JA - Rauland Reponder IV Nurse call_Redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR

OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Requesting Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Engineering (138) 4100 West Third Street Dayton, Ohio 45428

Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 10 Network Contracting Activity 3140 Governor’s Place Blvd Kettering, OH 45409

2. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Processed:

Request approval to use other than full and open competition to solicit on a Brand Name Only to use “Rauland” Responder IV and products referenced in Section 27 52 23.

PROJECT #552-118-101 Renovate Laboratory Building 310

A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs:

As part of a project to construct the Renovate Laboratory B310 space at the Dayton VAMC, the building will be receiving new infrastructure. This will require providing a system compatible with the campus existing nurse call and code blue network.

4. An identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

This request is submitted pursuant to the authority of Title 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)

(1) or 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1), which provides that full and open competition need not be obtained where there is “only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements”. FAR Part 6.302-1(c) “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.”

5. Demonstration Contractor's Unique Qualifications

Rauland products and Rauland Responders IV are used throughout the medical center to achieve integration across all the building nurse call and code blue systems.

6. A description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as is practicable, including whether a notice was or will be publicized.

Other nurse call and code blue systems do not provide complete network compatibility needed in at the Dayton VAMC, full integration and compatibility cannot be achieved through other manufacturers. This procurement will be competed / synopsized on www.fbo.gov and will indicate the requirement for brand name specification regarding the panic buttons. Since the construction contract is being awarded as a firm fixed price contract through competitive sealed bidding, the bidders are incentivized to locate the supplier that will provide the item at the most economical price.

7. A determination by the contracting officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

The best interests of the government are served through the use of this product.

The pricing will be provided as part of equipment available in the commercial marketplace. The price will be determined to be fair and reasonable to the government based on competition.

8. A description of the market research conducted and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

The nurse call and code blue systems has been established and maintained here at Dayton VAMC. This facility has multiple devices and each one must be standardized in order to function properly for patient safety. A system of this size would be unmanageable without standardization.

9. Any other facts supporting the use of other than full and open competition, such as:

This manufacturer is the only one that will provide integration to the existing nurse call and code blue notification system.

10. A listing of the sources interested in the acquisition: N/A

11. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services required.

Solicitations for future requirements will utilize “brand name or equal” language, if it is in the Government’s best interest to do so. The current requirement must be solicited using a brand name description because the Government needs to create an exact copy of a system/item that is currently in use.

12. Certification requirement:

I certify the supporting data, including the statement of the Government’s minimum needs and other rationale for other than full and open competition is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. (FAR Subpart 6.303- 1(b)).

The assertions and recommendations in support of the justification have been prepared by:

Ravindra R. Wani Phone: (937) 268-6511 Ext. 2830 Project Engineer/COR

Contracting Officers Certification

The Contracting Officer has determined that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the Contracting Officer's knowledge and belief.

Diana Pittman (Date) Contracting Officer (V1009L2-0500)

Ravindra R. Wani 344872 Digitally signed by Ravindra R. Wani 344872 Date: 2020.06.01 14:18:11 -04'00'

Diana J.

Pittman 251505

Digitally signed by Diana J. Pittman 251505 Date: 2020 08.07 13:42:19 -04'00'