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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

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DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition (November 2021)

a. The acquisition will be synopsized on or about April 25, 2022, and it will run for 15 days. At the completion of the synopsis period, the RFP will be solicited on the internet for 30 days, via the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS).

b. Alternate offeror’s will not be evaluated for this award and will be forwarded for review/approval to the

Engineering Support Activity (ESA).

c. The USAF/USAF Material Command open research to approve newly developed circuit cards which took place on July 30, 2021, in the development of the listed sources listed at attachment #1. The sources sought is further discussed in paragraph 8.

7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

This is a First Time Buy and per FAR 15.403-1(c)(iii) a comparison to price history is required. However, since none is available a price comparison cannot be completed. Pricing office support may be needed as noted in DLAD 15.404-1(S-91). Certified Cost Price Data (CCPD) will be required for this acquisition unless adequate competition is received in response to the solicitation per FAR 15.403-1(b)(1).

Based upon the above techniques, the Contracting Officer hereby determines that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

a. The product specialist reviewed these NSNs for the project during project creation, and no new sources were found. A Sources Sought notice was posted on July 30, 2021, at Beta.SAM.GOV for 10 calendar days to find potential sources for these NSNs and several dummy solicitations were posted on DIBBS. This was done so that interested vendors have access to the drawings for the sources sought. Five companies responded indicating an interested in the LTC and SAR Packages were provided by each vendor and forwarded to the Engineering Support Activity for review and approval. See attachment # 2.

Market Survey [10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(3)(D)]: A market survey was conducted on/during: July 30, 2021 – August 25, 2021.

Names of vendors contacted: 5

1. Artemis Electronics, LLC (41JV4): Interested in the LTC.

2. Associated Aircraft Manufacturing (56540): Interested in the LTC.

3. PD&E Electronics LLC (14321): Interested in the LTC.

4. Centroid, Inc. (21856): Interested in the LTC.

5. DCX CHOL Enterprises (27456): Interested in the LTC.

Total number and names of vendors that responded to the source sought: 5.

1. Artemis Electronics, LLC (41JV4): Interested in the LTC.

2. Associated Aircraft Manufacturing (56540): Interested in the LTC.

3. PD&E Electronics LLC (14321): Interested in the LTC.

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DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition

Techniques used to conduct survey: emails, Beta.SAM.Gov, Market survey questionnaire and attachment and follow-up phone calls.

Types of information requested: # of base years, # of option years, priced option years versus EPA, FOB origin or destination, quantity breaks, commerciality, commercial sales invoices, Understanding of cost/price data.

Summary of information received: At the time the Sources Sought was posted, numerous sources were in the process of submitting their SAR packages for these items. Maritime was tasked to provide SAPD with a list of interested sources in a Long-Term Contract. The conclusion of the sources sought is that the companies listed below indicated an interest

Company Name

CAGE

CODE

Business Size

KTR Interested in an LTC

Base Years w/ Annual

Price Adjustments

SAR Packages

Provided

SAR Packages

Approved Artemis Electronics, LLC 41JV4 Small Business Yes Yes Yes

Associated Aircraft Manufacturing 56540 Small Business Yes Yes Yes PD&E Electronics LLC 14321 Small Business Yes Yes Yes

Centroid, Inc. 21856 Large Business Yes Yes Yes DCX CHOL Enterprises 27456 Small Business Yes Yes Yes

Names of vendors that responded to the market survey: 5

1. Artemis Electronics, LLC (41JV4): Interested in the LTC.

2. Associated Aircraft Manufacturing (56540): Interested in the LTC.

3. PD&E Electronics LLC (14321): No Response.

Company Name

CAGE

CODE

Business Size

KTR

Interested in an LTC

Base Years w/ Annual Price Adjustments

KTR PREFERS A

FIRM FIXED

PRICE

CONTRACT

KTR WILL PROVIDE

COST & PRICING

DATA IF REQUIRED

Commercial

Items

Artemis Electronics, LLC 41JV4 Small Business Yes Nos Associated Aircraft Manufacturing 56540 Small Business Yes No

PD&E Electronics LLC 14321 Small Business No Response - - - - Centroid, Inc. 21856 Large Business Yes No

DCX CHOL Enterprises 27456 Small Business Yes No

Commercial: After review of all the market research, the contracting officer has determined the items in the solicitation to be non- commercial. The following factors that have led to these conclusions are:

A search of the internet was done and there is no evidence that these items are been sold to other than the military.

Items are not commercially price listed.

NSNs are not coded with an AMSC code of “Z”.

The Agency’s need for the acquisition of these items is to sustain numerous critical weapon system platforms and their supporting equipment. As such, these items have strict configurations and standardization requirements for which a Non-Commercial acquisition is more appropriate.

The Acquisition Specialist checked the GSA Schedule for these NSNs, and no information was

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DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition found.

Therefore, it is the determination of the contracting officer that these items are not commercial and FAR Part 15 will be applied to the solicitation.

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

a. 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. Per the Air Force a First Article, Test Plan, and a Test Report will be required on any future contract to verify conformance.

b. A technical review was completed by / Quality Assurance Specialist for FLBC-LTC.

The subject NSNs have been identified as sole/limited source items. No other sources or adequate technical data could be identified or located for competitive procurement. If new sources are approved prior to award, the solicitation will be reissued allowing for the new source(s) a chance to compete for this acquisition.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: Artemis Electronics, LLC (41JV4), Associated Aircraft Manufacturing (56540), PD&E Electronics LLC (14321), Centroid, Inc. (21856), and DCX CHOL Enterprises (27456) were the companies that expressed an interest in the acquisition. As such, these companies will be in the solicitation mailing list.

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

a. The solicitation will contain procurement note L04– Offers for Part Numbered Items SEP 2016 and M06 - Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items (SEP 2016).

b. Planned actions for the future to overcome any barriers to competitions will be periodic market research and sources sought.

12. The Contracting Officer searched for the previous award listed in the contract history at Record Management for previous Justifications as required by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 206.304, and was not able to locate Justifications as these NSNs are a First Time Buy.

Attachment(s):

1. Source Data

2. Tech Certificate

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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.

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

[X] $750,000 to $15,000,000 Competition Advocate

[X] $15,000,000 to $100,000,000 Head of Contracting Activity (HCA)

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RICHARD J. MATZ

Contracting Officer

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I have reviewed and approve this justification:

Competition Advocate

MARK A. BROWN (SES)

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