JA6.302-1cSPE7LX20R0043.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7LX20R0043

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

Oshkosh Defense CAGE 75Q65 Skydex Technologies Inc. CAGE 1XVN6 Viconic Defense, Inc. CAGE 7L2K4

The use of the authority cited below:

AMC 3. Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the manufacturer.

The use of the authority cited is based on:

AMSC D. The data needed to acquire this part competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation. AMCS 3, 4, or 5 are valid. Only the approved sources are known to have the data rights to manufacture these items. , an SAPD Product Specialist did a technical review on these items.

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

The acquisition was synopsized on 12/23/19 on Beta SAM.

Dealers of the manufacturers will be solicited.

A sources sought notice was posted on FedBizOps from 02/21/19 with a response date of 02/28/19 with no response. An additional sources sought notice was posted to FedBiz Ops on 11/06/19 with a response date of 11/13/19 with no response.

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

This will be a five (5) year, firm fixed price, Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC). The five year period is inclusive of a three (3) year base period, and two (2) separately priced, one (1) year option periods. The Acquisition Specialist anticipates manufacturer competition. The Acquisition Specialist will request certified data if competition does not exist. The Acquisition Specialist will also work with the Pricing Office to provide pricing support, if needed.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Describe the market research conducted and the results.

Market Survey [10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(3)(D)]:

Market Research was conducted on/during 11/06/19-12/23/19

Market Research Results

This project has 3 NSNs. There are 3 approved sources. Responses were received from Skydex Technologies CAGE 1XVN6, Viconic Defense Inc. CAGE 7L2K4, and Ruta Supplies CAGE

0NJT4.

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

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. Per PGI 206.304, the requirement states, “the justification shall include a copy of the previous justification to assist the approval authority in determining whether the planned actions to remove any barriers to competition cited on the previous justification were completed”. Based on a review of the contract history, SPE7L417C0115 included a Justification and Approval (J&A). The J&A for Other than Full and Open Competition is included as an attachment.

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 $700,000, this signature serves as the approval.

Contracting Officer Date

APPROVAL/CERTIFICATION

I have reviewed and approve this justification:

Competition Advocate Signature Date

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

[ ] Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

[X] $700,000 to $13,500,000 Competition Advocate

[ ] $13,500,000 to $93,000,000 Head of Contracting Activity (HCA)

[ ] over $93,000,000 Senior Procurement Executive (AQ) (DLA General Counsel signature line required when sending to AQ)

WATSON.CAROLI

NE.R.1299372142

Digitally signed by

WATSON.CAROLINE.R.1299372

Date: 2020.02.10 10:02:00 -05'00'

SHEARER.MAR

Y.E.1250702449

Digitally signed by

SHEARER.MARY.E.1250702449

Date: 2020.02.11 15:13:47 -05'00'