Redacted ProQA Limiting Competition under SAT ACC_Redacted.pdf

Control No: 2021-0001

Version – February 2017

Memorandum for Record – Limiting Competition at or below the Simplified Acquisition

Threshold

1. Contracting Activity: Mission Installation Contracting Command-Joint Base Lewis- McChord MCO

2. Description of Action:

Follow-on Requirement

Contract Vehicle: Purchase Order Number:

Pricing/Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price

Funds: Operations & Maintenance, Army (OMA)

Name of Proposed Contractor(s) and Address:

Priority Dispatch

110 South Regent St Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Brand Name Buy: No

3. Description of Services or Supplies:

ProQA Dispatch Software integrates the power of the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch’s protocols with today’s critical computer technologies. It helps emergency dispatchers move smoothly through Case Entry and Key Questioning. It assists dispatchers in quickly identifying the appropriate Determinant Code for each case and clearly displays the response configuration specifically assigned to the code by local agency authorities. ProQA then guides dispatchers in providing all relevant Post-Dispatch and Pre-Arrival Instructions, as well as important case completion information.

Period of Performance: 10/29/2020 to 10/28/2025

Total Value: $ 92,700

4. Authority:

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1): For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), only one source reasonably available, urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization.

5. Reasons for Authority Cited:

Control No: 2021-0001

Version – February 2017

a. Priority Dispatch is the only all-purpose and comprehensive priority dispatch systems provider in the world. This is a proprietary software that was incorporated into our dispatch system in 2015.

b. Priority Dispatch is the only provider of Expert System Priority Dispatch call-taking software.

6. Publicizing Contract Actions:

7. Market Research: None.

8. Other Facts:

a. Only provider of fully two way CAD integrated Priority Dispatch software system

d. Only provider of Automated Quality Assurance Priority Dispatch Case Review software

(AQUA)

9. Technical/Requirements Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which are included in the justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

10. Contracting Officer Certification/Approval:

I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based upon market research.

I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that completing this purchase as a sole source is in the best interest of the Government. Additionally, I approve this justification to limit competition subject to the availability of funds and provided that the services or supplies herein described have otherwise been authorized for acquisition.