JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION BRAND NAME.pdf

This document is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition form for a specific brand name procurement. The U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team in Charleston, SC requires mooring anchors for buoys, specifically DOR-MOR brand cast iron pyramid-shaped anchors. These anchors are approximately 10 lines in dry weight, designed for areas with mud or sand bottoms, and are the only pyramid-shaped anchors authorized in the USCG Aids to Navigation Technical Manual. The procurement is being limited to the DOR-MOR brand, with the solicitation posted on the Government Point of Entry to encourage competition from potential sources that sell the DOR-MOR brand anchors. The justification document outlines the unique specifications of the anchors and the efforts to ensure as many potential sources are solicited as practical.