Solicitation Attachment 11 - Brand name justification - MSA - Monaco_Redacted.pdf

Control No: 03-21a Program/Equipment: Munitions Stroage Area (MSA) Expansion – W50S87-21-B-5003

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JUSTIFICATION REVIEW DOCUMENT

FAR PART 6 JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Program/Equipment: Munitions Storage Area (MSA) Expansion construction project, Solicitation number W50S87-21-B-5003, Monaco Fire Alarm Radio Transceiver

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1 – Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Reviews: I have reviewed this justification and find it adequate to support other than full and open competition.

Program Manager:

Name: Lemuel J. Rios Title: Program Director/Contracting Officer Representative

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FAR Part 6 Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition

1. Contracting Activity: 145th Airlift Wing MSG/MSC

2. Description of Action: 145th Civil Engineer Squadron requests the inclusion of brand name Monaco equipment/systems in solicitation W50S87-21-B-5003 for the MSA Expansion project at the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte, NC. The Government projects award for 2021 and fiscal year 2020 Military Construction funds will be used.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The item required to be brand name is Monaco fire alarm radio transceiver. The radio transceiver is a unit in each building that communicates back to the central reporting station. This project requires the installation of a Monaco fire alarm radio transceiver for inclusion and intregation into the pre-exising Monaco system.

4. Authority Cited: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: As described at FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), when the supplies or services required by the agency are available only from one responsible source, or for DoD, NASA and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other types of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for. As further described in FAR 6.302-1(c), an acquisition or portion of an acquisition that uses a brand-name description or other purchase description to specify a particular brand-name, product, or feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer does not provide for full and open competition, regardless of the number of sources solicited; and shall be justified and approved in accordance with FAR 6.303 and 6.304.

The 145th Airlift Wing currently employs Monaco Enterprises equipment/system for the base-wide fire alarm. The overall system incorporates a central reporting station that is located at the fire station, with transceivers (subject of this memorandum) located in every building on base that communicates back to the central reporting station. The use of different fire alarm equipment/systems will not enable the existing base standard equipment/systems currently employed at the 145th

Airlift Wing to communicate with an alternate manufacturer’s equipment/systems. To install another manufacturer's equipment/systems would require substantial duplication of cost to the Government not expected to be recovered through competition. In addition, unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements would result. To convert all facilities on the 145th Airlift Wing which have Monaco Enterprises radio transceivers to another manufacturer is estimated to cost The

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same justification and authority has been used in every solicitation and resulting contract that includes fire alarm scope (see paragraph 10 below for further information).

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: As this is a brand name requirement, this justification will be included with the solicitation as required by FAR 5.102(a)(6).

Solicitation W50S87-21-B-5003 for the subject project will be issued as a small business set-aside and will be posted through the Government-wide point of entry located at www.beta.sam.gov.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: The Government will continue to seek out vendors proposing cost-effective solutions that meet the Government's needs.

Additionally, we will continue to conduct market research to find equipment/systems that are not proprietary in nature.

8. Market Research: A recent discussion with a Monaco representative indicated that no other manufacturer’s equipment/systems will integrate with existing Monaco equipment/systems which are currently in use at the 145th Airlift Wing.

9. Interested Sources: Not applicable.

10. Other Facts: Recent examples where Alerton DDC system was included/installed with a construction project include:

a. W91242-19-C-5004 (awarded 12 Jul 2019) – Construct C-17 Corrosion

Control and Fuel Cell Hangar

b. W91242-19-C-5007 (awarded 29 Mar 2019) – Construct C-17 Simulator Facility

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11.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.

Typed Name: Date:

Title: Signature:

12. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost or price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable.

This determination will be made using the following: cost analysis price analysis should cost IGCE audit: other:

As a part of this basis, certified cost or pricing data:

will be required.

will not be required and the following exception applies (FAR 15.403): The estimated cost of the contract action is less than the threshold for certified cost or pricing data.

13. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Typed Name: Date:

Title: Signature: