C03 - SSJ - Rockwell Automation (Rexel)_redacted.pdf

NSWCCD Sole Source/Brand Name Justification SAT rev 1 Effective September 2020 government in excess of $50,000. Further to obtain the level of support provided as part of this contract would have to pay ala cart for services which requires a lengthy contract process for each instance. This will make the process of maintaining the legacy hardware more efficient and lead to less facility downtime. To use different software would require the government to purchase new software from a different manufacturer, replace existing hardware, and would still require a service and maintenance contract on that software and hardware. Therefore, there is no other practical way for to maintain and support the software currently used to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot the test facilities at West Bethesda or the LCC.

A. BRAND NAME:

Item required must be a brand name product, or feature of a product, particular to one manufacturer.

1. Restrictive Rights: The source has established proprietary rights, limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights, or secret processes in the item or service required.

2. Exclusive Licensing Agreements: The item or service is only available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer

(OEM).

3. Other Reasons:

B. SOLE SOURCE (select all that apply)

1. Restrictive Rights: The source has established proprietary rights, limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights, or secret processes in the item or service required.

2. Exclusive Licensing Agreements: The item or service is only available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), or there is only one authorized distributor or technical representative for the OEM.

already owns all the software and hardware that will be covered by the maintenance and support contract. That software and hardware was created, or manufactured by, and is only maintained by, Rockwell Automation. The software is used to control, maintain, and troubleshoot associated Rockwell Automation hardware that already owns and operates. According to Rockwell Automation, “As a matter of Company policy, full factory product and sales support is made available only to the local authorized distributor…” knows of no other Manufacturer (Rockwell Automation) who could provide the services and support for the software, and the manufacturer has directed to use the local authorized distributor (Rexel).

3. Other Reasons:

IV. CERTIFICATIONS & APPROVALS

A. Technical/Requirements Certification: I certify that the facts and representation under my cognizance, which are included in this justification, are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Customer/Requestor Signature Name / Title / Phone Date

First Line Supervisor Signature Name / Title / Phone Date

B. Certification/Approval per FAR 13.501: Upon the basis of the above justification, I hereby approve the solicitation of the proposed procurement(s) described herein using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c).

Contracting Officer Signature Name / Title / Phone Date

NSWCCD Sole Source/Brand Name Justification SAT rev 1 Effective September 2020