Starline Busway components Brand Name 2_Redacted.pdf
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This document is a Brand Name Justification Memorandum for Starline Busway Components at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, issued on January 30, 2025. The 76th MXSS is seeking to procure specific Starline Busway electrical power distribution system components, which are essential for supporting sustained systems and equipment installations. The procurement is a Small Business Set-Aside, Firm-Fixed-Price contract (Solicitation Number: FA8126-25-Q-0016) with BetterPower, Inc. as the designated regional service and distribution vendor for Starline Holdings, LLC.
Market research was conducted via GSA eBuy, sending RFI#1681016 to 143 vendors, with three responses received. The justification for brand-name specification stems from the system's unique configuration designed exclusively for Tinker AFB, with potential substitutions estimated to incur approximately $480,000 in additional conversion costs. The document emphasizes that alternative vendors would require extensive system evaluation, planning, and testing, potentially disrupting equipment compatibility and increasing operational stand-up times. The procurement is being processed through the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center, with substitute or equal items explicitly not permitted in the solicitation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
OKLAHOMA CITY AIR LOGISTICS COMPLEX
(AFMC) TINKER AIR FORCE BASE OKLAHOMA
January 30, 2025
TO: AFSC/PZIM
FROM: OC-ALC/OBCA for 76 MXSG
SUBJECT: Brand Name Justification for M25-020 Starline Busway Components
1. The 76th MXSS is requesting utilization of funds for the purchase of Starline Busway components.
2. This system is a foundational item which will allow areas of Tinker AFB to operate in support of sustained systems. Starline Busway Components meets the customer requirements of an electrical power distribution system capable of providing high amperage capacity, modular design, and flexible connection options to facilitate the install of various servers and equipment. The equipment and servers planned for the area are arriving from a contractor’s facility already setup and verified to work with the Starline Busway system they are currently using in their areas. This configuration was designed with collaboration with the OEM exclusively for the requirements of Tinker AFB. Substitutions for these items cannot be made without incurring large additional costs and labor estimated at approximately $480,000.00 to convert existing system Even if a company could obtain the commercial items required, no other contractor has the specifications available to build these particular components needed.
Use of a different system would reduce the capability of equipment exchange between contractor and government owned facilities and exponentially increase stand up times and costs. An unapproved vendor would have to come in, evaluate the current system, draft new plans, build and test the system, and then install. This is in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(A) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition.
3. Therefore, it is requested that Starline Busway Components Brand Name equipment is procured to meet all the requirements of the program office .
4. Market research was performed using North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code (332510C). RFI#1681016 was sent to one-hundred forty-three (143) vendors via GSA eBuy tool looking for companies that could provide Starline Busway Components. Three (3) Vendor responses verifying capability with ROM were received. The OEM of this requirement, Starline Holdings, LLC a brand of LAGRAND North America, verified through letterhead email that BetterPower, Inc as the designated regional service and distribution vendor of Starline Busway Components and additional ROM was received. In review there are several sources that can provide this commodity.
5. For further information or clarification please contact Ra’mon Davison/ OC-ALC/OBCA, 734-5030.
6. I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract action deem a specific brand name to be required.
PZIM Contracting Officer Name
AFSC/PZIM OC-ALC/OBCA
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