B06_J-A_redacted.pdf

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ATTACHMENT B

Control No. 2018-WHS-0078

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION UNDER SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES

FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS

UNDER FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) 13.5

1. AGENCY AND CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: The Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Acquisition Directorate (AD), Enterprise, Facilities & Construction Division (EFCD), Building Maintenance & Operations Branch (BMOB), Pentagon.

2. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: Raven Rock Mountain Complex (RRMC) has a requirement to obtain a service agreement contract for a Cyberex System that provides 24/7 service designed around the RRMC, including scheduled, predictive, and preventative maintenance services.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES:

The Operations and Maintenance of RRMC has a requirement to establish the Preventive

September 1, 2018 August 31, 2023. The total value of this procurement is .

Performance Periods

Performance Period Dates Amount

Base Period 01 Sept 2018 31 Aug 2019 Option Period I 01 Sept 2019 31 Aug 2020 Option Period II 01 Sept 2020 31 Aug 2021 Option Period III 01 Sept 2021 31 Aug 2022 Option Period IV 01 Sept 2022 31 Aug 2023 Base + All Options 01 July 2018 31 Aug 2023

4. AUTHORITY CITED: This action is under the procedures of under the procedures of

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.5 under the authority of:

41 U.S.C. 1901, Simplified Acquisition Procedures 41 U.S.C. 1903, Special Emergency Procurement Authority

5. REASON FOR AUTHORITY CITED:

Background

Version 7 (05/30/18) s must be conducted by a factory trained technician from ABB/Thomas and Betts.

ABB is the only authorized provider of service support to Thomas and Betts developed proprietary service software for 3-phase Thomas and Betts SS3 and PDU products. No other service supplier is authorized to possess Thomas and Betts proprietary software, repair documentation, processes or materials.

FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Thomas and Betts owns the proprietary software that Cyberex uses to test the applications (See Attachment 1 Sole Source Letter). This service is mission critical.

6. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION:

Market Research was conducted on the internet. To the best of our knowledge there are no other companies that provide T&B certified technicians to work on mission critical Cyberex units.

7. FAIR AND REASONABLE COST DETERMINATION: The Contracting Officer determines that the anticipated prices will be fair and reasonable.

8. Is this acquisition for a non-competitive follow-on acquisition previously awarded on a non-competitive basis?

Yes. A copy of the previous justification is attached1.

The Actions to remove any barriers to competition cited on the previous justification were completed:

Yes.

No2

No.

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the supporting data under my cognizance included in this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Contracting Officer Representative/Program Office Date

1 IAW PGI 206.303-2(b)(i)(B).

2 If no, then the approval of the J&A shall be IAW PGI 206.304(a)(ii).

7/19/2018