Premo Fireballs

JUSTIFICATION & APPROVAL
ONLY ONE RESONSIBLE SOURCE AND NO OTHER SUPPLIES WILL SATISFY THE AGENCY REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENT: Purchase of Premo Fireballs

1. CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: Southwestern Region, Forest Service, USDA.

2. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies Will Satisfy the Agency Requirements, purchase and delivery of 840 (1K per case) cases of Premo Fireballs for $168,292.00.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES: 840 (1K per case) cases of Premo Fireballs.

4. AUTHORITY: 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(2) and Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies Will Satisfy the Agency Requirements.

5. APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY: Wildland Fire Aerial Ignition Operations utilizes Premo MK III Aerial Ignition Devices as directed by National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) PMS 501, Standards for Aerial Ignition, Chapter 1, Approved Aerial Ignition Devices. The manufacturer of the Premo MK III, SEI Industries, strongly recommends utilizing Premo Fireballs in the Premo MK III to ensure safest operation of the device. Since this requirement is an incendiary device, safety is of the utmost importance.

6. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITON: The contracting officer contacted the manufacturer to find out if there are other authorized distributors of the Premo Fireballs. The manufacturer confirmed that Fire Ignition Resources, LLC is the only authorized distributor of this product in the United States.

7. FAIR AND REASONABLE COST: A search of FBO found two recent procurement of similar items: award W9124M19T0001 for 225 cases (1K per case) coming to a cost of $205.94 per case and award W911S219P0830 for 40 cases (1K per case) coming to a cost of $248.79 per case. This requirement is competitively priced in this range.

8. MARKET RESEARCH: The contracting officer (CO) reviewed NWCG PMS 501 and PMS 443 to confirm device requirements. The CO contacted two subject matter experts in the Forest Service to better understand the requirement, as well as past procurement practices. The CO searched GSA for similar items and potential vendors. The CO contacted the manufacturer to retrieve an authorized distributors list. The CO searched FBO to find similar procurements and pricing.

9. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION: There are no additional supporting facts supporting the use of other than full and open competition.

10. INTERESTED SOURCES: Fire Ignition Resources, LLC

11. STEPS TO FOSTER COMPETITION: The acquisitions office will continue to thoroughly research every agency requirement and ensure procurements are competed to the fullest extent possible while adhering to agency manuals, policies, and instruction.

12. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the above justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
//SIGNED//
JOLEEN DEDMON
Contracting Officer
16 July 2019

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