Summary: U.S. Coast Guard Sole Source Justification

This document is a U.S. Coast Guard justification for restricting competition on a commercial products procurement under FAR 12.102(a), Class Deviation 25-21 Rev. 1. The contracting activity is the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) and Medium Range Recovery (MRR) Product Line, which seeks to procure a SUPPRESSION, J-BOX component (National Stock Number 5820-01-HS1-2835, Part Number OAH45-4000067-10) on a sole source basis from Fidelity Technologies Corporation, located at 2501 Kutztown Road, Reading, PA 19605-2961 (UEI: Q8F5SMKW4CL7). The procurement quantity is 4 units with 4 units as an option.

The item is required for replacement during routine maintenance of MH-60T aircraft due to failures, corrosion, and/or damage. The justification for sole source acquisition is that Fidelity Technologies Corporation, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), owns all technical data, specifications, and manufacturing drawings and is the only approved source for the U.S. Coast Guard Aircraft Configuration Control Board. USCG Aviation Engineering has assigned this item an Acquisition Method Code (AMC) of 3, indicating direct acquisition from the actual manufacturer is required. The contracting officer will employ multiple fair and reasonable price determination methods including market research, comparison of proposed pricing with previous purchases, current price lists, comparison with similar items in related industries, and comparison to IGCE.