Final AAC JA 25-026_Redacted.pdf

J&A 25-0261

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition.

10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority.

AAC is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of CASEFI, and is the only company with the technical expertise, access to specialized facilities and requisite knowledge, experience, and technical data that can meet the requirements for the ASW systems; in addition, they are the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of the CASEFI which is currently being integrated and installed onboard military aircraft. Technical data required for sustainment and improvements of the system is proprietary to AAC. The Government does not have the complete Technical Data Package (TDP) that would be necessary to conduct a competition. The Government inquired with AAC if the TDP is available and for sale in July 2025; AAC declined to sell the package necessary to compete this effort.

Award to any other company other than AAC would result in significant duplication of costs equivalent, at a minimum, to the value of recent and current development/integration contracts, which totals based on historical costs/actuals. Therefore, the efforts herein cannot be performed by a source other than AAC without substantial duplication of cost to the Government which is not expected to be recovered through competition.

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

In accordance with DFARS PGI 206.302-1, NAVAIR posted a sources-sought notice to the Systems for Award Management (SAM.gov) website on 12 June 2025; this notice closed 26 June 2025. Four (4) companies responded to the notice. The respondents were The Program Office assessed the capability of these respondents and determined AAC was the only company capable of fulfilling requirements. The other respondents were incapable of fulfilling requirements due to lack of access to source code (required to make system updates) and inability to provide the necessary capabilities documentation requested in the sources-sought notice.

In accordance with FAR 5.201(b), a synopsis was posted to SAM.gov website on 24 July 2025 and closed on 7 August 2025. No responses were received. Any responses received prior to contract award will be evaluated by the Contracting Officer.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost.

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

8. Actions to Remove Barriers on Future Competition.

As this is a follow-on to supplies and services previously awarded on a non-competitive basis, the prior J&A (J&A 19- 0529) was provided to the approval authority for review. Approval of this J&A signifies the approval authority has made the determination required by DFARS PGI 206.304(a)(S-70)(ii).

For the reasons set forth in paragraphs 5 and 6, NAVAIR has no plans at this time to compete future contracts for these types of supplies/services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, NAVAIR will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.

J&A 25-0261

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this Justification and its supporting acquisition planning documents, except as noted herein are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Technical Cognizance:

ASW Sensors & Processing IPT Lead

Requirements Cognizance:

PMA-264 Program Manager

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW

I have determined this Justification is legally sufficient.

Legal Counsel

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION

I certify that this Justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

V2355 Procuring Contracting Officer

APPROVED

Upon the basis of the above justification, I hereby approve the solicitation of the proposed procurement(s) described herein using other than full and open competition, pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1).

Director, Procurement Group for PEO(A), V23