AAI Sole Source.pdf
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This document is a Justification for Sole Source Purchase from the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron (72 TES) of the Department of the Air Force Global Strike Command. The 72 TES is requesting to procure six specific part numbers of LED switches from Applied Avionics Inc. to support B-2A aircraft data collection during critical airborne testing. The sole source justification cites that the equipment is flight qualified and only available from the manufacturer, Applied Avionics Inc., with no other sources or substitutes available. The statutory authority for the sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as no other supplier can meet the agency's requirements. The 72 TES states that not purchasing these items will jeopardize their ability to maintain adequate data collection equipment for B-2 developmental and operational flight testing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
72D TEST AND EVALUATION SQUADRON (ACC)
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, MISSOURI
Global Power For America
1. The 72d requests requisitioning the following from Applied Avionics Inc:
A. Part Number: LED-12-14-HL-E39PL B. Part Number: LED-14-15-EP-E39TB C. Part Number: LED-14-15-EP-E39RV D. Part Number: LED-14-15-EP-E39TC E. Part Number: LED-14-15-EP-E39TE F. Part Number: LED-14-15-EP-E39TF
2. This B-2A aircraft flight qualifified piece of equipment is only procurable from Applied
Avionics Inc. The flight qualified telemetry equipment requires an identical replacement (no substitute) to support B-2A aircraft during airborne on-range data collection during critical B-2A airborne Force Developmental Evaluations.
3. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)
(1) in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 – Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
4. There is no commercial application for this piece of equipment. We attempted to accomplish market research on this equipment. As Applied Avionics Inc is the manufacturer of this equipment and they have no distributors. There is no other source for the procurement of this telemetry equipment.
5. Not purchasing this item as sole source purchase will jeopardize the 72 TES’s ability to maintain adequate data collection equipment levels in support developmental and operational flight test objectives for the B-2 Enterprise.
6. I have reviewed the above and believe it to be correct to the best of my knowledge.
Stephen J. Bressett, Lt Col, USAF Commander
15 July 2024
MEMORANDUM FOR 509 CONS/LGCV
FROM: 72 TES/CC
SUBJECT: Justification for Sole Source Purchase of Applied Avionics LED switches.
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