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NAVSUP FLEET LOGISTICS CENTERS (FLC) COMMERCIAL ONLY ONE SOURCE/BRAND NAME

JUSTIFICATION (NTE SAT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 12.102(a)

Purchase Request Number: 20260003359

Required Delivery Date/POP: 01 January 2027

This requirement is to purchase replacement parts for the cranes onboard the USS John Canley (ESB-6) for completion of WI-0557A. The replacement crane parts are manufactured by the Original Equipment Manufacturer Appleton Marine Inc.

Delivery to BATS Warehouse San Diego.

Name of Manufacture: Appleton Marine Inc.

business concern

This is a sole-source requirement for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Appleton Marine, Inc. replacement parts, which are essential for the ship's cranes prior to their mandatory 5-year inspection and recertification under Work Instruction WI-0557A. A sole-source justification is warranted because Appleton is the OEM, and only their authorized parts are permitted to be used to maintain the cranes, with no substitutes allowed. This is due to the fact that Appleton Marine, Inc. retains exclusive ownership of the proprietary manufacturing data, including all necessary drawings and technical information required to produce the replacement parts. Without this data, no other source can manufacture the components needed to complete the required repairs and ensure the cranes receive their critical safety and operational certification.

The work contemplated in this contract is on the following critical safety items: MISSION EQUIPMENT. Per COMSCINST 4490.1C, MSC N7, the Design Control Activity, has determined that only qualified sources may produce and service these critical safety items. Only authorized field service technicians have access to necessary technical data and have the expertise to identify and provide direct replacement parts for existing equipment, which must be compatible in terms of form, fit, and function with existing equipment or configurations. This ensures equipment reliability. Improperly installed or deficient parts could cause system failure and loss of the affected system or equipment while at sea. The identified contractor has been qualified by MSC to work on this system as shown on https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil/Business- Opportunities/Contracts/Qualification-for-Items-Critical-to-Shipboard-Safety-on-MSC- Vessels/

I CERTIFY THAT STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE, ARE

COMPLETE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND DO NOT

CONTAINCLASSIFIED INFORMATION. I CERTIFY THAT THE REQUESTED MATERIAL OR SERVICES

REPRESENT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE

PROCESSING OF THIS SOLE SOURCE OR BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION PRECLUDES

COMPETITION TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE