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Expandable Transmit Combiner Multicoupler Package

Waiver type - Procurement: Nonavailability

Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (1341) • Product Service Code (PSC) : 5820 | Last Modified: 09/11/2024

Procurement Summary

The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL), Public Safety Communications Research Division, Advanced Communications Research Group (ACRG) requires BRAND NAME RFI Technology Solutions Expandable Transmit Combiner Multicouplers. As ancillary equipment for installation of a P25 Land Mobile Radio System under terms of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA), ACRG is required to provide BRAND NAME RFI Technology Solutions TP7496 Series Expandable Transmit Combiner Multicouplers. The Contracting Officer (CO) has determined that NAICS 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, applies to this procurement.

Waiver Rationale Summary

No domestic manufacturer has been identified that can provide the equipment that satisfies the ACRG’s requirements. I hereby determine that the required Expandable Transmit Combiner Multicouplers are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of satisfactory quality that will meet ACRG’s requirements. Authority is hereby granted to procure the brand name Expandable Transmit Combiner Multicouplers of foreign origin (Australia), which shall be treated as domestic articles for this procurement for a price of $12,648.23 inclusive of shipping/delivery costs to the destination. The CO determined that Level 1 Solution Inc.’s quoted price of $12,648.23 to be fair and reasonable.

Did / Will the solicitation include one of the standard BAA provisions announcing the agency’s intention to provide a price preference for domestic end products and construction material?

Yes

Was a sources sought or Request for Information issued?

Yes

OMB Determination

Consistent with Policy

Product

RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT AIRBORNE

NAICS

334220 - Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing

Date Submitted

09/03/2024

Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID)

1333ND24PNB670453

Solicitation ID

NB671010-24-02654

Procurement Stage

Post-solicitation

Expected Maximum Duration of the Proposed Waiver

Instant Delivery Only

Waiver Coverage

Individual Waiver

Funding Agency

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY