JOFOC_AMMO_2023-Shumate_Signed_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

https://www.blm.gov

SOLE SOURCE (INCLUDING BRAND NAME) JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR ACQUISITIONS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

This document sets forth the justification and approval as required by 13.106-1(b)(1) &(2).

1. Contracting agency and activity.

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), New Mexico State Office – Law Enforcement Division, requests the New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87508, to contract on a sole source (including brand name) basis.

2. Nature and/or description of action being approved.

Sole source award to Olin Winchester, 600 Powder Mill Road, East Alton, IL 62024-1273 for annual ammunition purchase for Statewide Law Enforcement (LE) purchased every year as needed. The ammunition must be Winchester and Olin Winchester is the manufacturer. This is mandated by BLM Instruction Memorandum (IM) Number 2020-021. The ammunition has customarily been purchased using the Department of Interior (DOI) pricing agreement with Olin Winchester Corporation (DOI-27-2023.).

3. Description of supplies or services.

Winchester ammunition as follows: RA40TA 165 gr Jacketed Hollow Point T-Series 21 cases, RA223R2Y 64 gr Power Point Knurl 17 cases, RA9124TP 124 gr Jacketed Hollow Point T-Series, +P 32 cases, RA12RS15 Rifled Slug, 2 3/4", 1 oz, low recoil 3 cases, RA1200 9 pellet, 00 bick, low recoil (25 rds per box) 3 cases.

4. Estimated dollar value.

The estimated value is $19,963.03. This is the dollar amount of the 2023 ammunition quote which Law Enforcement obtained from the DOI ammunition manufacturer to meet this year’s ammunition requirements.

5. Statutory authority.

__X__41 U.S.C. 1901 – Simplified acquisition procedures (use when the simplified procedures for purchases of property and services for amounts (1) not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold https://www.blm.gov/

____41 U.S.C 1903 – Special emergency procurement authority (applies when in support of a contingency operation as defined in section 101(a) of title 10 or to facilitate the defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack against the United States).

6. Rationale supporting use of the authority stated in paragraph 5.

FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) Soliciting from a single source. (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. (i) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).

__X__ FAR 6.302-1 – Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements [41 USC 253(c) (1)]: The supplies or services required by the Agency are available from only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

7. Other information.

N/A

8. The efforts to identify additional sources including the market research conducted.

The Contract Specialist checked on 7-17-2023 and no Excess Personal Property is available to meet this need. AbilityOne and Federal Prison Industries (FPI), cannot provide the required supplies. In accordance with IM 2020-021 Winchester is the only manufacturer that is authorized for law enforcement at BLM. GSA ebuy was queried to determine if Winchester ammunition is offered on a GSA schedule. Four companies were revealed as possibly able to fill the need. A request for information was submitted to Red Hill Ventures LLC a veteran owned small business, Monarch Products Corp a veteran owned small business, Supply King USA, LLC a small business, and Gorilla Stationers LLC a woman owned small business on 7-18-2023 to determine if another source can provide the required ammunition. No responses were received from the request for information.

9. Future plans to permit competition.

The Department is making every effort to remove barriers to competition.

10. The ordering activity Contracting Officer’s certification that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the Contracting Officer’s knowledge and belief and evidence that the supporting data that form a basis for the justification have been certified as complete and accurate by technical/program personnel.

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance, which are included in this justification and which form a basis for this justification, are complete and accurate.

(Signature)________________________________________ (Date) __________________

(Type or Print Name):

Contracting Officer’s Representative

11. I certify that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief:

(Signature) _______________________________________ (Date) _______________________

(Type or Print Name): ___________________________________________________________ Contracting Officer

12. Reviewed/Concur/Approved by: (if applicable)

(Signature) _______________________________________ (Date) _______________________

(Type or Print Name): ___________________________________________ Chief of the Contracting Office

13. Competition Advocate Review and Approval: (if applicable)

(Signature) _______________________________________ (Date) ________________________

(Type or Print Name): ____ _________________________________________ Bureau of Land Management Competition Advocate