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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

April 2019

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP) FAR 13.106-1(b)

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

WHICH CAN MEET THE REQUIRED DELIVERY DATE" ARE INADEQUATE TO SUPPORT A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.

PURCHASE REQUEST OR REQUISITION

NUMBER

9226-GN02x Xxxxxxxxx x

PROJECT/TASK

NUMBER

ESTIMATED AMOUNT (Over Micro-Purchase Threshold, but up to the SAT)

$107,704.00 xxxxxxxxxx

IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTING OFFICE, AND SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE DOCUMENT AS

PLEASE CITE THE AUTHORITY AND TYPE OF

JUSTIFICATION.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), Engineering Services Division (ESD) anticipates the award of a firm-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis. This justification for other than full and open competition is submitted for approval in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.303-1(a) using the authority in FAR 6.302-1(b)(2) only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

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

ESD intends to purchase the Test Sets shown in the table below directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) on a sole source basis. The OEM for this Test Set is Safran Electronics & Defense, Avionics USA, LLC (CAGE Code 003T0), hereinafter referred to as Safran.

These Test Sets are used in the testing and set-up for installation and maintenance of the MH-65 series actuators and trim/feel units, both flight critical safety items.

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

SERVICES CAN BE USED.

This Test Set is highly specialized and was specifically designed for use on MH-65 helicopters by Safran in partnership with the h Airbus Helicopters, Inc. As the OEM, Safran owns all rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture this Test Set. The rights to the technical data necessary in order to acquire this Test Set from sources other than the OEM are not owned by the Government. This is the only test equipment capable of ensuring the continued airworthiness of the MH-65 helicopter.

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

April 2019

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 (FLIS); Department of Defense Electronic Mall (DoD EMall); the General Services Administration (GSA) on-line purchasing service GSA Advantage!®; Inventory Locator Service e-marketplac ese Test Sets are not available from any mandatory Government source IAW FAR 8.002 or from any non-mandatory source IAW 8.004.

Safran does not sell this Test Set through any authorized distributors. A combined synopsis/solicitation will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web site at www.fbo.gov IAW FAR 5.101(a)(1). All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency.

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

As the OEM, Safran owns all rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture this Test Set. Safran has not licensed the rights to the technical data required to manufacture this Test Set to any other commercial vendors. Therefore, there are no other sources capable of its manufacture.

USCG Aviation Engineering has assigned this Test Set an Acquisition Method Code (AMC) of 3 and an Acquisition Met IAW Volume 10, Table 71 of DoD 4100.39 (series).

An AMC of 3 indicates that the item shall be acquired directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. An AMSC of R signifies that the Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both, needed to purchase this part from additional sources.

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 Test Set is complex and must meet critical operational and reliability requirements, the achievement of which require unique production 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 Test Set and the purchase of these rights has been deemed uneconomical. In addition, the Government has not developed the technical data required to reverse engineer this Test Set 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 Test Set 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, performance, and acceptance data are proprietary to the OEM.

SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CUSTOMER

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Inventory Management Specialist ESDx

CODE

TELEPHONE NUMBER

(252) 335-6571

DATE

14 August 2019

SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Christy H. McKethanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contracting Officer ESD/IODxxxxxxxxxxxx

CODE

TELEPHONE NUMBER

(252) 335-6072

DATE

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