Brand Name Justification

FWS Form 3-0034 (Rev. 10/2020)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

SINGLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

(UNDER SAT)

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS

Acquisitions Operations

Pursuant to FAR subpart 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and (ii), for purchases not exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT), Contracting Officers may solicit from only one source if the circumstances deem only one source is reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization). Instructions: The information in the text boxes are provided as sample language or to indicate a needed fill-in. Sample language should be removed from the final document. All text boxes require information and shall not be left blank. 1.

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Description of Need

The fish waste effluent system at Sullivan Creek NFH requires a spare pump (Pentair Fairbanks Nijhuis, 5430 Series, D5433MV) that matches the exact specifications of the two existing pumps currently in operation. Due to the unique build of the system, only an identical pump will fit and function properly with the rail system used for installation and removal, as well as ensuring the pump seats correctly and sits flush with the current effluent piping at the bottom of the rail system. If one of the two pumps in operation fails, and we do not have a spare, our egg incubation building will flood, and we will not be able to clean the silt, feces, food, from our brood fish ponds, which will cause fish health issues. All fish effluent water at Sullivan Creek must be pumped. Market Research Conducted
We need to purchase an exact match, the same exact brand name and model of pump to fit into our existing waste water system. We currently operate two Fairbanks model 6”D5433MV, 15hp, 1150 rpm, 230/3, submersible pumps, sized for the design condition of 1200 gallons per minute (gpm) at 30 feet total dynamic head (tdh), with 25-foot power cords, stainless steel impeller and case wear rings. No other brand name pumps have the needed tail hooks which fit the rail system used to raise and lower the pumps, and only this brand and model of pump fits into our existing effluent infrastructure.

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Other Capable Sources
No other brand name of submersible pump will fit into our existing effluent system. Purchase of a different brand of pump will cause an increase in cost since we would have to retrofit our existing effluent infrastructure to fit the differing pump. Any delays in replacing one of the other two working Fairbanks pumps, if/when one fails, would