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JA-00477 - CMO Control Number: 2022-071

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

JA-00477

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 HDT Global, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) 92878, for National Stock Number (NSN) 4520016463010, using Army Working Capital Funds (AWCF).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The NSN 4520016463010, part number 302- H007548-032 / 302-H007548, a.

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4. Authority Cited: The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this effort is 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) 3204(b)(B)(ii) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii) (B), 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 unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: Awarding to any other source would result in

No other types of supplies will satisfy the agency's requirements and the Government does not have the requisite technical data nor the time to facilitate a competitive procurement even if the Government had adequate rights in the technical data.

6.Efforts to Obtain Competition:

a. Effective competition: Due to the reasons cited in section 5 above we are not pursuing competition for this item.

b. Subcontracting competition: Unless the contract is awarded to a small business, the solicitation and resulting contract will include FAR clauses 52.219-8, "Utilization of Small Business Concerns"; 52.244-5, "Competition in Subcontracting"; 52.219-16, "Liquidated Damages--Subcontracting Plan";" and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.219-7003, "Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts)," to maximize small business opportunities and utilization.

SOLE SOURCE: Notices required by FAR 5.201 will be posted.

7. Actions to Increase Competition:

There are no plans to increase competition; however, market research will be conducted to explore the viability of other vendors. HDT is considering a licensing agreement with the Government. HDT Senior Leadership has not responded to the Government’s offer at this time.

8. Market Research:

A Sources Sought announcement was posted on www.SAM.gov on March 11, 2022, and closed 25 March 2022. HDT Global was the only respondent to the sources sought and submitted their response on 22 March 2022. to www.SAM.gov.

Google searches were conducted that did not show viable vendors for the current performance specifications. There are no comparable military grade space heaters commercially available that will meet the IASH Type II heater performance specifications.

9. Interested Sources: To date no additional sources have expressed interest in this item.

10. Other Facts: Procurement History:

Contract Number: W911QY-15-D-0017

14. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: Cletus Nwalozie Title: Contracting Officer Email: cletus.nwalozie2.civ@army.mil Signature:

8/23/2022

X Cletus Nwalozie

Signed by: NWALOZIE.CLETUS.O.1230750293