I.P-2. JML Attachment - Brand Name_Redacted.pdf

This is a Memorandum to the File documenting the justification for using other than full and open competition for a federal acquisition under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.

The acquisition is for three units of a MENTOR MP DC DRIVE (Model MP420A4R-CC, Part Number 73200052243101) manufactured by NIDEC, with a required delivery date of April 30, 2026. The item is a 208-480VAC motor controller with 420 AMPS output, 125HP @ 230VAC, 250HP @ 460VAC, NKP keypad, and conformal coating, intended as a direct replacement crane part. The Navy Crane Center at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF is the contracting activity, with Angela Morelli serving as the Contracting Officer. The dealer representative is Motion Industries (Damon Onaga, Honolulu, HI).

The justification for sole-source procurement is based on the BRAND NAME determination. The Navy Crane Center has approved only NIDEC Mentor MP drives and associated software as the approved DC motor controller for portal cranes, with no alternative DC motor controller currently approved. The specific Mentor MP drive is the only controller approved for installation by the Navy Crane Center via approved crane alteration requests (N32253-12-003, N32252-16-001, and N32253-20-004). The technical certification was completed by an Electrical Engineer at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF on March 25, 2026, and the Contracting Officer approved the justification on April 13, 2026.