9602-LP JA.pdf

April 2019

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

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 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

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 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), 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) – 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 items shown in the table below on a sole source basis and require that vendors provide traceability to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) if they are not the OEM.

Line Item

Quantity

Nomenclature

Part Number (PN)

1 206 9602-LP Satellite Trackers 9602-LP

These items are spare, replacement parts for the USCG Aviation fleet.

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

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES CAN BE USED.

The items to be purchased under this acquisition are highly specialized and have been specifically designed and manufactured NAL Research Corporation CAGE Code 1SZL2. As the OEM, NAL

Research Corporation owns all rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required for the manufacture of these parts. The rights to the technical data necessary in order to acquire these items from sources other than the OEM are not owned by the Government. These parts are the only parts approved by the USCG’s Aircraft Configuration Control Board (ACCB) for use on USCG aircraft.

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’s (GSA) on-line purchasing service – GSA Advantage!®;

Inventory Locator Service e-marketplace (ILSmart); internet search engines; and the OEM’s web site.

These items are not available from any mandatory Government source IAW FAR 8.002 or from any non-mandatory source IAW 8.004.. 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.

NAL Research Cooperation is the OEM and owns all rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture these items. NAL Research Corporation has not licensed the rights to the technical data required to manufacture these items so there are no other sources capable of its manufacture.

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 items to be procured are 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 these items and the purchase of these rights has been deemed uneconomical. In addition, the Government has not developed the technical data required to reverse engineer these parts 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 these items 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.

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