CUI

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

[X] ORIGINAL

1. The Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Land and Maritime, is the contracting activity.

2. The proposed acquisition will provide for a DLA Direct (Stock) successor contract for supplies on an “other than a full and open competition” basis. The acquisition shall be a firm fixed-price (FFP) long-term Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract covering seventeen (17) NSNs where Safariland (8J931) is the sole approved source. The resulting contract will include a three-year base period and two one-year option periods, which will be extended in one-year increments at the discretion of the Government. The items covered by this initiative will be procured under FAR Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Items according to the NSNs assigned AMC/AMSC.

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

CLIN NSN ITEM ADQ AMC/

AMSC ADV

0001 1095016766761 HOLSTER, ASSEMBLY 4586 3/D

0002 1095016766818 HOLSTER, SLEEVE 94 3/D

0003 1095016766823 HOLSTER, ASSEMBLY 3679 3/D

0004 1095016766910 PLATFORM, DROP LEG 272 3/D

0005 1095016766916 HOLSTER, SLEEVE 145 3/D

0006 1095016766922 HOLSTER, SLEEVE 32 3/D

0007 1095016766940 HOLSTER, SLEEVE 46 3/D

0008 1095016766956 HOLSTER, ASSEMBLY 20417 3/D

0009 1095016978973 HOLSTER, PISTOL 154 3/Z

0010 1095016978974 HOLSTER, PISTOL 42 3/Z

0011 1095016987798 HOLSTER, PISTOL 200 3/D

0012 1095016987810 HOLSTER, PISTOL 644 3/D

0013 5340016277816 SHOW, SAFETY, LADDER 13 3/D

0014 5965015715065 HEADSET, MICROPHONE 1 3/D

0015 5965016484225 HEADSET, ELECTRICAL 226 3/Z

0016 5985016238614 ACCESSORY KIT, ANTEN 200 3/Z

0017 5985016265023 ANTENNA SUB ASSEMBLY 625 3/D

ICP: DLA Land & Maritime TOTALS:

ESTIMATED ANNUAL VALUE:

ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE (3 BASE + 2 ONE-YEAR OPTIONS):

CONTRACT MINIMUM:

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE:

Controlled by: DLA Land and Maritime Controlled by: SAPD-ZBB

CUI Category: Source Selection Distribution/Dissemination Control: FED ONLY

POC: @dla.mil

*Uncontrolled By Scott D. Knowles 09/09/2025 c010877 Cross-Out c010877 Cross-Out

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

CLINs 0001-0012 are gun holsters and assemblies utilized for Sig Sauer and Glock service pistols used by various branches of the US Military. CLIN 0013 is a tactical ladder component and CLINs 0014-0017 are electronic components utilized on the Liberator Series tactical radio system. Current WSDC information is contained in the Electronic Contract File under Tab 3. The commercial applications of these items include security personnel, law enforcement, and civilian sportsmen / gun owners. The resulting contract will support DLA Direct (Stock) requirements and the NSNs are managed by DLA Land & Maritime.

This project is a successor contract to the following DLA long-term contracts.

NSN Contract / FAR Part Expiration

1065016766761 SPE7LX21D0130 (Part 12) 7/14/2026

1095016766818 SPE7L325D60RM (Part 13) 1/6/2026

1095016766823 SPE7LX21D0130 (Part 12) 7/14/2026

1095016766916 SPE7L325D0005 (Part 13) 10/1/2025

1095016766956 SPE7LX21D0130 (Part 12) 7/14/2026

1095016978973 SPE7L123D62AT (Part 13) 9/28/2024

5985016238614 SPE7M522D60JU (Part 13) 2/23/2023

5985016265023 SPE7M124D60DE (Part 13) 4/18/2025

4. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C 3204(a)(1) – Available from only one or a limited number of sources, as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 (b)(1).

5. The acquisition is restricted to the source(s) of supply known to have the capability of furnishing the required supplies and the only source(s) currently approved by the design control activity. The approved manufacturer’s parts have been designed, engineered and tested to meet the required performance characteristics of the Military’s weapon systems that these spares support. After-market or alternate source parts would have to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and evaluated by the Engineering Support Activity (ESA). Using unapproved parts could potentially compromise the normal operation / function and safety of the Military system and its occupants / troops. The approved source(s) for these items along with the approved part numbers are shown in the chart below.

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

CLIN NSN ITEM Approved Source / CAGE Approved Part Number

0001 1095016766761 HOLSTER, ASSEMBLY SAFARILAND LLC (8J931)

MHH-KIT-BLK-RH

MHH-KIT1-450-411

0002 1095016766818 HOLSTER,SLEEVE SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) 7360MHH-450-551-MS19-NH

0003 1095016766823 HOLSTER,ASSEMBLY SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) MHH-KIT1-450-552

0004 1095016766910 PLATFORM,DROP LEG SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) 6004UFAMHH-SP1-2-MS22

0005 1095016766916 HOLSTER,SLEEVE SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) 7360MHH-450-411-MS19-NH

0006 1095016766922 HOLSTER,SLEEVE SAFARILAND LLC (8J931)

MHH-HOL-BLK-LH-1008

7360-450-412-MS19-NH

0007 1095016766940 HOLSTER,SLEEVE SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) MHH-HOL-TAN-LH-1006

0008 1095016766956 HOLSTER,ASSEMBLY SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) MHH-KIT1-450-551

0009 1095016978973 HOLSTER,PISTOL SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) 7360-750-411

0010 1095016978974 HOLSTER,PISTOL SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) 7360-750-412

0011 1095016987798 HOLSTER,PISTOL SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) MHHAF-KIT1-750-762

0012 1095016987810 HOLSTER,PISTOL SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) MHHAF-KIT1-750-761

0013 5340016277816 SHOE,SAFETY,LADDER SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) 1173860

0014 5965015715065 HEADSET-MICROPHONE SAFARILAND LLC (8J931)

CTB3 U LTJT/LODB-AM-2

CTB3 U LTJT/LODB-AM-1

CTB3 U LTJT/LODB

0015 5965016484225 HEADSET,ELECTRICAL SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) LIB4 D RV7/ISP/LDEB

0016 5985016238614 ACCESSORY KIT,ANTEN SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) AHM-UA-V1.OCT1MC

0017 5985016265023 ANTENNA SUBASSEMBLY SAFARILAND LLC (8J931) MASTV2.24-1.0CT

Per the approved list of manufacturers for all project NSNs in SAP (as received from the Defense Logistics Information Services), only Safariland (8J931) has been identified as having the proper complete technical data and manufacturing expertise to supply the items to DLA and using military service branches.

The use of the authority cited below:

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

The use of the authority cited is based on:

[X] 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. (13 NSNs)

[X] AMSC Z. This part is a commercial/non-developmental/off-the-shelf item.

Commercial item descriptions, commercial vendor catalog or price lists or commercial manuals assigned a technical manual number apply. If one source is available, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources are available, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid. (4 NSNs)

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

DLA Land & Maritime SAPD Product Specialist initially reviewed the project NSNs on 03/25/2025 and certified the supporting data, including the AMC/AMSC codes and approved sources, are complete and accurate. Follow-up review with Quality Assurance Specialist was conducted on 05/15/2025.

confirmed the project technical data and advised that DLA does not possess adequate data, lacks the rights to the data, and for AMSC Z items the Government knows of no other sources for the items. The Material Master within SAP indicates “Y” in the COTS field indicating that the technical community has made a determination that these items are commercial-off-the-shelf and/or are “of a type” commercially available.

The data presently available reflects the minimum needs of the Government and the data needed to acquire these parts 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 materials for a competitive solicitation enabling a “Brand Name or Equal” full and open solicitation per FAR 52.211-6. The Quality Assurance Specialist updated the item descriptions and provided his concurrence that this item falls under the definition commercial “of a type” provided in subparagraph (3)(ii) of the commercial item definition in FAR 2.101. The SAPD Technical Certification is included as J&A Attachment #1.

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

[X] A sources sought notice was issued on SAM.gov on 04/14/2025 and closed 04/22/2025.

[X] The acquisition will be synopsized on SAM.gov, for a period of 15 days.

[X] Solicitation will be posted on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) for a period of 30 days.

7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable. The items of this solicitation have been determined of a type sold commercial, therefore cost & pricing data will not be required in accordance with FAR 15.403-1(c)(3). The basis for the Government’s fair and reasonable price determination is anticipated to be PPI based price analysis and/or the analysis of other than cost or price data such as informal cost break-downs and/or material invoices with final negotiated pricing reviewed in comparison with recent past reasonable purchases (adjusted for passage of time and quantity sensitivity), in addition to comparison to commercial market prices for potentially similar items, to support a reasonableness determination.

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

8. Market research / Efforts to Obtain Competition: A Sources Sought Notice seeking industry feedback on the acquisition was published to www.sam.gov on 04/14/2025 by ZBB Branch and closed 04/22/2025. A single email response was received from BHPE (9SWS7) expressing “interest” in DLA’s solicitation, but did not return a market survey as requested. BHPE typically responds to ZBB Branch sources sought notices with the same email but has yet to respond to any LTC solicitations.

A formal market survey for CL25083001 was conducted by the Contracting Officer of DLA Land & Maritime Strategic Sourcing Branch-ZBB with Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS) (1CAY9) who returned a completed market survey on April 30, 2025. ZAA Branch also attempted to obtain interest and market survey responses by approaching the approved source Safariland (8J931) and known Safariland dealer Tact360 (5NK26).

For additional information refer to the electronic contract file in Records Management for the complete market survey from Atlantic Diving Supply (1CAY9). A summary of the market survey results is documented below.

Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS) (1CAY9) : ADS is a small business distributor of Safariland (8J931). of ADS returned the survey to DLA ZBB Branch indicating the following key information.

i. Located in Virgina Beach, VA with 470 employees.

ii. Interested in a Long-Term Contract

iii. Will be providing the material of approved source Safariland (8J931).

iv. ADS considers the materials being provided are commercial per FAR 2.101(b).

v. ADS provided a copy of the 2025 Safariland Commercial Price List, but advised that some of the items being procured are custom kits consisting of various Safariland commercially available components to form a specific kit vi.

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xiii. ADS previously held LTC SPE7LX21D0130 covering NSNs 1095016766761, 1095016766823, 1095016766956. This LTC expired 07/14/2024.

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

Commercial Determination: The items on this project have been determined by the Contracting Officer to be commercial items and commercial “of a type” in accordance with FAR 2.101. The Contracting Officer’s determination was supported by information obtained during market research for the 17 NSNs contained on this project and their availability for public sale. Some online sources of these items include opticplanet.com, safariland.com, and amazon.com.

CLINs 0001-0012 are gun holsters and tactical accessories supporting military Sig Sauer and Glock service pistols. CLIN 0013 is a tactical ladder support and CLINs 0014-0017 are Liberator Series tactical radio components. All seventeen (17) of these items are sourced to approved sole source Safariland (8J931) who manufactures various types of gun holsters, assemblies, and other tactical equipment for commercial and military applications. Safariland sells through their network of dealers and via their online sales website at safariland.com.

Safariland was non-responsive to DLA Land & Maritime market survey, however a survey was returned by known dealer Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS) (1CAY9). ADS responding to the Government’s market survey indicated that it considers the project holsters are “of a type” sold commercially with modifications typically found in the marketplace for left or right-handed, color, finish, tactical attachments, and sizes determined by sidearm requirements of which the Safariland part numbers reflect for similar gun types. The project component NSNs associated with the Liberator Series tactical radio were found to be commercial and available from various sources on the internet.

Review of GSAadvantage.gov found the following items were determined commercial and having current Federal Supply Schedules (FSS). The active FSS contract screen-prints from GSAadvantage.com can be found in the Electronic Contract File under Tab #3.

NSN # of GSA Contracts Part# MFG

1095016766761 5 MHH-KIT1-450-411 Safariland (8J931) 1095016766818 1 7360MHH-450-551-MS19-NH Safariland (8J931) 1095016766823 6 MHH-KIT1-450-552 Safariland (8J931) 1095016766910 1 6004UFAMHH-SP1-2-MS22 Safariland (8J931) 1095016766916 1 7360MHH-450-411-MS19-NH Safariland (8J931) 1095016766956 6 MHH-KIT1-450-551 Safariland (8J931) 1095016978973 6 7360-750-411 Safariland (8J931) 1095016978974 4 7360-750-412 Safariland (8J931) 1095016987798 6 MHHAF-KIT1-750-762 Safariland (8J931) 1095016987810 7 MHHAF-KIT1-750-761 Safariland (8J931) 5985016265023 1 MASTV2.24-1.0CT Safariland (8J931)

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

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

Based upon the technical certification under J&A Attachment #1, DLA does not possess adequate data, lacks rights to data and/or has no record of an alternate Design Control Activity approved sources, therefore, 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.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisitions is:

Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS)(1CAY9) BHPE, Inc. (9SWS7)

11. These items are subject to the following methods of locating additional sources: The solicitation contains the Procurement Note L04 “Offers for Part Numbered Items” and M06 “Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items, which describes the process for submitting an alternate offer on the current procurement and requesting evaluation of an alternate product’s technical acceptability for future procurements of the same item.

On 04/23/2025 the Contracting Officer was advised by of DLA Land & Maritime Value Management (VE) Branch that there are no current open projects to identify alternate manufacturers for the solicited NSNs.

12. As required by DFARS PGI 206.304, a copy of the justification and approval for SPE7LX21D0130 (SPE7MX21R0058) covering this project’s NSNs 1065016766761, 1095016766823, and 1095016766956 is included as J&A Attachment #2. The other NSNs of this project were procured under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold with no recent justification and approval document available.

Approvals appear on the next page.

Source Selection Information- See FARs 2.101 and 3.104 / CUI

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7LX25R0053

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 $750,000.00, this signature serves as the approval.

SCOTT D. KNOWLES

Contracting Officer

APPROVAL / CERTIFICATION

I have reviewed and approve this justification. The estimated total contract maximum value of the J&A is .

DLA Land and Maritime Competition Advocate

CATHERINE L. CONTRERAS, SES

Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA)

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

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

Attachments:

1. Technical Certification

2. J&A for SPE7LX21D0130

KNOWLES.SCOTT.

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