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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

CRANE DIVISION

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER

300 HIGHWAY 361

CRANE INDIANA 47522-5001

In Reply refer to:

J&A Number: CR-22170 Code: 0242

P.R. Number:N0016422RWS64

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

JUSTIFICATION

1. Contracting Activity

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC-CR), Airborne and Expeditionary Electronic Warfare Branch (Code 0242).

2. Description of the Action Being Approved

Award of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) supply contract with an ordering period of five (5) years on a sole source basis for test, teardown, and evaluation (TT&E) and repair of power supplies in support of NSWC Crane Division Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Repair Depot and associated Navy Fleet Assets, the AEA Fleet Support Team (FST) Laboratory Assets, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Assets. Crane Electronics is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).

Source of Supplies:

Crane Electronics Inc.

84 Hill Avenue NW Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548-3858 Cage Code: 09062

J&A Number:CR-22170

3. Description of Supplies/Services

The required supplies consist of TT&E/Repair for the following power supplies and their associated Shop Replaceable Assemblies (SRAs):

A. The Weapon Replace Assembly 1 (WRA-1) Power Supply and its associated Shop Replaceable Assemblies (SRAs) and components, as well as future variant and derivatives of these items. The WRA-1 is utilized in the AN/ALQ- 240 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) System, which is installed on the P-8A Poseidon Aircraft. The WRA-1 Power Supply provides power to four of the WRAs in the AN/ALQ-240 ESM system installed on the P-8A Aircraft.

In turn, the AN/ALQ-240 is able to provide the electronic support measures as one of the missions systems of the P-8A Poseidon, by identifying enemy emitter locations (e.g., enemy radar sites).

B. The WRA-9 Power Supply and its associated Shop

Replaceable Assemblies (SRAs) and components, as well as future variant and derivatives of these items. The WRA-9 is utilized in the AN/ALQ-218 Tactical Jamming Receiver System (TJRS), which is installed on the Navy's EA-18G Growler Aircraft. The WRA-9 is a highly customized power supply having 34 power outputs that disburse different levels of power through its different power outputs. The WRA-9 serves to provide the unique doses of power needed by four of the WRAs contained in the AN/ALQ-218 TJRS. In turn, the AN/ALQ- 218 is able to identify enemy emitter locations (e.g., enemy radar sites), resulting in the suppression and/or attack of these emitters.

C. The Universal Exciter Upgrade (UEU) Power Supply 1

(PS1), as well as future variant and derivatives of this item. The UEU PS1 provides power to 2 of the SRAs installed in the UEU WRA, and the UEU is a part of the AN/ALQ-99 TJS and enables the AN/ALQ-99 TJS to electronically jam enemy emitter locations.

Each of the systems in which these power supplies are installed are designated as Core Systems in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 2464, which require organic repair capability. NSWC Crane Division has been established as the organic repair depot for each of these systems.

However, this contract is for repairs that only the OEM has expertise to repair, that are above and beyond the capability of the Organic Depot.

The estimated requirements and appropriations for Fiscal Years FY23 – FY28 are identified below. This pricing was derived from previous historical repair workload, anticipated future repair workload, past repair pricing, and repair pricing estimates.

Table 1: Estimated Dollar Value (Millions)

Appropriation FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28 Totals

NWCF $

FMS $

Total $ $0.645

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open

Competition

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) [10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1)], Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the needs of the agency.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority

Crane Electronics Inc. is the OEM for the WRA-1, WRA-9, and UEU PS1 and maintains a high degree of technical expertise in repairing these items.

WRA-1

The WRA-1 Power Supply was developed under the P-8A System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract (N00019-04-C- 3146), awarded to Boeing in 2004. More specifically, Northrop Grumman (a subcontractor to Boeing under the SDD contract) contracted with Crane Electronics Inc. for the design, development, and manufacture of the WRA-1.

Award of the WRA-1 requirements to another source would result in substantial duplication of costs and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) [10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1)], FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). The Government does not own a complete Level III Technical Data Package (TDP) for the WRA-1, as Crane Electronics has proprietary data rights to portions of the TDP and is unwilling to sell it to the Government. Any repairs to the existing WRA-1 would require another source to have both the technical expertise to repair the items and the complete Level III TDP.

Absent the ability to provide another source with the Level III TDP for the existing WRA-1, the time period to validate whether another power supply can be used is 4-5 years for WRA-1, based upon a comparison of the timeframes associated with these tasks for similar WRAs. Additionally, the duplication of cost is estimated at $16.84M for WRA-1, based upon technical knowledge associated with the costs of similar WRAs.

Tables 2 – 3 below provide more detail for the estimated time and costs:

Table 2: Duplication of Time, WRA-1

Description Time Period

Design of New WRA 1 Year Approval Testing/MIL-STD Testing 1 Year Develop Test Station 2-3 Years Total Time Period 4-5 Years

Table 3: Duplication of Cost, WRA-1

Description Cost

Project Management & Administration $636,158 Design of New WRA $1,330,414 Develop Technical Data Package $1,200,720 Prototype Development $737,915 Development/Approval - ATP $215,344 Develop Test Station & Repair Plans $772,003 Systems Engineering Technical Review Events

$1,645,290

MIL-STD Testing (Includes Flight Testing) $6,882,938 Material (Includes Misc. HW and Test Equipment)

$3,420,000

Total Estimated Duplication Costs $16,840,782

WRA-9

The WRA-9 was developed under the EA-18GSDD contract (N00019-04-C-0005), awarded to Boeing in 2004. More specifically, Northrop Grumman (a subcontractor to Boeing under the SDD contract) contracted with Crane Electronics

Inc. for the design, development, and manufacture of the

WRA-9.

Award of the WRA-9 repair requirements to another source would result in substantial duplication of costs and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) [10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1)], FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). The Government does not own a complete Level IIITDP for the WRA-9, as Crane Electronics has proprietary data rights to portions of the TDP and is unwilling to sell it to the Government. Any repairs to the existing WRA-9 would require another source to have both the technical expertise to repair the items and the complete Level III TDP.

Absent the ability to provide another source with the Level III TDP for the existing WRA-9, the time period to validate whether another power supply can be used is 4-5 years for WRA-9, based upon a comparison of the timeframes associated with these tasks to similar WRAs. Additionally, the duplication of cost is estimated at $23.157M for WRA-9, based upon technical knowledge associated with the costs of similar WRAs.

Tables 4 – 5 below provide more detail for the estimated

Table 4: Duplication of Time, WRA-9

Design of New WRA 1 Year Approval Testing/MIL-STD Testing 1 Year Develop Test Station 2-3 Years Total Time Period 4-5 Years

Table 5: Duplication of Cost, WRA-9

Project Management & Administration $636,158 Reverse Engineer System $1,330,414 Develop Technical Data Package $1,200,720 Prototype Development $737,915 Development/Approval- ATP $215,344 Develop Test Station & Repair Plans $772,003 Systems Engineering Technical Review Events

$1,781,633

MIL-STD Testing (Includes Flight Testing)

$13,063,262

Material (Includes Misc. HW and Test Equipment)

$3,420,000

Total Estimated Duplication Costs $23,157,448

UEU PS1

Crane Electronics Inc. has been manufacturing the UEU PS1 since 1992, when it was a subcontractor to AIL Systems under the UEU Development contract (N00019-92-C-0093). Crane Electronics also provided the UEU PS1 as a subcontractor to AIL Systems under the following UEU Production Contracts:

N00019-96-0100, N00019-98-C-0090, N00019-99-C-1331, and N00019-01-C-0006.

Award of the UEU PS1 repair requirements to another source would result in substantial duplication of costs and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) [10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1)], FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). The Government does not own a complete Level III TDP for the UEU PS1, as Crane Electronics has proprietary data rights to portions of the TDP and is unwilling to sell it to the Government. Any repairs to the existing UEU PS1 would require another source to have both the technical expertise to repair the items and the Level III TDP.

Absent the ability to provide another source with the Level III TDP for the existing UEU PS1, the time period to validate whether another power supply can be used is 3 years for the UEU PS1, based upon a comparison of the timeframes associated with these tasks to similar SRAs. Additionally, the duplication of cost is estimated at $3.546M, based upon technical knowledge associated with the costs of similar SRAs.

Tables 6 – 7 below provide more detail for the estimated

Table 6: Duplication of Time, UEU PS1

Design of New UEU PS1 1 Year Approval Testing 0.5 Years Develop Test Station 1.5 Years Total Time Period 3 Years

Table 7: Duplication of Cost, UEU PS1

Project Management & Administration $347,910 Design of New WRA $664,379 Develop Technical Data Package $607,801 Prototype Development $542,899 Development/Approval - ATP $125,437 Develop Test Station & Repair Plans $862,728 Material (Includes Misc. HW and Test Equipment)

$395,000

Total Estimated Duplication Costs $3,546,153

Based on the facts above, Crane Electronics is the only source capable of fulfilling this requirement. Any other source would require significant and unacceptable additional costs and schedule delays, which would severely and detrimentally impact support of P-8A Poseidon and EA-l8G Growler system and mission requirements.

6. Description of Efforts Made to Solicit Offers from as Many

Offerors as Practicable

A sources sought notice was issued and uploaded to the BETA.SAM website on 04 FEB 2022. There were no responses received to the sources sought. A synopsis of the proposed contract was published on the BETA.SAM website on 6 APR 2022. There have been no responses received to the synopsis. No additional market research was performed because this effort is to support the repair depot for these systems and the OEM is the only source that can meet the Government’s current requirements to do the same. It is not practicable, for the reasons discussed in paragraph 5 above, for any company other than Crane Electronics to provide the required supplies and services.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Costs

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost to the Government for the supplies/services covered by the J&A will be fair and reasonable. Past procurement history may be used to determine the reasonableness of the proposed prices and cost analysis will be performed, including comparison of the proposed rates of Crane Electronics, Inc. to the Defense Contract management Agency’s (DCMA) Forward Pricing Rate Recommendations/Agreements.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Competition

For the reasons set forth in Paragraph 5, NSWC Crane Division has no plans at this time to compete future contracts for the types of supplies/services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, NSWC Crane Division will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.