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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

stMpLrFrED ACQUtStTtON 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 SUPPORT A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.

PURCHASE REQUEST OR REQUISITION NUMBER

I PROJECT/TASK NUMBER ESTIMATED AMOUNT (Over Micro-Purchase

Threshold, but up to the SAT)

IDENTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTING OFFICE, AND SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE DOCUMENT AS AJUsnFlcATloN FoR orHER THAN FULL AND OPEN coMPETlTloN.'; pteAse clTE THE AUTHoRtTy AND wpE oF JUSTIFtcATtoN.

The tJnited States Coast Guard (USCG), Aviation Logistics Center (ALC). Medium Range Recovery (MRR) product Line intends to arvard a firm-fixed repair order on a limited source basis. The statutory authori"ty permittiig other than full and open competition is 4l u.s.c. l90l(c), as implemenred in FAR t3.106-t(b) (l).

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

MRR intends to repail the item shor,vn in the table bettem shor,vn in the table low

Quantitv 0ptional Ouantitv Part Number (P/N) Nomenclature I 0 each l3 70400-02260-1 t4 Trim Servo. Collective intenanceoftheaircraftduetofaiIures/corrosion/damageS.

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:,fl,::,Y::lT'^Yll,::llrl^Y,.fp1i1.slppon (NAVSUP wS.S) is the nrimaf i;;;;;;'y contror Agency and has soreauthority and responsibility to certify repai. *'rr.". for this purt. sLor.Ly Aircraft (sAC) l..,1i.*,;'rfruJi,i'rr* approved repair facility for this part and maintains proprietaiy rights to all the data required to foster competition. -fhe items repaired under this acquisition is a highly speciaiized purt i*sign"d and manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.(Cage code 78286)' As the oEM of this item. Silorsky Aircraft corp. lzszao) owns all rights to the technical data.specifications,anddrawingsrequiredforrepair. ontic'(45g34lisanaltemateiepairvendorapprovedtorepaironthe-ll4 trim servos' The rights to the technical data necessary in orderto repair this item are not owned by the covernment and ithas been determi.ed that it is uneconomical to purchase these righti.

ADEScRlPTloNoFEFFoRTsMADEToENSURETHATQUoTATloNsoRoFFERsARESoLlclTEDFRom AS PRACTICABLE (INCLUDE YOUR MARKET RESEARCH ErrONrS XEidI.'' Extensive market research was conducted using both Government and commercial sources. This included querying thefollowing inforrnation systems and web sites:.iefense Logistics agency (DLA) Federal Logistics lnfonnation Service(webFLIS); Federal Electronic Mall (Fedmall); the Geneil Servic"es Administiation's (GSA) online purchasi,g service -GSA Advantage@; Inventory Locator Service e-marketplace (llSmart); internet search engines; and the oEM.s web site.This item is not available from any required or optional source of supply IAW FAR g.002. one other authorized repairfacility were identified in addition to the oEM. A combined ,yrop.irl*ticitation wili be posted to the Federal BusinessopportLrnities (FBo) web site ar *u*,.rb..g.v IAW FAR 5.r0r(ai(r).

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

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is the OEM and they own the rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to repairthisitem.Onticistheotheronlyauthorizedrepairfacilitytorepairthe-ll4trimservos. TheUSCGiscondr-rctinga limited source acquisition. Any other offeror that is able to submit documentation showing the technical data, specifications, drawings from the OEM, and official NAVSUP WSS certification required for repair will be considered fbr award.

EXPLAIN WHY AN ADEQUATE PURCHASE DESGRIPTION OR OTHER INFORMATION SUITABLE TO SOLICIT BY FULL AND OPENCOMPETITION HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED OR ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

'fhe part to be procured is complex and must rneet critical operational and reliability requirements. the achievement of which require unique production techniques and extensive and/or sophisticated testing. The Government does not own orpossess any rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manrifacture this iterl and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. ln addition, ih. Gor"rnnrent 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 TOCOMPETITION BEFORE FUTURE ACQUISITTONS ARE REQUIRED.

As previously stated, the Government does not own or possess any rights to the technical data, specifications and drawingsrequired to manufacture this item which has prevented it'," uscc rrom being able to provide an adequate technicaldescription 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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