SATPC0041445 Tab 06 RDSS..pdf
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This document is a Sole Source Justification and Recommendation for a federal contract procurement submitted by NASA's Shared Services Center.
The recommendation is to procure the Superior WH74 Sloan Watchman lubricator system exclusively from Sloan Lubrication Systems for an 8-week delivery period. NASA Langley Research Center requires this replacement system to address a known design flaw in the original equipment manufacturer's lubricator on the WH74 Superior Compressor 7, which causes routine operational issues including excessive downtime, manual purging requirements, and frequent internal component failures. The Sloan Watchman system represents a pre-engineered, commercially available retrofit solution developed specifically to resolve these compatibility and performance issues. Procurement of an alternative brand would necessitate engineering study, system design and approval processes, modification, and installation work, adding approximately one year to the project timeline in addition to material procurement costs and lead time. The requested single-source purchase with Sloan is justified as significantly more timely, cost-effective due to compatible components and established implementation knowledge, and lower risk to mission operations and equipment safety compared to introducing alternative brand components that lack proven compatibility with the existing compressor system.
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Page 1 V2.0 3-15-2017
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 Sloan Lubrication Systems only for the Superior WH74 Sloan Watchman lubricator system The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 8 weeks.
OR
Brand Name Justification:
☐I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate only with vendors who can provide the subject brand name from ________________. The total estimated cost of this effort is _________ and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is _________.
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.
The specified Sloan Watchman Lubricator is a commercially available replacement system for the known problematic OE lubricator system on the Superior WH74 compressor at at NASA Langley
Research Center (LaRC). The provided specifications/drawings are an existing engineered solution providing a retrofit installation to replace a known issue in the OE design. Deviation from existing design specifications/design created by Sloan could create additional work stoppages beyond those already being experienced.
2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand was used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.
The lubricator system on the WH74 Superior Compressor 7 has a known design flaw that causes the system to routinely need hand purging. This process causes excessive downtime and often leads to internal lubricator system component failures requiring frequent repairs. Recognizing this issue Sloan
Lubrication systems developed a Watchman lubrication system to replace the OE system on these compressors. Procurement of this Sloan Watchman System will improve compressor uptime and allow the compressor station to meet center wide high-pressure air demand. Sound engineering design/practice dictates procurement of a commercially available pre-engineered system. Introduction of another brand components would require an engineering study, system design and approval process, in addition to procurement, modification and installation time. A ROM for the efforts described and
1.0 year (in addition to costs and lead time associated with materials procurement). The requested purchase is significantly timelier, more cost effective (utilization of compatible components and implementation knowledge) and is associated with lower risk to mission and equipment safety.
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