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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

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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

9044-JE01

PROJECT/TASK NUMBER ESTIMATED AMOUNT (Over Micro-Purchase

Threshold, but up to the SAT)

$173,498.85

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 TYPE 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 f-ull and open competition is 4l U.S.C. l90l(c), as implemented in FAR 13.106-l(b) (1).

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

MRR intends to purchase the items shown in the table below on a sole source basis and require that vendors provide , \:.{.:i:;q;::

authorization from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) if they are not the OEM or an authorized manufacturing laciliry of the OEM.

Ouantitv Optional Ouantitv Part Number (P/l'{) Nomenclature 10 each 25 r 0- 150-08-M-l Antenna

The antenna is used on the emergency locator transmitter installed on the H-60 aircraft.

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

CAN BE USED.

The item to be purchased under this acquisition is a highly specialized part which has been designed and manufactured bj'r SPECMAT Technologies lnc, (STI) cage code 0DLY8 As the OEM of this item, STI 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 antenna is the only one approved by tlre 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 fbllowing 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 (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 cornbined synopsis/solicitation will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web site at wn'w'.fb_ogor, IAW.

FAR 5.101(a)(l). The OEM will be notified of this postingto FBO. :r:, ', i

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

STI 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 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 data to obtain from another source. The USCG is conducting a sole source purchase order. Any offeror that is able to provide the sole source item and paft number 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.

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.

performance, and acceptance data are proprietary to the OEM.

SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CUSTOMER

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Name Brian K McGowan Item Manager, MRR

CODE

MRR-S

TELEPHONE NUMBER

(2s2) 33s-6724

DATE

a-r7-)9

SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

Joshua M. Stoddard Contracting Officer, MRR

CODE TELEPHONE NUMBER

(2s2) 38s-6642

DATE

December 20 l5

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