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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. Do not use marketing language in this document. Language such as ·This company has made its mark." "This company is recognized as industry's best," and This company is the leader in ... • is unacceptable.

PURCHASE REQUEST OR REQUISITION

PROJECTfrASK

NUMBER

ESTIMATED AMOUNT (Over Mlcro-p r h old, but up lo 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), Medium Range Recovery (MRR) Product Line intends to award a finn-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis. The statutory authority pennitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 1901(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 item shown in the table below on a sole source basis.

Part Number IN

50 each 3 lD-105-00

Nomenclature

Bracket Assembly, Cont.

The Bracket Assembly, Cont. is used on the MH60T USCG 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 procured under this acquisition is highly specialized item which has been designed and manufactured by a non-Government activity and the technical data required for this acquisition by other than the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or an OEM approved source is not available.

Survival Systems Limited, Dartmouth, Canada (Cage Code L1685) is the OEM for the part identified in this requirement. Survival Systems USA, Inc. (Cage Code l LDF2) is the only authorized United States (US) affiliate for Survival Systems Limited. The rights to the technical data necessary to acquire this item from other than the OEM are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase these rights. This specific Bracket Assembly, Cont. are the only ones approved by the USCG's Aircraft Configuration Control Board (ACCB) for use on the MH60T

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 Goverrunent and commercial sources. This included querying the following information systems and web sites: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Federal Logistics Information Service (WebFLIS); FedMall; the General Services Administration's (GSA) online purchasing service - GSA Advantage®; Inventory Locator Service e-markelplace (ILSmart); internet search engines; and the OEM's web site. This item is not available from any required or optional source of supply IA W FAR 8.002. A combined synopsis/solicitation will be posted to the Sam.gov web site al www.sam.gov lAW FAR 5.I0l(a)( l). The OEM will be notified of this posting to www.sam.gov.

August 2020

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