Mesh Panels - Brand Name Determination - redacted.pdf

This is a Brand Name Determination and Justification document for a single-source procurement under RFO Part 12 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (USACE), intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract to Clear Edge Filtration LLC for 56 Polyester (PBT) Fish Screen Panels with SCAPA Filter Media Part #73360/59 PBT, measuring 90.5" wide by 132" long. These panels are required to support the Submerged Traveling Fish Screens (STS) at Bonneville Dam's Powerhouse 2 to direct fish migration away from turbines. The procurement is being restricted to a single source based on statutory authority under RFO 12.102 and FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), as the contracting officer has determined only one source is reasonably available. The justification cites the polyester belting as a critical component that must match the existing Madison Filter Co. #73360/59 PBT specification. Clear Edge Filtration is identified as the manufacturer of these specific mesh panels, which have been in use at Bonneville Dam for twenty years with outstanding results, demonstrating long operational life with no recorded failures and fish-friendly performance metrics including no fish scale damage and above-average passage efficiencies. Procurement history indicates that four of the past six purchases were single-source awards to Clear Edge Filtration, with one alternate purchase from Transco Industries as a sub-standard product. The document includes technical and fair and reasonable cost certifications by cognizant personnel and contracting officer approval.