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SOLE or LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION Determination Memorandum for Acquisitions Over $3,500 but not Exceeding the SAT

All solicitations and orders shall be competed unless a justification to limit competition using an exception in FAR Part 8, 13, or 16, as applicable to the acquisition, is approved by the Contracting Officer. When the customer describes an item or service, which limits the availability to one source or a particular brand name, there must be a technical explanation describing why only that specific one will meet the government’s requirement. Statements must be detailed and identify the harm that would come to the government (e.g. lack of capability or safety impact). The customer MUST COMPLETE all questions below, as applicable.

PURCHASE REQUEST OR REQUISITION NUMBER ESTIMATED AMOUNT

1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND THE INTENDED USE.

2. THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT REQUIRED LIMITING SOURCES TO A SINGLE MANUFACTURER OR SERVICE PROVIDER. (See FAR 8.405- 6(a)(1)(i) and (b)(1) for exceptions that apply to orders under GSA schedules. See FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) for open market purchase exceptions. See FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i) for exceptions that apply to orders against multiple award contracts.)

3. THE RATIONALE THAT SUPPORTS THE EXCEPTION NOTED ABOVE. (e.g., compatibility with existing equipment, specific performance criteria, proprietary data, only one capable, urgency, logical follow on, satisfy minimum guarantee, etc.).

4. IF APPLICABLE, WHY IS THE PROCUREMENT SO URGENT THAT TIME WILL NOT TO ALLOW FOR ADVERTISING?

5. STATEMENT OF ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION.

SIGNATURE CODE TELEPHONE NUMBER DATE

CUSTOMER

CONTRACTING OFFICER

This form may be used in lieu of the determination described in FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i), 8.405- 6(b)(2), 13.106-1(b)(1), or 16.505(a)(4).

Customer Approval Levels Ech II ACOS/SA or Deputy Ech III Department Head or Above Ech IV CO, XO, or CMC

Multiple NTE $250,000

Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) has a brand name requirement for Direct TV services to provide the situational awareness of local and international news which is essential in our daily operational tempo.

IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(3), Brand name will satisfy agency requirements.

NSWC currently has Direct TV services at multiple locations across the West coast. The locations are not wired to support conventional cable services and thus digital wireless services are the only option. Previously NSW contracted for the Direct TV services under contract H92240-16-P-0208 & H92240-15-P-0084 which included $10,0024 in hardware and installation. The Government anticipates moving to an alternate source of digital cable services to cost $15,000 dollars, $5,000 dollars associated with new equipment and $10,000 dollars for additional installation & travel costs to all the geographic locations. Additionally, the activity estimates approximately $10,000 dollars (2 personnel for 5 days @$1,000 per day) of additional Government personnel resources required to oversee and monitor the additional tasking.

Based on these estimates, it is in the Government’s best interest to maintain current provider as changing to another digital cable provider would result in a duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to result in a savings to the Government as a result of competition.

Multiple commercial vendors are authorized providers for Direct TV services and competition is expected.

WARCOM will continue to monitor the market place for competitive options to support the current hardware as well as to remain informed of changes in technology. When the existing hardware reaches the end of its life cycle, the Government will consider ways to remove any barriers in the future requirement thereby maximizing competition.