IP1001D - JOFOC Form ROV Debris -Posted.pdf

Consumer Product Safety Commission Revised: 5/06/19 Office of Procurement Services Reviewed/Current 5/06/19

Form F1001A - Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition

1. Requisition number and title: REQ # CPS-2114-20-0005 Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (ROV) Floorboard Debris Penetration Testing

2. Description of the Supplies and Services Required:

Testing services: Preliminary Testing of ROV floorboard debris penetration done autonomously with robotics; Primary Testing of ROV floorboard debris penetration using a sled-type platform capable of impacting a rigid object onto an ROV floorboard that is mounted onto a simulated, fully-loaded ROV. Forces, accelerations, speeds, and deformations shall be measured for each test.

Supplies: Data acquisition systems, high speed digital camera technology, sled-type test rig, sample ROVs, sample ROV floorboards, sample ROV floorboard accessories, all necessary software to conduct the above services, and other tools necessary for accomplishing the above testing services.

Supporting Services: Report writing, Data Analysis/Reduction, Meetings with CPSC staff.

3. Period of Performance: September 30, 2020 to September 29, 2021

4. Estimated Value (to include options): _

5. Description of effort made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practical:

In 2011, CPSC solicited bids on an IDIQ contract for ROV test and evaluation work which required autonomous control of the ROV and sled test capabilities. CPSC staff learned that autonomous control and sled testing capabilities are limited. Based on capability and cost, SEA Limited (SEA) was selected as the contractor for contract CPSC D-11-0003.

6. Reason for Other Than Full and Open Competition (check one):

___X__ a. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

______ b. Only a particular Brand Name item can meet the Government’s need.

______ c. Unusual and compelling urgency.

______ d. Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.

______ e. International agreement.

______ f. Authorized or required by statute ______ g. National security.

______ h. Public interest (must be approved by Chairman).

7. Justification for sole source (not competing the requirements):

SEA has unique experience and expertise in the testing of Recreational Off-highway Vehicles (ROVs). In 2011, SEA was awarded contract CPSC D-11-0003 to perform various physical testing on ROVs. In that contract, SEA developed unique test equipment that were essential to testing ROVs. Subsequent contracts were awarded to develop a unique laboratory crash and rollover test facility that can autonomously propel an ROV or ATV (all-terrain vehicle) along a track, while collecting high speed video, vehicle speed and acceleration.

SEA has developed test methods and equipment to operate ROVs autonomously, i.e., testing ROVs with robotics instead of human drivers. Since the nature of the preliminary testing sought for this requisition can potentially injure human drivers, where rigid objects can puncture the ROV floorboard and impale the occupants, it is essential that the preliminary discovery testing be done autonomously, as this method would enable test personnel safety, accuracy, repeatability, and reduce human testing error/variability. Duplication of the equipment and expertise for autonomous operation of ROVs by another contractor would incur substantial cost to the government that will not be recovered through competition.

SEA has a unique laboratory facility (rollover simulator) that can propel a fully loaded ROV up to 20 mph into an obstacle within a laboratory setting. This facility provides high speed video documentation of the collision, along with high-speed engineering data acquisition to collect physical quantities such as impact forces, speeds, and accelerations of the vehicle. The main testing for this requisition involves impacting a rigid object into a fully-loaded ROV using the rollover simulator. CPSC staff is familiar with the SEA rollover simulator from previous contracted work on ATVs (IDIQ Contract 61320618D0003), and determined that the SEA owned-rollover simulator could be used for the impact testing of ROV floorboards. Selecting a different contractor to produce comparable results would require development of a facility, or modification and validation/calibration of a similar existing facility. Duplication of a laboratory facility and the equipment and expertise for laboratory testing and simulation of ROVs by another contractor would incur substantial cost to the government that will not be recovered through competition.

8. Insert contractor name, address and telephone number:

SEA Limited 7001 Buffalo Parkway Columbus, Ohio 43229 Phone (614) 888-4160

9. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): Han Lim

10. Originating Office/AED: Engineering Sciences / Mark Kumagai

CERTIFICATION – This form and all supporting data are complete and accurate:

Signature of COR Date

CONCURRENCE:

Signature of AED/Office Director Date

CERTIFICATION AND DETERMINATION (to be completed by Contracting Officer)

Comments:

Authority: FAR 6.302-____ and 41 U.S.C. 253(__ ), basis: ___________________

Contracting Officer Date

ADDITIONAL APPROVALS (as required):

Competition Advocate (greater than $700,000.00, but not over $13 million) Date

Senior Procurement Executive ($13 million or more) Date

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