Justification and Approval - LLA IGH - Paint_Final_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Justification and Approval (J&A) for a brand name procurement of specialized vinyl paint system ingredients for the US Army Corps of Engineers' Lower Granite Intake Gate Hydraulics System Upgrades project. The contract, numbered W912EF25RA010, will be a new firm-fixed-price construction contract funded by the Bonneville Power Administration via subagreement 20GS-75833.

The J&A details specific proprietary paint ingredients from manufacturers like Kronos, Inc., E.I. DuPont DeNemours, Elementis Specialties, Wacker Chemie AG, Momentive Performance Materials, and Dow Corning Corporation. The document justifies the brand name procurement based on the ingredients' critical performance characteristics for underwater steel structure protection, with decades of testing indicating that alternative materials would result in an inferior protective coating system. The total cost of these specific brand name ingredients is estimated to be redacted, and the contract will be awarded based on competition among multiple potential sources.