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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

srMpLrFrED ACQUTSITTON PROCEDURES (SAP)

SOLICITATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ONE SOURCE ONLY IF THE CONTMCTING OFFICER DETERMINES THAT ONLY ONE SOURCE IS REASONABLY AVAILABLE. THIS DETERMINATION MUST BE SUPPORTED WITH FULL JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE FROM THE CUSTOMER. WHEN THE CUSTOMER DESCRIBES AN ITEM WITH A PURCHASE DESCRIPTION WHICH LIMITS THE AVAILABILITY TO ONE SOURCE. THE JUSTIFICATION MUST EXPLAIN WHY THE ITEM IS THE ONLY ONE THATWILL MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENT STATEMENTS SUCH AS "ONLY KNOWN SOURCE" OR "ONLY SOURCE WHICH CAN MEET THE REQUIRED DELIVERY DATE" ARE

INADEQUATE TO SUPPORT A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.

PURCHASE REQUEST OR REQUISITION NUMBER

8087-JE01

PROJECT/TASK NUMBER

IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTING OFFICE, AND SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE DOCUMENT AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION." PLEASE CITE THE AUTHORITY ANO TYPE OF JUSTIFICATION.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), Medium Range Recovery (MRR) Product Line intends to award a firrn-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 4l U.S.C. l90l(c), as implemented in FAR 13.106-l(b) (l).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED, AND THE INTENDED USE.

MRR intends to purchase the item shown in the table below on a sole source basis and require that vendors provide authorization from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) if they are not the OEM or an authorized manufacturing facility of the OEM.

Quantitv Optional Ouantity Part Number (P/I[) Nomenclature 5 each 0 45-0441-4-2 Controllable

Searchlight

'fhe Controllable Searchlight is used on the MH-60 aircraft.

UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS THAT LIMIT AVAILABILIry TO ONLY ONE SOURCE, WITH THE REASON NO OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES

CAN BE USED.

The items to be purchased under this acquisition is a highly specialized part which has been designed and manufactured by

Grimes Aerospace (GA) (Cage Code 72914). As the OEM of this item, GA owns all rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required for its manufacture. The rights to the technical data necessary in order to manufacture this itern at a vendor other than the OEM or an OEM approved source are not owned by the Government and it has been detemined that it is uneconomical to purchase these rights. This specific searchlight is the only one approved by the USCG's Aircraft Configuration Control Board (ACCB) for use on USCG aircraft.

A DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT QUOTATIONS OR OFFERS ARE SOLICITED FROM AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES

AS PRACTICABLE (INCLUDE YOUR MARKET RESEARCH EFFORTS HERE).

Extensive market research was conducted using both Government and commercial sources. This included querying the following information systems and web sites: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Federal Logistics Information Service (WebFLIS); Department of Defense E,lectronic Mall (FedMall);the General Services Administration's (GSA) online purchasing service - GSA Advantage@; Inventory Locator Service e-marketplace (lLS-mart); internet search engines; and the OEM's web site. This item is not available from any required or optional source of supply IAW FAR 8.002. A combined synopsis/solicitation will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web site at rvrvw.fbo.gov IAW FAR 5.101(a)(l). The OEM will be notified of this postingto FBO.

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REASON THAT SUGGESTED SOURCE IS THE ONLY SOURCE WHICH CAN PROVIDE THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES.

GA is the OEM and they own the rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture this itern. USCG Aviation Engineering has assigned these items an Acquisition Method Code (AMC) of 3 and an Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) Code of H. IAW Volume 10, Table 7l of DoD 4100.39 (series), an AMC of 3 indicares that the item must be acquired directly from the OEM. An AMSC of H stipulates that the government does not have in its possession data to obtain from another source. The USCG is conducting a sole source purchase. Any offeror that is able to provide the sole source item and part number including the ability to submit documentation showing clear authorization frotn the OEM to perform the manufacture IAW the OEM's manual's will be considered for award.

EXPLAIN WHY AN ADEQUATE PURCHASE DESCRIPTION OR OTHER INFORMATION SUITABLE TO SOLICIT BY FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED OR ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

The part to be purchased is complex and must meet critical operational and reliability requirements, the achievement of which require unique manufacturing techniques and extensive and/or sophisticated testing. The Government does not own or possess any rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture this item and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. In addition, the Government has not developed the technical data required to manufacture this part and has no plans to do so.

PROVIDE A STATEMENT OF ACTIONS, IF ANY, THE GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE TO REMOVE OR OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS TO

COMPETITION BEFORE FUTURE ACQUISITIONS ARE REQUIRED.

As previously stated, the Government does not own or possess any rights to the technical data, specifications and drawings required to manufacture this item. which has prevented the USCG from being able to provide an adequate technical description to potential new sources. Therefore, it is difficult to take steps to foster competition when the manufacturing, perfonnance, and acceptance data are proprietary to the OEM.

SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CUSTOMER CODE TELEPHONE NUMBER DATE

December 2015