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This is a justification and approval document for a sole source procurement action submitted by the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois. The requirement is for 50 liters of Hewitt Packard Three-D Seven Hundred Material (Manufacturer Part Number V1Q64A) and 35 liters of Hewitt Packard Three-D Seven Hundred Fusing Agent in five-liter cartridges (Manufacturer Part Number V1Q63A). The procurement vehicle is a purchase order with fixed pricing, funded through Army Welfare and Recreation Fund for Fiscal Year Twenty Twenty-Six. The contracting activity is seeking various small business distributors as proposed contractors, with brand name buy approval granted.

The justification cites Federal Acquisition Regulation Section Thirteen point One Zero Six Subsection One opening parenthesis B opening parenthesis One closing parenthesis closing parenthesis as the authority for the sole source acquisition, referencing urgency and brand name requirements. The document states that the consumables have proprietary properties belonging exclusively to the manufacturer and that the market research identified several Hewitt Packard distributors capable of providing the products. The contracting officer determined that fair and reasonable pricing will be established through competition among small business distributors, and approval was granted to limit competition subject to fund availability. The document is signed by Contracting Officer Sophia Lynn Muckenfuss, dated February Twenty-Sixth, Twenty Twenty-Six.