date

Legal Counsel:

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

Legal Office:

Julianne Surane, Assistant Counsel Phone No. 805-228-8520 Date