CJA_21-0163 - SAC19G0029 Post Award Syn_Redacted.pdf

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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND

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CJ&A 21-0163

CLASS JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity.

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Headquarters.

2. Description of the Action Being Approved.

This Class Justification and Approval (CJ&A) authorizes and approves the issuance of orders on a sole source basis to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, A Lockheed Martin Company (hereafter “Sikorsky”), Stratford, CT, for the VH-92A® program under the Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-19-G-0029 and the follow-on BOA. Authority to act under this CJ&A expires 30 September 2026.

3. Description of Supplies/Services.

This CJ&A permits BOA orders for supplies and services to provide technical and program management support, recurring and non-recurring engineering for Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and logistics support including on-going production and retrofit efforts, in support of the VH-92A aircraft, simulators and training devices. Delivery orders may include:

a. Development, manufacture of any production and retrofit kits and installation of ECPs for upgrades. This includes, but is not limited to, associated non-recurring engineering, systems engineering, integrated logistics support, production support, prototyping, validation and verification of changes, development/ validation/ verification of technical publications/ manuals/ changes/ directives, associated logistics impacts, testing of retrofit safety and test equipment changes to include instrumentation, spare and repair parts for aircraft, subsystems, training simulators/ devices, support equipment and related software efforts.

b. Development, manufacture, installation, test and updates of training devices such as Flight Training Devices (FTDs), Simulated Emulation Maintenance Trainer (SEMT) and Maintenance Training Device (MTD) Instructor Operation System (IOS), to include all engineering and upgrades to compliment production aircraft.

c. Airworthiness and requalification efforts, certification support updates to the S-92A Type Certification (TC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) organizational delegated authority coordination to obtain approval for the updated S-92A TCs including, but not limited to, creating certification plans, change impact assessment (CIA) reviews, and testing identified below.

i. Testing, including but not limited to, bench testing, avionics system testing, training systems testing, qualification testing, characterization testing, CJ&A 21-0163 derivative of the commercial S-92A, a Sikorsky built aircraft, and as such the Government does not have the necessary technical data rights to compete the effort described herein. The Government requested to procure S-92A data rights, but Sikorsky is unwilling to price a technical data package due to the commerciality of the S-92A and other systems. For these reasons, the Government does not have the sufficient data rights (data packages, drawings, or software) required to compete the efforts described herein.

Award to any other source would result in an unacceptable delay in fulfilling the presidential vertical lift mission requirements. The timeline to compete and qualify a second source to fulfill the presidential vertical lift mission requirements is estimated to take a minimum of seven years based on the time expended during the VH-92A competition and EMD phase of the program. A delay of this magnitude is unacceptable and would impact the replacement of the aging VH-3D and VH-60N aircraft and significantly degrade the ability to meet 100% readiness of the critical presidential transport mission.

6. Description of Efforts Made to Solicit Offers from as Many Offerors as Practicable.

In accordance with DFARS PGI 206.302-1 (d), a Sources Sought was posted on 08 February 2021 on the Beta.SAM website. Two responses were received. Flight Safety International (FSI) submitted a capability statement, which demonstrated the preponderance of FSI’s experience pertains to simulator and training capabilities. Metalcrafters Transparencies and Composites, Inc.

(MTCcorp) submitted a capability statement, which demonstrated MTCcorp’s experience pertains to designing, prototyping, and manufacturing composites. As a result, the Government determined that FSI and MTCcorp are not capable of meeting the Government’s requirements as they were unable to adequately demonstrate the capability to provide the requisite level of VH- 92A systems expertise that is essential to providing all of the tasking required under this BOA.

The Contracting Officer provided responses to both companies and referred the companies to Sikorsky for subcontracting opportunities. Both FSI and MTCcorp responded and did not challenge the Government’s assessment that both companies cannot meet all of the sources sought requirements. Both companies stated they would contact Sikorsky for subcontracting opportunities. FSI expressed an interest in any future simulation and training requirements for the VH-92A Program. Additionally, as required by FAR 5.201, a synopsis for each delivery order will be posted on the Beta.SAM website announcing the Government’s intent to issue a delivery order to Sikorsky. Any responses received will be evaluated and addressed by the Contracting Officer prior to award of the contract.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost.

The Contracting Officer has determined the anticipated cost to the Government of the supplies/ services covered by this CJ&A will be fair and reasonable.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Future Competition.

For the reasons set forth in paragraph 5, NAVAIR has no plans at this time to compete future contracts for the types of supplies and services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, NAVAIR will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.