Sole Source Justification(redacted).pdf

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

Section A: General Contract Information

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan?

Contracting Activity: 319th Contracting Squadron

D Yes

Project/Program Name: Replace Controls System at BLDGs. 413, 414, 415 and 416

Purchase Request/ Local ID Number: F2A3E24165AW01

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options):

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

The contractor will provide all labor, materials, tools, parts, transpo1tation, and incidentals necessaiy to replace R7044, E-Link, and XL50 controllers with new CP-Open technology in 4 Buildings at Grand Forks AFB, ND. The new control system shall be compatible and integrate with the CUITent Energy Management Controls System Enterprise Building Integrator at Grand Forks AFB. The cmTent system installed is Honeywell.

Contract Vehicle: This requirement will result in a single fnm-fixed-price contract.

Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source or Brand Name

Honeywell is the only commercial control provider that employs the necessa1y personnel ce1tified to work on Grand Forks AFB environmental management control system (EMCS). EBI's license and architecture are owned, maintained, upgraded, and serviced by Honeywell EBI-ce1tified technicians. Significant cost would be associated with inco1porating other environmental control companies with the cmTent system. Any additional points or add ons for the EBI can only be purchased through a Honeywell branch. All upgrades and patches must be installed by ce1tified technicians. CPO controllers and CPO Studio are proprieta1y and can only be serviced by ce1tified technicians that are employees of Honeywell International Inc. The controllers and softwai·e can be purchased through the branch or GSA. Licensing must be completed by a certified Honeywell branch employee. Honeywell Excel 5000 and the CARE programming used on Grand Forks Air Force base ai·e proprieta1y as well.

Inco1porating other brands would require additional funds at time of installation as Honeywell will charge other control companies for the programming required to tie into the Honeywell system that Grand Forks AFB has. This cost is dependent on the number of points in the control system and will range fro� for the system the base has; the additional cost is estimated to be around-Fmthennore, mult� AC technicians will require training to maintain an additional control system at a cost of �matel�er person. When the main front end systems need to be upgraded, the estimated cost is-per brand, eve1y --The average annual cost for the upgrades is-In summaiy, it is estimated that the cost to �e an additional brand of environmental controller for this project would add, at a minimlllll, an additiona-

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

A Sources Sought was posted on www.sam.gov on 8 July 2024 for a period of 12 days and one response was received from BHPE, LLC. However, after the contracting officer inquired about their capabilities to work on Honeywell's EMCS system, BHPE, LLC never responded back. FU1the1more, an Intent to Sole Source pre solicitation notice was posted on www.sam.gov on 05 Aug 24; within this notification, contractors were

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Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition) notified that infonnation received will be used to detennine if there's a chance for a competitive enviromnent.

No responses were received as of 09 Aug 24.

Interested Offerors

Contractor: BHPE, LLC

Cage: 9SWS7

Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source or Brand Name Awards

Because of the efficiencies for having one brand of controls, there is not a solution to preclude single source/ brand name situations. In the future, as control software matures and becomes more standardized, the government may likely be able to use other brands of controls with little additional cost or training.

Many bases have standardized one brand of control system for this reason. The bases vaiy in which brand they use so the Air Force as an enterprise is being competitive among the environmental control companies (e.g., Johnson Controls).

Section F: Contracting Officer's Determination

I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1 (b){1 ), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is reasonably available.

Date Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer

0�Aug-2024 Angelo Mykael P. Cabuang, TSgt

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