Brand Name Memo - WA NP OLYM 12

Memorandum
Western Federal Lands Highway Division
610 E. Fifth Street
Vancouver, WA 98661-3801
Date:

June 23, 2026

From:

John Davis
Project Manager

To:

Marino Chea
Contracting Officer

Subject:

Brand Name Justification & Approval for Natina Steel
Project No.: WA NP OLYM 12(8)
Project Name: Hurricane Ridge Rockfall Mitigation MP 9.4

Justification for other than full and open competition - This justification is in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This justification covers only the portion of the acquisition which is brand-name, identified below. Agency - Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Contracting Activity - Western Federal Lands Highway Division (WFLHD), Vancouver, WA Nature and/or Description of Action - FHWA-WFLHD will be soliciting for improvements to the Hurricane Ridge Rockfall Mitigation MP 9.4 in Clallam County, Washington. Work includes the following quantity of flexible rockfall barrier fence to be installed and treating the following quantity of galvanized steel in Olympic National Park. The documents included with the solicitation call for specific brand name products that are unique to two manufacturers. This brand-name justification covers a brand name product for Natina Steel to treat the galvanized steel surfaces being installed on this project, and a brand name product for the RXE-8000 Flexible Rockfall Barrier System Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs - This project requires installation of the following brand name products, and the estimated value of all the brand name products being used on this project is $424,900.00.
Products
(Manufacturer by)

Manufacturer

Quantity

Unit price

Total

Weathering Agent

Natina Products, LLC

260 SY

$65.00

$16,900.00

Flexible Rockfall Barrier System Geobrugg North America, LLC 102 LNFT

$4,000

$408,000.00

Total

$424,900.00

Authority permitting exception to fair opportunity –
a) FAR Part 11.105: The Brand Name products are essential to the Government’s requirements, and market research indicates other companies’ similar products do not meet and cannot be modified to meet the agency’s needs.
b) FAR 6.302-1: The use of the name brand products are essential to the Government’s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by another company. Why we are using this authority - We are demonstrating that the nature of the acquisition requires use of the cited authority. In this case Olympic National Park only allows Natina Steel to treat galvanized steel