Class JA King-Fisher JBPHH redact

J&A No. 22-010

CLASS JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL (J&A)

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

FOR ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR – HICKAM, OAHU

1. Contracting Activity.
Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Pacific (NAVFAC Pacific), Architect-Engineering Contracts Branch, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii.
2. Description of the Action Being Approved.
Various design and construction projects will specify brand name, King-Fisher fire alarm radio transmitters, which will not provide for full and open competition. This justification only covers the portion of the acquisition which specifies King-Fisher brand name transmitters. The brand name description is essential to the activity’s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by any other company. Authority to act under this class justification expires on 10 July 2027. 3. Description of Supplies/Services.
The existing fire alarm system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) consists of King-Fisher brand radio receivers and compatible King-Fisher fire alarm radio transmitters. The requirement for the King-Fisher brand transmitters ensures reliable and code-compliant fire alarm protection for the affected buildings. Radio fire alarm transmitters must meet the following minimal requirements: x

Equipment shall be listed or approved by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recognized by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to operate as a system with the existing Base receiving equipment. Existing Base receiving equipment is a Factory Mutual Laboratories Approved King-Fisher Company KFRA-C Emergency Alarm Receiver.

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Equipment shall utilize narrowband radio communication meeting the requirements of national Telecommunications and Information Administration (Fire AlaNTIA) manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Frequency Management.

No additional King Fisher fire alarm radio receivers are anticipated to be installed on JBPHH. Therefore a maximum of 252 King Fisher fire alarm transmitters can be installed at JBPHH with an estimated FY22 dollar value of . Additional JBPHH
capacity rationale can be found in section 5.
4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is Title 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) and (b)(B)(i) and (ii) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 – “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will