Attachment 1 - Redacted J-A - 70Z03821QJ0000249.pdf

August 2020

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

Honeywell Intl Inc. Engines & System owns and controls the service manuals, schematics, and other technical data related to the Modulating Valve design, function, and operation. This information is required to repair the Modulating Valve and ensure its operation according to the original performance specifications. Honeywell Intl Inc.

Engines & Systems only shares this information with their own factory trained service technicians. This technical data is not owned by the Government nor is this information licensed to any other commercial entities. Therefore, there are no other sources capable of repairing the Modulating Valve.

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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 part to be repaired 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 component and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. In addition, the Government has not developed the technical data required to repair 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 repair this component 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 overcome the limited source barrier to foster competition when the manufacturing, performance, and acceptance data are proprietary to the OEM.