JA FD2030-19-02071 (Redacted).pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

I. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY

United States Air Force

AFSC/PZA

3001 Staff Drive Tinker AFB, OK 73145

Purchase Request (PR) #: FD2030-19-02071

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

This individual Justification and Approval (J&A) authorizes the use of other than full and open competition procedures to obtain a new firm-fixed price (FFP), Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ), sole source, non-commercial supply contract. The contemplated contract will be to remanufacture pitch trim controllers (PTC) on the F-15 aircraft. The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) is Moog, Inc. (Moog) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code 94697. In accordance with (IAW) FAR 16, a five-year basic performance period, IDIQ contract, is considered to be appropriate for this acquisition. The acquisition is not a Bridge Action as defined in AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan. The estimated total value of this award is $3,705,833.60 with an estimated award date of February 2020.

Previous Contract Number: FA8118-17-D-0008 Previous Contractor: Moog, Inc.

Date of Award: 22 December 2016 Completion Date: 21 December 2019 Basis of Award: Sole Source

III. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET

THE AGENCY’S NEEDS

Under the contemplated contract, Moog will remanufacture the PTC used on the F- 15 aircraft. The Contractor will provide the disassembly, cleaning, inspection, maintenance, re-assembly, testing, and finishing required to return the end item to a like new condition. This is a supply effort. Dollar values below reflect the anticipated contract value.

Due to the circumstances described below in Sections V and XI, there are no immediate actions that could be taken to develop competition. Therefore, it is considered appropriate to seek approval for more than one fiscal year. If other qualified and approved source(s) become known during the life of this contract, to the maximum extent practicable full and open competition will be considered and utilized.

Contract Summary

Estimated Period of Performance Estimated Dollars Remanufacture of PTC

QTY: 80ea URC:

February 2020 – February 2025

Over and Above February 2020 – February 2025 Data February 2020 – February 2025 NSP

Total Contract Value February 2020 – February 2025

PR Line Item 0001 Noun: Pitch Trim Controllers (PTC)

NSN: 1650-01-008-7314

P/N: 010-63089-9 Item description and function: The Pitch Trim Controller (PTC) is a subassembly of the Pitch and Roll Channel Assembly (PRCA). The PTC receives and sums input from the pilot, the Control Augmentation System (CAS), and mechanical accelerators to produce an appropriate output signal to the pitch trim actuators to ensure stable, controlled flight.

Type of appropriation: 97X4930 Total estimated dollars for PR Line Item 0001:

MIN QTY BEQ MAX QTY Unit Price Estimated Dollars

Performance Period

10 40 80 February 2020 – February 2025

PR Line Item 0002 Description: Over and Above Type of Appropriation: 97X4930 Total Estimated Dollars for PR Line Item 0002: $5,000.00

EST QTY

Unit Price Estimated Dollars Performance Period

1 LT February 2020 – February 2025

PR Line Item 0003 Description: Data and Reports Not Separately Priced (NSP), IAW CAV AF SOR and CDRLs

Type of Appropriation: N/A

Total estimated dollars for PR Line Item 0003: N/A // NSP

EST QTY Unit Price Estimated Dollars Performance Period

1 LT NSP NSP February 2020 – February 2025

IV. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND

OPEN COMPETITION

10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a) (2)(ii)

V. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE

QUALIFICATIONS OR NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES

THE USE OF THE AUTHORITY CITED ABOVE (APPLICABILITY OF

AUTHORITY)

The PTC is a subassembly of the Pitch and Roll Channel Assembly (PRCA). Moog currently supports the government through an offload contract FA8118-17-D-0008 for production of ten pitch trim controllers a year. The previous contract has helped reduce backorders by helping the shop produce serviceable PTCs that can be used on the F-15 pitch and roll channel assembly PRCA. The PTC receives and sums input from the pilot, the Control Augmentation System (CAS), and mechanical accelerators to produce an appropriate output signal to the pitch trim actuators to ensure stable, controlled flight. The PTC contains critical characteristics and, at a minimum, meets the requirements of a critical application item as defined in the Aviation Critical Safety Item Management Handbook. Special tooling and test equipment is required to meet the requirement. Serviceable PTCs are imperative to allow the government to be mission ready at all times. The government is experiencing high test failures on the PTC for organically remanufactured units, which is prohibiting the government from meeting production requirements. The failures cannot be attributed to one single root cause and are currently under investigation. Therefore this acquisition will be a follow-on contract for the continued development of a highly specialized product.

The government has the complete technical data package necessary for a competitive acquisition. With this technical data the government has been able to establish Qualification Requirements (QR) for this item that a prospective source must satisfy prior to being identified as an approved source. The establishment of QRs has been justified in writing, as required by FAR 9.202(a), on a Justification for Qualification Requirements coordinated through Small Business and Competition Advocate, approved by the Chief of Contracting Office. This 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 requires acquisition of the part from the approved source. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity’s procedures, as approved by the Government engineering activity. The 423srd Supply Chain Management Squadron (SCMS) has determined as of 8 June 2019 that Moog is the only source that has met the defined QR and thus has been listed as the only source.

The 423rd SCMS believes that award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Air Force’s requirement. The Government does not expect that any other source could become qualified in time to avoid unacceptable delays. Any interested source would be required to submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) for review by the cognizant engineering authority.

Interested vendors would need to submit a SAR package demonstrating capacity to access the necessary data, independently develop maintenance/remanufacture procedures or other proof of capability. At the present time, there have been no SAR packages submitted for approval even though there are sources that indicate interest in this acquisition, discussed in Sections VI and VIII. Once a source has been identified and has submitted a SAR package it can take in excess of one year to qualify the potential source. During this time the Government must review and approve the SAR package, complete any potential site visits, and validate/verify any developed technical requirements. Delays in procurement will disrupt the availability of parts to the F-15 thereby leaving the Air Force unable to meet critical mission requirements and hampering the Air Force. If deliveries do not begin by January 2020, the 848 SCMG would be unable to provide adequate supply of PTCs to support the F-15 fleet.

Accordingly, Moog is the only source capable of providing remanufacture described in section III above without the Government experiencing unacceptable delays in fulfilling its requirements.

VI. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE

SOLICITED FROM AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS DEEMED

PRACTICABLE

A source sought synopsis was posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at https://www.fbo.gov for thirty days under FD2030-19- 02071 from 11 March 2019-11 April 2019. As of 11 April 2019 there were three interested vendors that showed interest (see Section X). At this point, no SAR packages have been submitted in response to the SSS. Government defined pre-award qualifications of new sources has been identified and documented on the QR.

All SAR package submissions submitted prior to contract award will be evaluated in a timely manner to ensure the highest level of competition possible.

Consideration shall be given to potential sources, prior to award. The QRs were originally synopsized on FedBizOpps 7 Jun 2017 and can be found by searching for keyword “Repair/Remanufacture Qualifications Requirements for commodity Critical Safety and Critical Application Items (RQR-848)”. The QR synopsis was updated on 3 July 2019 with responses due 3 July 2020.

In accordance with FAR 5.201, this requirement will be synopsized in FBO as a notice of proposed contract action, estimated date of September 2019.

https://www.fbo.gov/

VII. DETERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT THE

ANTICIPATED COST TO THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE FAIR AND

REASONABLE

The Contracting Officer will ensure that the items described herein are negotiated at a fair and reasonable price to the Government. . IAW FAR as supplemented, the contractor will be required to submit Certified Cost or Pricing Data and/or Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data. A detailed cost analysis and price analysis and price analysis will be performed. The Contracting Officer may request a technical evaluation from Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to aid in the evaluation of the contractor’s proposal. The Contracting Officer will seek audit assistance from the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) if necessary.

VIII. DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND THE

RESULTS, OR A STATEMENT OF THE REASONS MARKET RESEARCH

WAS NOT CONDUCTED

IAW FAR 10.002(b)(2), market research was conducted on the PTCs for the F-15 aircraft by a multifunctional team consisting of the government’s Item Manager, Equipment Specialist, Logistics Officer, and Engineer. This research was conducted using standard contract repair screening process. Additionally, market research techniques including Internet websites and databases (including Google, Thomas Register, Haystack, FedBizOpps, DSBS, SAM and FPDS) were queried for potential sources. Known approved sources have been annotated on the current CRSAW. A Sources Sought Synopsis was posted on 11 March 19 for 30 days. The market research was conducted from 23 April 19 to 23 May 19. Texas Aerospace Services, Inc, BMT Consulting and DaVinci Aerospace responded to the SSS as being interested in the acquisition. None of these sources expressing interest have submitted a SAR package or sought qualification against the requirements described in Section III. Further, these requirements can neither be modified nor be satisfied with commercial or modified commercial items.

Based on this market research, the OEM, Moog, was found to be the only qualified source able to fulfill the requirement described in Section III.

IX. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL

AND OPEN COMPETITION

No further information.

X. LIST OF SOURCES, IF ANY, THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE

ACQUISITION

See Section VI for more detail.

Texas Aerospace Services, Inc. CAGE: 29242 3550 Maple Street

Abilene, Texas 79602-7130

BMT Consulting Inc. CAGE: 5FZ62 1337 Locust Road Northwest Washington, DC USA 20012-1325

DaVinci Aerospace, LLC CAGE: 83LH4 4500 Green Point Drive Suite 102 Greensboro, North Carolina 27410-8126

Moog Inc. CAGE: 94697 400 Jamison Road Plant 26 Elma, NY 14059-9497

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

As a result of the government owning the data there are no known additional actions which can be taken to remove barriers to competition however, prior to any future acquisitions, the government will synopsize the requirement, will continue to synopsize the QRs, and will attempt to qualify any additional sources which submit SAR packages.

Per DFARS PGI 206.304(a) (S-70) - As indicated by signature on the Coordination and Approval Document, the previous J&A has been reviewed and the Approval Authority determines that all stated actions to remove barriers to competition have been accomplished.

XII. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION

The contracting officer’s signature on the Coordination and Approval Document, evidences that he/she has determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of his/her knowledge and belief.

XIII. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS PERSONNEL’S CERTIFICATION

By their signatures on the Coordination and Approval Document, the technical and/or requirements personnel have certified as accurate and complete all supporting data, which is their responsibility, contained herein IAW FAR 6.303- 2(c).