J A_15-50062.pdf

FD2020-15-77002

03 May 2016

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

This J & A is being amended due to an estimated award date change. As a result of the change, Section II NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING PROCESSED; Section

VIII DESCRIPTION OF MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS, OR A

STATEMENT OF THE REASONS MARKET RESEARCH WAS NOT CONDUCTED was changed from the J&A approved 14 Dec 2014 to the following;

II. NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING PROCESSED:

Paragraph B is hereby changed to:

B. Contract Type & Structure: Multiple new supply contracts to procure a quantity of 4,179 units with an anticipated Firm-Fixed-Pricing arrangement will be issued. The estimated value is

The estimated award date will be Jan 2015 through Dec 2016.

VIII. DESCRIPTION OF MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS, OR

A STATEMENT OF THE REASONS MARKET RESEARCH WAS NOT CONDUCTED:

Paragraph A is hereby changed to:

A. As described in Section VI above, market research, in accordance with FAR Part 10, was conducted by synopsis of the proposed acquisition, advising industry of the pending acquisition and soliciting inquiries from interested parties. Additional market research conducted IAW FAR Part 10 included a Jan 2015 query from the AFLCMC/EBHJ vendor base, industry summits and workshops. This item is not available commercially nor is any modified commercial item available that will meet the government's requirement. However this requirement is a non-developmental item (NDI) and will satisfy the government need at this time.