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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7MX19R0077

ORIGINAL

ADDENDUM (attach copy of original J & A for add-ons or revisions)

1. The Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Land and Maritime is the contracting activity.

2. The action being approved is the acquisition of supplies for an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) on other than a full and open competition basis. This is necessary because the Government either lacks complete technical data required to manufacture the supplies or must restrict sources due to the criticality of the part. The rationale specific to these items is detailed by the Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) as stated below in paragraph 4.

3. The supplies required to meet the using activity's needs are described as follows:

NSN NAME ADV UNIT

PRICE ADQ

Unit AMC AMSC

1290015857815 MODIFICATION KIT 65 EA 3 C

5998200064070 CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMBLY 45 EA 3 C

6130200055446 POWER SUPPLY 30 EA 3 D

ESTIMATED BASE (3-YEARS) VALUE:

ESTIMATED TOTAL (BASE + TWO 1-YEAR OPTIONS) VALUE

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE:

The items are used on the following weapon system(s):

NSN NAME

1290015857815 TANK, ABRAMS M-1

5998200064070 DIRECT SUPPORT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TEST SET (DSESTS), AN/USM-615

5998200064070 TANK, COMBAT, FT, 120MM GUN (M1A1)

6130200055446 FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEMS, BRADLEY (BFVS)

4. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)- Available from only one or a limited number of sources. At this time, there is only one approved manufacturing source: CAGE 05257 General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) - Canada.

The use of the authority cited above is supported by the following Acquisition Method Code (AMC) and Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) of the NSNs; which were confirmed as complete and accurate by the Strategic Acquisitions Program Directorate (SAPD) Product Specialist on 11/09/2018 during the technical review of the NSNs for placement on this long-term contract initiative.

AMC 3: Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the manufacturer.

AMSC C: Part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application.

AMSC D: The Government physically does not have in its possession sufficient, accurate or legible data to purchase this part from other than current source(s).

5. The source listed in the table below, confirmed by the SAPD Product Specialist 11/9/18 during the technical review of the NSNs for placement on this long-term contract initiative, is currently the only source with the necessary qualifications, ability, and approval to manufacture the item. This is due to the following:

Parts are Critical Application Items; therefore, manufacturing sources require ESA approval.

At this time, the listed source is the only source approved by the ESA.

The listed source is the only source that possess the complete technical data, rights to the data, and capability necessary to manufacture the items for the required form, fit, function, and quality.

The information stated in the items’ applicable AMSC of C or D.

Approved Source:

NSN CAGE PART NUMBER NAME1

1290015857815 05257 13011005 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS

5998200064070 05257 361236-901 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS

6130200055446 05257 361053-902 GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS

6. Efforts to ensure that offers are solicited from as many sources as practicable are:

The acquisition will be synopsized in Federal Business Opportunities at least 15 days prior to issuance of solicitation.

The solicitation will be posted to DIBBS.

7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable. A price analysis will be conducted using historical pricing, the Producer’s Price Index (PPI), and a learning curve analysis. Offerors may also be required to submit information other than certified cost or pricing data if deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer in order to determine prices fair and reasonable. DoD has waived the requirement for submission of certified cost or pricing data for Canadian Commercial Corp (CCC) and its subcontractors (see DFARS 215.403-1(c)(4)(C)). Based on the above techniques, the Contracting Officer anticipates the costs to the Government will be fair and reasonable. Note, it is expected that GDLS will be submitting its proposal through the CCC given the estimated value of the procurement.

Based upon the technical certification on file in DLA Land and Maritime-VEP, technical data is not available and cannot be developed to permit full and open competition. The data presently available reflects the minimum needs of the Government.

During the project development stage, the NSNs included on this solicitation were provided to the DLA Land & Maritime Value Management (VM) Unit and the Strategic Acquisition Programs Directorate (SAPD) Product Specialist for review; no additional sources were identified during those reviews.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada.

11. This item is subject to the following methods of locating additional sources in an effort to overcome barriers to competition:

The solicitation will allow for submission of alternate offers by inclusion of DLAD Procurement Notes: L04-Offers for Part Numbered Items and M06-Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items.

Forecast information is available to all potential sources for both sole source and competitive items.

The DLA Supplier Requirements Visibility Application (SRVA) is a database that is available via the DLA internet Bid Board System (DIBBS.) SRVA provides potential sources the opportunity to search for information on DLA’s anticipated requirements based on updated monthly forecasts.

Essentially, it provides 24 months of sole source and competitive projected purchase order quantities. Potential alternate sources for current sole source items can easily see DLA’s forecasted procurements and can contact the Value Management Unit to become approved sources for sole source and code and part number items. The DLA Land & Maritime Value Management Unit continually seeks out sole source, limited competition, over-priced, low reliability and hard to buy items to improve their value and support posture. The DLA Land & Maritime internet website contains information for all potential sources on how to challenge prices, how to submit a Value Engineering Change proposal, a link to DoD’s Value Engineering program and the necessary contact info for both the DLA Value Engineering program and the DoD Value Engineering program.

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION:

I hereby certify that the information contained in this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. If not exceeding $700,000, this signature serves as the approval.

Tracy S. Roberts Contracting Officer

ROBERTS.TRACY.S.

1230171781

Digitally signed by

ROBERTS.TRACY.S.1230171781

Date: 2019.04.26 14:12:17 -04'00'

Approval/Certification

I have reviewed and approve this justification. The estimated total value of the J&A is

Competition Advocate Signature

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

( ) Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

(X ) $700,000 to $13,500,000 Competition Advocate

( ) $13,500,00 –$93,000,000 Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA)

( ) over $93,000,000 Senior Procurement Executive (AQ)

Attachments:

Previous J&A for NSN 1290015857815

SHEARER.MARY.E.1

250702449

Digitally signed by

SHEARER.MARY.E.1250702449

Date: 2019.04.30 12:18:55 -04'00'