JA-003-25 Shark Meter MSEC - 31 Jan 25 signedJF sDL -_Redacted.pdf

Control No. 003-25

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

REVIEW

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION FOR:

E - Shark 200 Meters

Building 606 - MSEC Renovation West Point, NY

21 January 2025

1. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District (NAN), Contracting (CT), 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278.

2. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION:

This Justification and Approval (J&A) supports the use of brand name components for the Building 606 - MSEC renovation project. The government will not purchase the components directly, but rather will require that offerors include the E Shark Meter as part of proposals submitted in response to the solicitation to comply with the Contract specifications that will lead to the award of a new firm-fixed-price (FFP) construction contract. The United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the acquisition and administration of the construction contract. Funding for this acquisition will be Sustainment, Renovation & Modernization (SRM). The project will be solicited and awarded as a Best Value Trade Off (BVTO) procurement in accordance with FAR Part 15.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES:

The requirement is to provide a Shark meter. This meter will be connected to the campus wide Building Management System (BMS). The meter is a computer-based control system that will monitor and control the building's mechanical and electrical systems, process systems, and security systems. The Building Management System (BMS) provides the operator with a singular, integrated interface for the various control systems in the building. The interface provides plant visualization, system control, alarm notification, and data collection. .

4. AUTHORITY CITED:

10 U.S.C. § 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(c), Application for Brand Name Descriptions. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1(c), the Contracting Officer will specify that all offerors be required to procure an item particular to one supplier (brand-name item).

5. REASON FOR AUTHORITY CITED:

A. Background:

Due to post wide compatibility issues and based on the capabilities described below of the Shark 200 meter, all new construction and renovation projects at the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point are now featuring the latest version of the Shark 200 meter. All incoming electrical services shall be metered at the main distribution switchboard, on the line side of the service disconnect switch. Meters shall be revenue grade with advanced input/output (I/O) and power quality. Meter shall be sole sourced to Shark 200 as manufactured by Electo Industries/GaugeTech.

No substitutions will be permitted, as it’s an approved meter that can be connected to the existing accredited metering network. Any other meter cannot be connected to the West Point’s Metering Network.

Shark 200 meter shall be equipped with V2 of higher V-Switch technology. Meter shall be provided with

INP100S and PO1S I/O boards for communication. For utility meters installed by other trades (water, gas, steam, etc.), run the MODBUS or Pulse output cable (output cable) from each utility meters to the Shark meter in a 3/4" conduit and terminate it into the PO1S I/O board (min of 4 connections required). Run a Cat6E cable (Standard networking cable for telecommunications) from the shark meter's INP100S input/output (I/O) board (main computing board on the Shark 200 Meter) to the Network Enterprise Center (NEC) IT room to connect meter into West Point's Metering Network.

B. Justification:

The West Point's advanced metering system was developed based on the Army Directive 2014-10. The metering system consists of Shark 200 advanced meter to monitor electric utility. The existing system has gone through the cybersecurity and risk management framework to obtain an approved Authority to Operate (ATO). Any other meter beside Shark 200 will invalidate the ATO and will not comply with the Army Directive 2014-10. Additionally, this system has already been implemented and integrated into West Point’s advanced metering network (i.e.: water use treatment plant, USMA Academic building, etc.).

C. Alternatives:

There are no viable alternatives that meet the complex mission requirements.

D. Impact:

If the J&A is not approved and a different item is provided, rather than the subject item, this would fail to meet governmental standards and provide additional cost to the government to implement a new system and support infrastructure.

6. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION:

The brand name product has been published as required by FAR 5.201, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to determine sources for this system was synopsized on 13 December 2024. No responses were received for the Notice of Intent. The brand name justification and approval will be posted with the solicitation. As stated in paragraph 5 above, the Shark Meter is the only brand available to ensure compatibility and interoperability with the existing Andover Continuum BMS. The subject Item is available on the open market for purchase and installation by all offerors.

7. ACTIONS TO INCREASE COMPETITION:

This J&A supports a discrete requirement that will end when the project is complete. Therefore, there are no planned actions to increase competition for the requirement covered by this J&A.

8. MARKET RESEARCH:

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to determine sources for this system was synopsized on 13 December 2024. The NOI was published for the required 15 days in SAM.gov. There were no responses to the NOI.