51492005 SS _Redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE ($5k-$250k)

Ref: FAR 13.106(b)

The service or material listed on (Document number)______5149-2005_______ is sole source and competition must be restricted to one source, or to only one brand name for reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available for this material.

Restricted to the following source or brand name. Provide original manufacturer's name.

(If a sole source manufacturer distributes via dealers, ALSO provide dealer information.)

Manufacturer: ____DN Solutions___________________________________________

Manufacturer POC & Phone Nr._Don Langley, Regional Sales Manager, 312-265-750__

Mfr. Address__360 E. State Parkway, Schaumburg, IL 60173_________________

Manufacturers Dealer/Rep___Ellison Technologies__________________________

Dealer/Rep Address/Phone Number__Brent Saxwold, President, 253-872-1661, 9912 Pioneer

Blvd, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670___________

____Description of the item or service required, the estimated cost, and required delivery date.

_____Vertical Machining Center, 3-axis, Manufacturer DN Solutions, Model DNM 6700, Qty 1, required delivery date 07/16/2025._____________________________

____Specific characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to a sole source or particular brand name (unique features, function of the item, etc.).

Describe in detail why only this suggested source can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources.

__The DN Solutions Computerized Numerical Controlled (CNC) machining centers are precision metal cutting machines. Currently the eight (8) Regional Maintenance Centers (RMC’s), Trident

Refit Facility Kings Bay (TRFKB), Readiness Support Group Groton (RSG), Norfolk Naval Shipyard

(NNSY), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY), Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNSY), and Pearl Harbor

Naval Shipyard (PHNSY) are staffed with sailors and civilians. This will be referred to as the Enterprise throughout. The typical rotation would be for six months to one year. Operators are expected to start production upon arrival without any additional training. The Enterprise will recognize a total cost savings of

The Enterprise currently owns six (6) DN Solutions CNC machines. With four (4) more being added per contract number SPE4A8-23-Q-0001, this brings the total to 10. See attachment for current output. The enterprise currently has 1500 programs specific to the DN Solutions CNC machines that have been developed, tested and proven to manufacture and repair ship components efficiently. The programs use geometry (G) and modal (M) codes that are proprietary to DN

Solutions. The programs combine the proprietary G and M codes with numeric values, so that the CNC machine moves to precise locations or rotates at defined Revolutions per Minute (RPM).

As the CNC machine moves and/or rotates, tooling interfaces with raw materials to manufacture components. If other CNC machines were to be purchased, new programs will have to be developed, tested and proven to manufacture the same components, resulting in increased cost to the

Enterprise to generate new part programs, testing new part programs, verifying new part programs, and manufacturing new part fixtures. By procuring DN Solutions machining centers the Enterprise will recognize a total programming cost savings of

The Enterprise is requesting to procure the DN Solutions machining center, model number DNM

6700 4th Gen., as they share the same functionality as the current DN Solutions machining centers. There are approximately 15 classes annually that these operators would need to attend for a NON-DN Solutions machine to become certified operators. Machining center operators would require forty (40) hours of training before certification to use the machinery. Currently the

Enterprise has eight (8) operators, at each activity, total of 48, rotating through per year that require this training. The Enterprise will recognize a cost savings for training of by not having to purchase reoccurring training.

____The requested material or service represents the minimum requirements of the

Government.

CHECK & FILL IN ALL APPLICABLE BLANKS BELOW

__X__The material/service must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit and function) with existing systems presently installed. Describe the equipment you have now and how the new item/service must coordinate, connect, or interface with the existing system.

__See above._______________________________________________________________________________

__X _A patent, copyright, or proprietary data limits competition. The proprietary data is:

__See above._______________________________________________________________________________

__X__These are “direct replacements” parts/components for existing brand name equipment.

____Other information to support a sole-source buy:

I CERTIFY THAT STATEMENTS CHECKED, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE, ARE COMPLETE AND CORRECT

TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND DO NOT CONTAIN CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT

THE PROCESSING OF THIS SOLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION PRECLUDES THE USE OF FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION.

Contracting Officer Signature Date _________________

DLA Maritime Puget Sound Justification for Sole Source 05/21/2018