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Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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November 2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Page 1 of 2

Recommission/rebuild one of Holloman's three corrosion booths, to ensure aircraft is free from corrosion and maintains freshly painted exteriors.

The corrosion booth being repaired is proprietary to and developed specifically for Holloman AFB by Morehead Industrial Systems. Previous award of retrofit in 2015 solicited competitive offers. This requirement is a follow-on award utilizing proprietary software and exclusive licensing from Morehead Industrial. Awarding to a different company would require Morehead to remove their equipment and software, which is estimated to take nine months and change the cost of the requirement to . It would also substantially add to the lead time, which would cause Holloman to lose its capability to paint F-16s and and associated aerospace ground equipment for an indefinite amount of time.

49 EMS has solicited input from Although the other manufacturers are capable of providing the requirement, significant costs, more than would be incurred by having another company modify or replace the control equipment and monitoring devices, which could cause the loss of mission capability for up to three years while retrofits are made.

49 EMS and 49 CONS will continue to contact Morehead to determine if they have added any licensed distributors; at this time they do not. 49 EMS will continue to monitor the aircraft corrosion marketplace for any future competitive options.

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

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