JA-01097 - W912CH-25-0061 – CMO Control No: 2025-078

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

JA-01097 - W912CH-25-R-0061

1. Contracting Agency: Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA).

2. Description of Action: ACC-DTA proposes to award a New Firm-Fixed-Price contract to Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc., Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) 0Z3P4, for the Blasting Machine, National Stock Number (NSN) 1375-01-417- 7104, part number CD450-4J-M, using Army Working Capital Funds.

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The Blasting Machine delivers the initial energy required to activate the Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) system.

. The deliverable for this contract is for a base quantity of 1,044 each, with a 100% option, making a total quantity of 2,088 each. The total estimated value is $989,712. OP

4. Authority Cited: The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this effort is 10 United States Code 3204(a)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.” Specifically, FAR 6.302- 1(a)(2)(ii)(B) which states supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in- (B) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: The Government does not own the Technical Data Package (TDP) or have the necessary intellectual property data rights to the pertinent technical data to enable competitive re-procurement. Further, the Government does not have the necessary verification requirements to ensure suitability of integration into the necessary programs.

Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. is the only producer of this part and are the sole producer for products previously owned by previous awardee Research Energy of Ohio Inc. Research Energy of Ohio Inc. was purchased in July of 2023 and merged with Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. in 2024. All technical data was purchased with the sale and merger. On 3 June 2025, the Contract Specialist sent a TDP Specifically Negotiated License request email to Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. inquiring whether the firm was willing to sell or license the technical data.

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Blaster's Tool & Supply Company, Inc. responded to the sources sought notice identifying the Blasting Machine as a commercial item. The Contract Specialist requested and received a commerciality determination from the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Commercial Item Group (CIG). DCMA CIG determined the Blasting Machine to be a commercial item on 21 November 2024, and documentation of this determination is included in the contract file. The Contract Specialist clarified with Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc., if an authorized distributor would be submitting a proposal and Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc., replied that the proposal would come from Blasters Tool & Supply as they are the producer and have better control on availability and pricing.

Due to the limited technical data available, reverse engineering is the only recourse for the Government to increase competition through development of a competitive build-to print TOP. This specific manufacturer part number is the

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- priority. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Armaments Center project engineer estimated it would take a minimum of 30 months to reverse engineer a TOP suitable for full and open competition. This is based on engineering estimates and what would be required to develop and prove out an item of similar complexity. The 30-month estimate is comprised of the following tasks and estimated durations:

Task

Contract for reverse engineering services Statement of Work (SOW)

--This task will consist of developing the SOW, contracting the SOW and he reverse engineering of the product along with the development of the klocuments associated with this effort to document all requirements and klata derived from this effort (each task may involve additional minor asks such as orocurina initial devices to reverse enaineer etc).

Engineering product and material development and prototyping

.-This task will consist of producing the initial prototypes to the TOP kleveloped in the previous task, as well as acquiring and developing any �quipment that would be required to start production.

Establish individual component wear limits and overhaul tolerances

.-This task will consist of evaluating the prototypes and reviewing the TOP o establish and confirm tolerances and wear requirements.

Technical performance design qualification testing/reliability testing

# of Months

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--This task will consist of evaluating the design and ensuring that it performs as required and at a satisfactory reliability. This would include insuring that there are no interface issues with the programs this is being klesigned to work with. This testing would include testing with said proqrams.

Develop quality assurance provisions and detail drawing preparation

._ This task will document that design by creating detail drawings to define he design, quality assurance requirements to identify critical, major and minor characteristics that must be checked to accept manufactured product, and special packaging instructions to preserve and protect the finished oroduct.

Government TOP review and approval

.-This task is the DEVCOM AC effort required to review and accept the new detail drawings, quality assurance requirements and special packaging instructions. It also covers engineering change proposal qeneration enqineerinq release of approved drawinqs and maintenance.

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This item is needed to complete

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition:

a. Effective competition: Due to the reasons cited in Section 5, the Government is not pursuing competition for this item. The notices required by FAR 5.201 shall be published, and any bids or proposals received shall be considered.

b. Subcontracting competition: Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. is a small business concern, as such, the solicitation and resulting contract will not require FAR clauses 52.219-8, "Utilization of Small Business Concerns", 52.244-5, "Competition in Subcontracting", and 52.219-16, "Liquidation Damages Subcontracting Plan", to maximize small business opportunities and utilization.

Per FAR 19.702(b), a small business subcontracting plan is not required.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: For any future procurement, the Government will continue efforts to obtain the TOP/Specifically Negotiated License and conduct continuous market research to aid in increasing competition or finding another source

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8. Market Research: A Sources Sought Notice was posted to SAM.gov on and was open for 10 days. One response was received from the Sources Sought Notice to include BHPE LLC. Following their initial response, the Contract Specialist inquired if they could indeed obtain the necessary technical data or if they are an authorized distributor for Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. No response has been received to date from the contractor.

The Contract Specialist also conducted market research on 2 June 2025 by reviewing database searches in i3Log, Haystack, mandatory sources, and reviewing internet sources through online Google searches. These database searches only revealed Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. owns the TDP. A Dynamic Small Business Search revealed two small business contractors when searching based on nomenclature, and zero searches were revealed when searching by North American Industry Classification System and nomenclature.

The primary engineer performed market research in 2025 via an internet search for relevant information. Searching for "Blasting Machine" via Bing and Google yielded no useable results, the term led to other items not related to this product. Searching "CD450-4J-M" led to a few sites catering to demolition machines, such as idealblasting.com and blasterstool.com. This item was listed on the idealblasting.com website for around $500. During research it was found that Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. is the sole producer of this item (and all items previously produced by Research Energy of Ohio Inc., per their company statement), the item was previously purchased from Research Energy of Ohio Inc. Research Energy of Ohio Inc. was purchased in July of 2023 and merged with Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc. in 2024. All technical data was purchased with the sale and merger. The Contract Specialist verified with Blasters Tool & Supply Co., Inc that idealblasting.com and EOD- Gear.com are dealers of Blasters Tool & Supply Co., Inc., however, Blasters Tool & Supply Company, Inc has stated they will provide the proposal, as they are the producer and have better control on availability and pricing.

9. Interested Sources: To date, no additional sources have expressed interest other than those discussed in Section 8.

10. Other Facts: Procurement History:

1) Contract Number: W52H09-05-P-0156 Award Date: 23 December 2004 Contract Value: $866,438.04 Contractor: Research Energy of Ohio Inc. (0JKK0)

(2) Competitive Status: The only available information for this action was located via SAM.gov, which states this contract was not available for competition.

(3) Authority Previously Cited: Unknown; Previous J&A not available

(4) Unknown; Previous J&A not available

(5) NIA; No known contract for this requirement was accomplished using full and open competition.

(6) No unusual patterns revealed by the history.

(7) Unknown; Previous J&A not available

11. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which is included in the justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: William D. Riewerts

Title: Branch Chief Signature:

X W illia m R ie w e rts

9/30/2025

Sig n e d b y: R IE W ER TS . W ll l IA M • 0 ·----

12. Requirement Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance which is included in the justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: Larry Ruehlen Title: Sourcing Division Chief Signature:

X L a rry R u ehle n

Sig n e d by: U SA

9/30/2025

13. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination: I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable.

This determination will be based on the results of a detailed cost and/or price analysis.

The contractor will be required to provide other than certified cost or pricing data. This item has been determined to be a commercial product.

Name: Erika J. Dennison CIV USARMY ACC (USA) Title: Contracting Officer Signature:

X Erika J. D e n nis o n

9/30/2025

Sig n e d by: DEN NISO N .ERIKA .L ___ _

14. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and

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