Tab_5_Brand_Name_Memo__Redacted.pdf

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DLA DISTRIBUTION

430 MIFFLIN AVENUE, SUITE 3102A

NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 17070-5008

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 8 August 2018

SUBJECT: Brand Name Justification

REFERENCE: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

1. DLA Distribution Hill AFB has a requirement to purchase HB Fuller Epoxy, two part adhesive.

2. The total estimated value of this requirement is

3. The Shelter Repair Section accounts for over of the in funding for Medical Assembly

Division projects. The primary mission of the section is the ground-up refurbishing of USAMMA medical shelters as a component of 164 and 84 bed hospitals assembled at the Division. The reputation for the quality of work and the cost savings of a refurbished ISO shelter verses a new manufactured shelter allowed the opportunity to support customers of the Natick Soldier’s Center (A Division of TACOM). The cost of a new manufactured ISO shelter is (without modifications) as compared to $ for a refurbished shelter with customer specific modifications.

USAMMA, TACOM, Marine Corps and the Air Force have taken interest in the quality and cost savings of a refurbished shelter produced by the Division. The quality and cost effectiveness are dependent upon the ability to procure quality materials without delaying production schedule due to backordered requisitions.

HB Fuller Epoxy, two part adhesive are require, as per guidance from the engineers at TACOM and USAMMA to ensure the costly and precise components installed in the ISO can withstand the stress of military transport over land, sea and air. The epoxy conforms to Mil specification MMMA 134, type 1. The epoxy comes in convenient dispensers which are provided as kits with precise portions of the compounds. The kits save time and reduce waste verses one or two FTEs mixing the compounds as it is applied. The kits are closed after application and can be used until exhausted. Market research was conducted and no other epoxy that may meet the Mil specifications are available in the kits, which reduce waste.

4. 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 the manufacturer does not provide for full and open competition regardless of the number of sources solicited.

5. As a result of the above and in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer has determined that it is in the Government’s best interest to conduct this acquisition by limiting sources based on the use of a brand name specification.