JOFOC_RACOM-CIRPSCS - v20230526sR.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION (JOFOC) 1 – UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED

ACQUISITION THRESHOLD (SAT)

JOFOC NUMBER2: Not Needed

PR3 NUMBER: DJA-23-AWCB-PR-0126

CO: Sheray Millhouse

COR/GTR4:

DATE: June 20, 2023

This acquisition is conducted under the authorities for procurements under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 for other than full and open competition (including brand name) to meet the agency’s needs.

This does not use the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), also known as the General Schedule Administration (GSA) Schedules Program or the Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) under FAR Part 8 – Required Sources of Supplies and Services.

1. Identification of the agency and contracting activity.

Requiring Agency:

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Radio Services Branch (RSB) 5-1 Metropolitan Ct.

Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Technical POC: ( )

Contracting/Ordering Activity:

ATF

Office of Management – Acquisition Branch 99 New York Avenue, NE - #3.S-125 Washington, DC 20226

1 This is also known as a Justification & Approval. It is the document required by the FAR that justifies and obtains approval for a sole-source contract.

2 This is entered at or after small business review, including the header.

3 PR – Procurement Request 4 COR – Contracting Officer’s Representative – services /GTR – Government Technical Representative – supplies/goods.

JOFOC No.: N/A | PR No.: DJA-23-AWCB-PR-0126

CS5: Cameron Davis (Cameron.Davis@ATF.gov) CO6: Sheray Millhouse (Sheray.Millhouse@ATF.gov)

2. Nature and/or Description of the action being approved.

ATF intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed price contract to the Central Iowa Regional Public Safety Communications System (CIRPSCS).

3. Description of the Supplies and/or Services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the delivery schedule and/or period of performance, estimated total value, and all options, if any).

This action is to acquire user identifications (IDs) for 60-subscriber radios to have full-voice, statewide-system access to RACOM Corp’s CIRPSCS to support RSB and ATF’s Des Moines Field Office. The period of performance is for one (1) base year (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024) and four- (4-) option years (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2028), for a total-estimated cost of $106,304.00.

RACOM Corp, a small business, is located on 201 West State Street in Marshaltown, IA 50158.

4. Identification of Statutory Authority permitting other than full-and-open competition.

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 U.S. Code § 3304 – Use of Non- Competitive Procedures and the exceptions listed under FAR 6.302 – Circumstances permitting other than full and open competition.

FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

FAR 6.302-2 Unusual and compelling urgency.

FAR 6.302-3 Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability;

or expert services.

FAR 6.302-4 International agreement.

FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.

FAR 6.302-6 – National Security FAR 6.302-7 Public Interest

5 CS – Contract Specialist 6 CO – Contracting Officer

5. A demonstration that the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited.

To provide the most effective state & local interoperability for public safety throughout the central part of the state of Iowa, the state procured one (1) statewide Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system via its soliciting/bidding process. (For statewide systems, it is not feasible to procure multiple systems because such would require significant, additional expenses and technology to provide for interoperability between disparate systems, resulting in duplicate services.) To ensure the most effective use of taxpayers’ dollars, states normally have just one (1) statewide communications system. As such, CIRPSCS is the only statewide radio system that provides LMR, interoperable communications with state-and-local, public-safety agencies throughout the central part of the state of Iowa at the federal- and tribal-government levels. ATF needs access to this statewide communication system to support its law-enforcement activities (i.e., responses to emergencies and communicating with other law-enforcement partners using said network).

6. Certifications.

Co-Prepared by:

As the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or Government’s Technical Representative (GTR), I certify the above information is accurate to the best of my knowledge and contains complete data/information necessary to support the recommendation and the basis for this justification.

– Telecom Manager, RSB Date Office of Science and Technology – RSB

As the Contract Specialist, I reviewed the information presented above by the program office, this information is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I recommend to the Contracting Officer it is in the best interest of the US Government to pursue other than full and open competition for this requirement.

Cameron Davis, Contract Specialist Date Office of Management – Acquisition Branch

APPROVED by:

As the Contracting Officer and based on the information presented by the program office, the information is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge, and it is in the best interest of the US Government to pursue other than full and open competition for this requirement.

Sheray Millhouse, Contracting Officer Date Office of Management – Acquisition Branch

Digitally signed by Date: 2023.06.30 12:52:20 -04'00'

CAMERON DAVIS Digitally signed by CAMERON DAVIS Date: 2023.06.30 13:15:03 -04'00'

Digitally signed by SHERAY MILLHOUSE Date: 2023.06.30 14:10:46 -04'00'