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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

srMpLrFrED ACQU|SITTON PROCEDURES (SAp)

SOLICITATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ONE SOURCE ONLY IF THE CONTRACTING 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 THAT WILL MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENT STATEMENTS SUCH AS "ONLY KNOWN SOURCE" OR "ONLY SOURCE WHICH CAN MEET THE REQUIRED DELIVERY DATE" ARE

INADEQUATE TO SUPPORTA SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.

PURCHASE REQUEST OR REQUISITION NUMBER

B',t20-JE02 PROJECTiTASK 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 AND ryPE OF JUSTIFICATION.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), Medium Range Recovery (MRR) product Line intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.c. l90l(c), as implemented in FAR 13.106-r(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.

Ouantitv Optional Quantitv Part Number (P/1.{) Nomenclature 5 each 24 each 03s007-0032 r s0 Filter Wheel Sub Assv.

The above part is used on the ,{800 Trakka Beam Searchlight installed 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 item to be purchased under this acquisitionare is a highly specialized part which have been designed and manufactured by Trakka USA (TU) (Cage Code (6CF53). As the OEM of these items, TU 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 item at a vendor other than the OEM or an OEM approved source are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase these rights. This specific part is the only one approved by the USCG's Aircraft Configuration Control Board (ACCB) for use on the A800 Trakka Beam installed on MH-60 aircraft.

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

AS PRACTTCABLE (TNCLUDE 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 Electronic Mall (FedMall); the General Services Administration's (CSA) 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 cornbined synopsis/solicitation will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web site at wyllfbo.gqr lAW FAR 5. I 0l (a)( I ). The OEM will be notified of this posting to FBO.

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REASON THAT SUGGESTED SOURCE IS THETPNLY SOURCEWHICH CAN PROVIDE THE SUPP}IES OR SERVICES'

TU is the oEM and they own the rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required tomanufacture these items. uSCG Aviation -engineering has assigned these items an Acquisition Method Code (AMC) of 3 and an Acquisition

Method Suffix code (AMSC) code of H. tlw volume 10, Table it of non 4100.39 (series), an AMC of 3 indicates that the item must be acquired directly from the OEM. An AMSC of H stipulates that the government does not have in its possession the data io obtain from another source. The USCG is conducting a sole source purchase. Any offeror that is ubl" to provide the sole source items and parl numbers including the ability to submit documentation showing clear authorization from 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 AVASLABLE.

The part to be purchased is complex and must meet critical operational and reliability requirements, the achievement of wnicn require unique manufacturing techniques and extensive and/or sophisticated testing' The Government does not own

o. porr.ri any riglits to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture this item and it has been deterrnined that it is uneconomicalto purchase them. In addition, the Government has not developed the technical data required to manufacture these parts and has no plans to do so'

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 have prevented the uscc 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.

performance, and acceptance data are proprietary to the OEM'

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