Attachment 3 - Brand Name JA_Redacted.pdf
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This document is a Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification for a federal contract to acquire Aviation Body Armor Vests (ABAV) for the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The acquisition is for FirstSpear brand Aviation Body Armor Vests in small, medium, large, and X-large sizes, specifically designed for male and female aviation personnel. The vests are critical safety items for Special Mission Aviators, including components like Tactical Aid to Flotation and Padded Ballistic Inserts, and are approved as "Safe to Fly" by AFLCMC/ROU Human Systems Division.
The contract will be a single award, firm fixed-price procurement, with the 27 Special Operations Contracting Squadron (27 SOCONS) as the contracting activity. The justification highlights that while market research identified several small businesses capable of providing ABAV products (including woman-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and small disadvantaged businesses), this specific procurement is for the FirstSpear brand due to unique safety requirements and approvals from AFSOC headquarters. The acquisition will be published on the System for Award Management (SAM.Gov) to ensure vendor visibility, with the anticipated government cost deemed fair and reasonable based on previous acquisitions.
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| File | Type | Posted |
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| Attachment 1 - Items Requested and Price List.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Combined Synopsis Solicitation ABAV.pdf | ||
| Attachment 2 - Provisions and Clauses.pdf |
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Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items
b. No excess from other agencies. A search through PPMS was conducted, which rendered zero results.
c. Federal Prison Industries does not provide these items.
d. Ability One does not provide these items.
e. Items are not available in through a stock program.
IX. Any other facts supporting the use of Other Than Full and Open Competition.
DFARS 215.101-2-70(b)(1 ), Prohibitions: In accordance with section 814 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) as amended by section 882 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91 ), contracting officers shall not use the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process to procure items designated by the requiring activity as personal protective equipment or an aviation critical safety item, when the requiring activity advises the contracting officer that the level of quality or failure of the equipment or item could result in combat casualties. See 252.209-701 O for the definition and identification of critical safety items.
X. List of any sources that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.
A current acquisition being conducted by the 772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (ESS) in support of USAF EOD identified several small businesses capable of providing the ABAV products:
Industrial Strength Industries, LLC (WOSB)
Extreme Tactical (local SDVOB)
Panhandle Gear & Supply (local SDVOB)
Executive Distributors International (SDB)
Atlantic Diving Supply (Large Business - GSA)
XI. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required.
AFSOC and AFLCMC, in tangent, may progressively approve various equipment manufacturers supporting both current and future aviation operations. The 27 SOCONS will continue to conduct m<1.rkiat fE;SE;srch a1212rn12rl<1.tE; tQ thE; circumst<1.nces tQ identify RQtEanti�I c;li�Vibutors for appropriately approved aviation equipment.
XII, Certification by the Contracting Officer.
As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and
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