P03- Part806.3_Atch7_FAR6_JA_OVER_SAT_36C259-22-AP-4170_Redacted.pdf

Part 806.3 Other Than Full and Open Competition (OFOC) Request for Sole Source Justification Format >SAT

Rev: 13 Effective Date: 02/01/22 Page 1 of 4

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification and Approval (J&A) For

Other Than Full and Open Competition (>SAT)

Acquisition Plan Action ID: 36C259-22-AP-4170

RPOW JOFOC Tracker: 2023-01-31T07:57:37

1. Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 19, 6162 S. Willow Dr., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Organizational Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, Sheridan VA Medical Center (Sheridan VAMC) 1898 Fort Rd., Sheridan, WY 82801.

2. Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Processed: This acquisition is for the installation of a station wide steam trap monitoring system. The monitoring system must include temperature sensors. The temperature sensors shall communicate over existing Trane Tracer building control system. The contract contemplated will be a new Firm Fixed Price (FFP) construction contract with Armacost Trane.

3. Description of Supplies/Services Required to Meet the Agency’s Needs: Steam traps fail, and go unnoticed for months. Meanwhile they waste steam. This project is to install a system to monitor the temperature of the condensate piping that the steam traps are connected to, in strategic locations, will give an indication where the failed steam trap is located. The Trane Tracer building control system is a critical facility system which acts as the central nervous system and branches out to peripherals which provide feedback data which controls HVAC systems. The project includes the labor and material required for a complete Steam Trap Monitoring system integrated, with graphics, into the existing HVAC controls front end computer. System shall be installed in buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 23, 24, 31, 37, 61, 64, 71, 71N, 86, 87, 90, and 12 manholes per drawings and specifications provided with this package. Approximately 120 temperature sensors.

The total estimated value of this project is . The period of performance is anticipated at 135 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other than Full and Open Competition:

(X) (1) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements per 41 USC §3304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1;

( ) (2) Unusual and Compelling Urgency per 41 USC §3304(a)(2) as implemented by FAR 6.302-2;

( ) (3) Industrial Mobilization, Engineering, Developmental or Research Capability or Expert Services per 41 USC §3304(a)(3) as implemented by FAR 6.302-3;

( ) (4) International Agreement per 41 USC §3304(a)(4) as implemented by FAR 6.302-4 ( ) (5) Authorized or Required by Statute per 41 USC §3304(a)(5) as implemented by FAR 6.302-5;

( ) (6) National Security per 41 USC §3304(a)(6) as implemented by FAR 6.302-6;

( ) (7) Public Interest per 41 USC §3304(a)(7) as implemented by FAR 6.302-7;

5. Demonstration that the Contractor’s Unique Qualifications or Nature of the Acquisition

Requires the Use of the Authority Cited Above (applicability of authority): Trane is the manufacturer and service agent for the existing Trane Tracer Building Control System at the Sheridan VAMC. The building control system is comprised of proprietary hardware and software that controls