Sole_Source_Justification.pdf

s.ectio.n A: ·•· General ContractJnfo~ll).ltioh Contracting Activity: 1 SOCONS

Project/Program Name: Install Telemetry at Building 91048 and 90068

Purchase Request/ Identification Number:

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options):

Section B: DescriptiOn ofthe SLlpplies/,ser\lites Regl.lired.

Install a Remote Telemetry Unit at Buildings 91048 and 90068.The scope of the project consists of installing RTU telemetry made by Data Flow Systems Inc. to monitor the liftstation status at two liftstations on base.

Section.<:: ·Jl.lstifical:ionfor·soliciting from.~·sifigle.soul"ce Hurlburt Field has invested approximately $500,000 in a base-wide radio telemetry system to provide control and monitoring of critical sewage lift station facilities. The existing system is manufactured by Data Flow Systems (DFS). In order to maintain functionality and base-wide monitoring capability, the replacement control systems must be fully intergraded and compatible with the base's Data Flow System.

section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

There is significant risk of damage to the existing base-wide system if equipment is improperly installed or configured. DFS does not sell through distributors and has its own dedicated installation teams to ensure proper installation, thereby providing any warranty coverage. The current radios in the telemetry system are made by Data Flow Systems to meet the required frequency specified by the Government and FCC. Market research of industry websites and with other installations revealed that no other company can provide a product that is either compatible or can be intergraded with the current system.

Through every available means, 1 Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron will continue to monitor the suitability of other commercial vendors to meet our critical mission requirements needed to support AFSOC.

section F: <•cor11:i.lcting Officer's. o~t~?~ina1:iqn• ··· I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-l(b)(ll(SAP) FAR 8.405-6(bl(GSA) (select one), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source is reasonably available.