Solicitation Attachment 9 - Brand name justification - MSA - Best - Door hardware_Redacted.pdf

Control No: 11-21a 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, Best - door hardware

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 Best equipment in solicitation W50S87-21-B-5003 for the Munitions Storage Area Expansion project at the 145th Airlift Wing located 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 Best Cormax Door Hardware Cores. These are the door hardware cores that will be installed on all doors of the facility.

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 base standards in door hardware cores to reduce cost for the maintenance and repair of existing facilities. Additionally, maintaining a base standard for door hardware cores keeps key duplication cost down, while providing emergency services (security forces, fire department, and civil engineers) with a single grand master key that will open all facilities in case of an emergency. There are currently 36 buildings at the 145th Airlift Wing, all of which contain the Best door hardware cores. To install other manufacturer's door hardware cores 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. Converting the entire installation to new door hardware is estimated to cost

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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: For the reasons stated in paragraph 5, it is unreasonable to consider switching to another door hardware. For this reason, no additional market research was conducted.

9. Interested Sources: Not applicable

10. Other Facts: All recent construction projects which include the installation of doors and the associated hardware include the Best door hardware cores.

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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: