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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE

OR BRAND NAME

PICK ONE

Sole Source:

☐I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with Vendor Name only for Enter Supply or Service to be procured. The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is Date.

OR

Brand Name Justification:

☒I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate only with vendors who can provide the subject band name from Precision Filters, Inc. for Precision Filters Quad-Channel Wideband Transducer Conditioner w/ Bridge/Strain/IEPE Configuration AND Precision Filters 28608B 8-Channel 8- Pole Band-Pass Filter/Amp with 4-Pole High-Pass Filters and 4-Pole Low-Pass Flat/Pulse Filters. The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 60-90 days ARO.

This recommendation is for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available from only one source/only one manufacture. Competition is impractical for the following reasons (please answer the questions below):

1. What are the reasons for soliciting only the suggested source/suggested brand name? Please provide the unique characteristics of the items or services along with the supporting rationale and the market research performed to substantiate your reason for the suggested source/brand name.

This will be used as part of a data acquisition system in a wind tunnel. It will be to add additional channels to expand the channel count that currently exists. The additional channels are needed in order to meet the customer needs for their testing. The hardware needs to fit into the existing system and thus must be compatible equipment (hence the brand name requirement). It is not a direct replacement but is instead a direct duplication to meet the customer needs in the facility. Without the parts we will only have a limited capability to meet the customer testing needs.

2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.

There is an impact if other brands are used. That impact is that the system will likely not work properly and will thus be unavailable for the customers who need to use it. It is critical given the nature of the test data (extremely high speed) that all of the hardware be brand name matched to ensure proper operations and since the existing hardware in the system is this brand, the new hardware needs to be as well. There is no impact if other vendors are used.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

8/24/2023

Technical User Name Date

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