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BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION AUTHORITY: FAR 13.501(a)

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1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Brand Name Justification.”

Contracting Activity: This document is a brand name justification for other than full and open competition for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services.

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

Requirement:

New Follow-on Requirement Modification to existing order

Pricing:

Firm-Fixed Price Time & Materials Other _____________

3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated value).

• Land Mobile Radio mobile and portable radio equipment with requested configurations

• The estimated value of the proposed action is

4. An Identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

FAR 13.501(a).

5. A demonstration that the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited.

• To match existing infrastructure

• Life and Safety

• To avoid duplication of costs:

o Re-training o Parts and equipment o Software o Maintenance agreements

United States Department of the Interior Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

Washington, DC 20240 o Warranties

Motorola equipment is utilized by all OJS Districts to provide public safety communications interoperability with BIA Law Enforcement Officers. The APX 8500 and APX 8000 is compatible with existing training procedures and equipment that is in service in all OJS Law Enforcement vehicles. Utilizing this equipment greatly enhances officer and public safety.

Currently there are 200 of these radios in use and issuance of a different brand would require retraining officers to use new equipment creating an officer/community safety risk. Technicians would need to be retrained and new software and programing equipment would need to be procured.

Technician training is typically ~$3,500.00 per student X 12 technicians = ~$42K, new accessories and programing equipment for 20 portables ~20% of radio cost an additional $26,400.00. These costs ($68,400.00), would be incurred to support 1/2 of 1% of our portable radios. Officer/public safety cannot be calculated as a dollar figure, an officer during a violent or life safety stressful encounter will be forced to forget the use of the portable previously issued and rely upon memory of training for new equipment.

6. A description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as is practicable, including whether a notice was or will be publicized as required by Subpart 5.2 and, if not, which exception under 5.202 applies.

This will be posted as a combined synopsis/solicitation as a 100% ISBEE set-aside in accordance with 48 CFR Part 1480.401, and the Buy Indian Act, 25 U.S.C. 47.

7. A determination by the contracting officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based on adequate competition.

8. A description of the market research conducted (see Part 10) and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.

The following contracts were awarded to ISBEEs for similar Land Mobile radio purchases:

D17PC00432 Ewing (UEI: ) D17PC00444 AWS Technologies/Western Cherokee (DUNs 794260955)

In addition, a Small Business Dynamic Search for Native Owned Businesses under NAICS Code: 334220 was conducted, that resulted in 235 profiles. Therefore, there is a reasonable expectation to receive more than one ISBEE quote.

9. Any other facts supporting the use of justification of other than full and open competition, such as:

N/A

10. A listing of the sources, if any, that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

11. A statement of any actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services required.