Justification and Approval N66604-22-R-0126_Redacted.pdf

J&A Number: 21032.0

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The Government’s minimum needs have been verified by the certifying technical and requirements personnel.

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition

10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1), as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1: Only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority

NUWCDIVNPT Code 34 is designated as the

In order to meet Fleet demands, the NUWCDIVNPT Code 34 NMC requires inspection, refurbishment, repair, and fabrication of SubHDR titanium Mast Tubes for SubHDR Mast Group sustainment.

The SubHDR Mast Group and associated subassemblies and components were developed and produced under contract N00039-97-C-0030, which was competitively awarded to Raytheon Company on 23 October 1996. awarded all subsequent contracts for the continued production, upgrade, and replacement of SubHDR systems, assemblies and associated components to Raytheon Company.

The SubHDR titanium Mast Tube is a highly complex mechanical structure with critical requiring the use of highly specialized techniques. Raytheon Company selected TiFab as the sole provider capable of producing a titanium Mast Tube

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J&A Number: 21032.0

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past and cost and pricing information was received on those past procurements.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Competition

NUWCDIVNPT Code 34 will continue to contract with TiFab on a sole source basis to support inspection, refurbishment, repair, and sustainment of SubHDR Mast Groups using refurbished and new Mast Tubes in support of Fleet operations. As such, there are no actions to remove barriers to competition at this time.