SSJ under SAT Redacted

Choose if only a brand-name product, or
feature of a brand-name product can
properly fulfill the requirement. Brand-name
items are available from more than one
source including authorized distributors,
authorized technical representatives for the
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), or
commercial suppliers. This basis is
appropriate when the particular brand name,
product, or feature is essential to the
Government’s requirements, and market
research indicates other companies’ similar
products, or products lacking the particular
feature, do not meet, or cannot be modified
to meet, the agency’s needs.
Choose if there are additional sources
☐ Brand-Name or
besides the brand-name item that could
Equal
provide the most relevant physical, functional
or performance characteristic(s). Consider
any firm requirement for the product to be a
relevant characteristic.
Choose if the requirement has been
☐ 8(a) Sole Source
identified for a sole source to an 8(a)
Direct Award
company following the alternative
procedures for direct award made under the
Partnership Agreement (PA) between the
SBA and DoD in accordance with 10 U.S.C.
3204(a)(5).
Choose if none of the other options apply to
☐ Other
the requirement (e.g. Industrial Mobilization,
International Agreement).
Rationale for Selected Basis:
☒ Brand-Name

signed letter from OEM to licensee or
Government which outlines the agreement.
Describe how the brand-name product or
feature is essential to the Government’s
requirement and explain why a brand-name
or equal basis cannot meet the need (see
FAR 11.104). Summarize how market
research shows similar products could not
meet the need as is or be modified to do so.
Where a single source is identified to provide
a portion of a purchase because that portion
of the purchase specifies a particular brandname item, the rationale must state that it only applies to the portion of the purchase
requiring the brand-name item.
Describe how the brand-name item meets
the Government’s requirement. Give a
general description of the relevant
characteristic(s) that an “equal to” item must
meet to be acceptable for award.
Address the competition requirements for the
8(a) program (see FAR 19.805 & DFARS
219.805) and summarize the decision for
selecting the 8(a) company for this
requirement.
Provide a thorough explanation why