N63394_FY22_32194_Brand Name JA Redacted.pdf

Brand Name Justification under $250K

PMD Number: FY22-32194

Department: A (Code A65)

Company Name/Brand: Dewetron

Description of Product, Supplies or Services required to meet the agency’s needs:

The Dewetron portable all-in-one data acquisition system is a recorder that is portable enough to be used onboard ships. The Dewetron can measure and record multiple voltages and currents at a time and is expandable to include other types of measurements.

Identification of Justification Rational:

☒ The Material or service must be compatible will aspects (Form, Fit, and Function) with existing systems presently installed.

☐ A patent, copyright, proprietary data, or licensing agreement limits competition.

☐ These are “direct replacement(s)” parts/components for existing equipment.

☐ Urgency.

Identification of the Justification Rationale Explained: **If using form, fit, and function, describe the current equipment and how the new item/service must coordinate or interface.

**If using patent, copyright, proprietary data, describe the proprietary data. **If using direct replacement, describe this below.

The Dewetron portable all-in-one data acquisition system is a stand-alone piece of test equipment that will be used to support Code A65’s role as the ISEA for US and FMS Aegis Class ships. Dewetron products have commonality and compatibility with existing lab/test equipment. Further, the Dewetron recorder is portable enough to be used onboard ships to measure and record multiple voltages and currents at a time. The Dewetron will enable A65 SMEs to conduct engineering investigations and tech support, Fleet/onsite tech assists, and analyze and resolve shipboard power anomalies that otherwise would not be possible.

No other brand, other than Dewetron can meet all of our requirements. Specifically:

1. Dewetron is configurable and can be set up to accomplish many kinds of testing. For example, work involving electrical power requires certain modules that can digitize and record High Voltage and Current without requiring additional transducers or transformers in order to minimize the amount of equipment we travel with and bring aboard ships. Since the Dewetron unit is configurable, we can plug in these required modules into the unit. We can also acquire other modules, such as those that record things like temperature, vibration, etc. for general in-house testing at our labs and plug those into the Dewetron unit. In other words, we can configure the Dewetron unit to complete different types of testing without the need to procure other testing systems. No other brand can provide us this level of configurability.

2. Dewetron units also have very high data sample rates allowing us to try to capture electrical anomalies that occur on the order of microseconds.

3. Dewetron units further meet our requirements for channel count, input signal (voltage. current, etc.) or built-in data reduction/analysis capability. No other brand meets these requirements.

Finally, Dewetron units meet the requirement to maintain consistency and compatibility between our new and old systems. For instance, we require that both systems are connected via data link in order to record more channels of data on the same, synchronized timeline. The use of another brand would prevent us from connecting the old and new systems. Further, the recorded data in both new and old systems must be in the same format in order to be analyzed. The use of another brand would result in different formats and prevent proper analysis. Finally, our team is already well trained on the operation of Dewetron equipment and software and there would be a steep learning curve if another brand was used. Other brands of systems are very quirky, difficult to learn and use, require a significant learning curve, and do not perform as Dewetron does for our purposes.

Specific Characteristics of the Item or Service required that Limit the Availability to a Sole Source or Brand Name: **This is the most important section. Explain in detail why this company or brand are the only ones that can meet the requirement.

As previously stated, only the Dewetron brand can meet our requirements. Sourcing a different brand will cause an unreasonable delay impacting necessary testing and fleet support. Specifically, procuring a different brand will cause incompatibility issues with the old Dewetron model we currently have and require us to replace that old Dewetron model. This would result in an approximate time delay of a few months. This delay is based on the estimated time it’d take to procure two models of a different brand plus the time it’d take to train on the new models. Furthermore, since the old Dewetron model would have to be replaced in order to ensure compatibility with the new brand, there would be a substantial duplication of cost of approximately $52,944.50 (the estimated cost of an additional model) that is not expected to be recovered through competition.

Market Research Conducted:

Extensive market research was conducted on Haystack, GSA Advantage, AbilityOne, FedMall, UNICOR and SEWP with no vendors providing pricing that is less than what Dewetron is offering.

Dewetron has matched the GSA pricing for those items that can be purchased directly from GSA Mart.

Statement of Actions, if any to Remove Barriers to Competition in the Future:

NSWC PHD Contracts Office will continue to conduct market research as warranted to provide a broader vendor base as applicable for the types of supplies/services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, NSWC PHD will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.

Contracting Officer:

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

WYNN.ARTHUR.P.JR.108048

Contracting Officer Signature:

Digitally signed by

WYNN.ARTHUR.P.JR.1080480870

Date: 2022.08.04 10:48:56 -07'00'

Arthur Wynn, Contracting Officer, Code 0271, 805-228-6111, Date

SURANE.JULIANNE. Digitally signed by

SURANE.JULIANNE.MARIE.152288

MARIE.1522887796 7796 Date: 2022.08.04 12:00:26 -07'00'

Legal Counsel:

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Legal Office:

Julianne Surane, Assistant Counsel Phone No. 805-228-8520 Date