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CUI – CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7MX23R0018

DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition (May 2018)

[X] 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 a firm-fixed-price 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 this item is detailed by its Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) as stated below in paragraph 4.

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

BRIEF DESCRIPTION NSN/P/N QUANTITY EST. ANNUAL VALUE AMC/AMSC

Resistor, Variable, Nonwire 5905011183235 93 EA 1/C

The Federal Supply Code for this NSN is 59 (Varistors; Resistive ballast Tubes; Rheostats; Resistor Networks;

Resistor Mounting Hardware; Thermistors), which represents the commodity class of this item.

Identify end item, weapon system, or class of item:

Aircraft, Hornet F/A-18 Aircraft, Harrier AV-8B Aircraft, Hornet F/A-18 (E/F) Aircraft, F/A-18, A-D, E/F, G (Growler)

The proposed action is for the solicitation and award of a five (5) year, firm fixed price Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC). The five-year period consists of a three (3) year base period and two (2) one-year option periods. The estimated contract values are below:

ESTIMATED 3-YEAR BASE VALUE:

ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE (3-year base + 2-year options):

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE:

MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE:

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.

The following are the only approved manufacturing sources for this item:

Honeywell International, Inc.: 08815 Part Number: 200FL1-199 Honeywell International, Inc.: 08815 Part Number 3472949 ES Beta, Inc.: 25413 Part Number 20SF7513 Raytheon Company: 82577 Part Number 3472949

The use of the authority cited above is supported by the following Acquisition Method Code (AMC) and

Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) of the NSN, which was confirmed as complete and accurate by the Strategic Acquisitions Program Directorate (SAPD) Product Specialist on 10/05/2022 in the Technical Certification attached to this memorandum.

AMC 1. Suitable for competitive acquisition for the second or subsequent time.

AMSC C. 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(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. If one source is approved, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources are approved or if data is adequate for an alternate source to qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid.

5. The approved sources listed above in section 4, confirmed by the SAPD Product Specialist during the technical review of the NSN for placement on this long-term contract initiative, are currently the only sources approved by the design control activity to manufacture the item. They are also the only sources that possess the complete technical data, rights to the data, and capability necessary to manufacture the item for the required form, fit, function, and quality.

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

The acquisition was synopsized on 11/17/2022.

The solicitation will be posted to DIBBS on or about 12/07/2022.

A Sources Sought Notice was posted on 10/06/2022 with no responses received.

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. Based on the above techniques, the Contracting Officer anticipates the costs to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition: Market Survey [10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(3)(D)]:

A market survey was conducted on 9/28/2021 and again during 9/29/2022 – 10/19/2022.

o Each vendor listed below was contacted during market survey efforts in 2021 and 2022.

o Only Peerless Electronics, Inc., responded with interest in 2022.

Total number of vendors contacted: 17.

Names of vendors contacted and responding:

Honeywell: CAGE # 08815 (No Response) ES Beta (Betatronix): CAGE # 25413 (No Response;

Raytheon: CAGE # 82577 (No Response) Peerless Electronics, Inc.: CAGE # 83803 (Interested in an LTC) Lintech Components, Inc.: CAGE # 0N439 (No Response) AviArms Support Group: CAGE # 58985 (No Response) Hughes-Peters, Inc.: CAGE # 10423 (No Response) Hammond Electronic, Inc: CAGE # 1CW50 (No Response) Baker and Associates: CAGE # 5S670 (No Response)

Arrow Electronics, Inc.: CAGE # 0YDA6 (No Response) Autodyne Manufacturing Co., Inc.: CAGE # 5584 (No Response) Alektronics, Inc.: CAGE # 0DR48 (Interested in an LTC) Chip1: CAGE # 6QT19 (No Response) Transaero, Inc.: CAGE # 27541 Extreme Components: CAGE # 58GK6 (No Response) NuSourceTech: CAGE # 6BEH8 (Interested in an LTC) American Oilfield Standard: CAGE # 7WHB0 (Interested in an LTC)

Techniques used to conduct survey: Email with market research survey questionnaires.

Types of information requested: Company Size, Preference for LTC Duration, Quantity Price Break

Information, Understanding of Cost or Pricing Data Requirements, Commercial Item Questions, and Delivery Information.

Summary of information received: Peerless Electronics, Inc., responded in both 2021 and 2022 to the Market Research Survey information. They are interested in a year long-term contract (LTC) with a year base and year options. This small business reported an estimated delivery of days with a minimum quantity of units and . Peerless is a distributor of one of the approved sources.

Information received regarding the commerciality of the item(s): Both Market Research and Buyer’s online research agreed that this item is not commercial. Previous documentation did not indicate this NSN was deemed commercial, vendor responses did not indicate this item was commercial, this item was not found in GSA Advantage, and the COTS field in MM03 is blank.

9. Additional facts supporting other than full and open competition are:

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 NSN included on this solicitation was 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 and all means to obtain a technical data package adequate for manufacture of the items has been exhausted.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: Peerless Electronics, Inc. (83803).

11. The following actions are being taken to identify additional sources:

Solicitation contains DLA Procurement Note, L04 Offers for Part Numbered Items Solicitation contains DLA Procurement Note, M06 Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items

12. Recent procurements of the item were conducted under SAT procedures and did not require justification for other than full and open competition.

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 $750,000, this signature serves as the approval.

_________________________________________ _______12/6/2022___________________

Contracting Officer Date

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

[X] Up to $750,000 Contracting Officer