JA_SPE7MX22RX036_Redacted.pdf

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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7MX-22-R-X036

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

Source Selection Information – See FAR Part 2.101 and 3.104.

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Information received regarding the commerciality of the item(s): MM03 COTS field for all the NSN has an entry of Y, indicating the technical community has made the recommendation to determine the items commercial in nature. Approved source AVDEC LLC considers this item to be commercial in nature and provided an unredacted copy of a commercial sales invoice for this part to a non- Governmental customer, along with the gasket’s product information sheet, a listing of gasket commercial sales, and the catalog page for their antenna gaskets from distributor Aviall, Inc. See attachment #3, Email_commercial_support_documentation. In addition, this item was determined commercial on previous solicitation SPE7LX-16-R-0196, and the contracting officer sees no reason to overturn the previous determination. Therefore, the contracting officer has determined that these items meet the FAR Part 2.101 definition of a “commercial product” under (1)(i), and the acquisition will be conducted under FAR Part 13.5, Acquisition of Certain Commercial Items. Finally, this NSN is not listed on any GSA Federal Supply Schedules.

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

[X] 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.

9. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: (If none, so state)

AVDEC, LLC / CAGE 1NPE1.

11. This item is subject to the following methods of locating additional sources:

[X] The solicitation contains DLAD Procurement Notes L04, Offers for Part Numbered Items, and M06, Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items.

[X] The Government will continue to conduct market research to ascertain if changes occur in the marketplace that would enable future actions for this item to be competitive.

12. The justification and approval from previous solicitation SPE7LX-16-R-0196 is attached.

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