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CJ&A Number: 22,597

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition

In accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1), the supplies required by NAVSEA are available from only one responsible source (brand name or equal) and no other type of supplies will satisfy the requirements.

5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority

10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) authorizes an agency to use other than competitive procedures when the supplies needed by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the agency. As implemented by FAR 6.302-1(c), an agency may utilize this authority to acquire name brand equipment when such name brand equipment is essential to the Government’s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by another company. The name brand equipment covered under this CJ&A is essential to the Navy’s requirement to maximize fleet-wide commonality across the LSM class. Procuring alternate equipment would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Navy’s requirements for

Component/System Price/ Each

Qty/ Ship

Price/ Ship

Price Source

Main Propulsion Engines (Caterpillar 3516C) or equal

Quote

Main Reduction Gears (Reintjes WAF/LAF

873) or equal

GENSETS (Caterpillar C18, IMO Tier II, 700kVA / 560) and 663kVA/530ekW with Leroy Somer LSAM 49.3 VL10 Alternator or equal

Total Fifteen (15) Shipsets

Total Per Ships operational readiness, personnel interoperability, and reduced total ownership cost.

The LSM class will be constructed concurrently across multiple shipyards using Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V. (Damen)’s Landing Ship Transport 100 (LST 100) design.

The LST 100 design is a mature commercial/non-developmental item (CNDI) design that the Navy selected as the baseline for the LSM class to avoid unnecessary delays and additional costs associated with changes to ship designs during construction. Although some changes during construction are unavoidable, especially to account for variance across shipyards, it is imperative that the Navy require specific brand-name components for critical systems to minimize changes to the design and provide capability to the fleet as quickly as possible.

The LST 100 design calls out the specific equipment listed in Section 3. Requiring use of this equipment during construction avoids the additional engineering costs for selection and redesign of major systems within the ship that using alternative equipment would necessitate. These items will be considered Class Standard Equipment and common across all shipbuilders of the LSM, thereby limiting unnecessary variance between ships and establishing a single, class-wide logistics and supply chain for the most critical machinery.

Class commonality in this equipment will dramatically reduce the required variety and volume of spare parts inventory that the Navy must procure, warehouse, and manage globally. This directly lowers supply chain complexity, avoids duplicative procurement actions, and ensures the right parts are available for the entire fleet, regardless of which shipyard built the ship.

Furthermore, a common equipment baseline ensures seamless interoperability of maintenance personnel and procedures across the entire fleet. Sailors and technicians trained on one vessel’s propulsion and power systems are immediately qualified to service any other ship in the class. This eliminates the significant cost and complexity of developing, managing, and delivering shipyard-specific training programs, specialized tools, and unique technical documentation, thereby increasing crew flexibility and mission readiness.

The long-term savings derived from standardized logistics and training far outweigh any potential short-term procurement savings from sourcing alternate components. By minimizing expenditures on duplicative training pipelines, avoiding a vastly expanded spare parts inventory, and increasing operational availability through a proven, globally supported system, the Navy will achieve a significantly lower total ownership cost over the lifecycle of the entire ship class.

For these reasons, the Navy has determined that the name brand equipment listed in Section 3 is essential to the Government’s requirements and no other equipment can satisfy the requirement.

6. Description of Efforts Made to Solicit Offers from as Many

Offerors as Practicable

Pursuant to DFARS PGI 206.302-1 the contracting officer obtained a waiver for the pre-award requirement of a request for information or a sources sought notice when utilizing FAR 6.302-1 authority. That waiver is a based on the understanding that multiple offerors may be able to supply brand name or equal equipment achieved through publicly disclosing the redacted version of this CJ&A that lists those brand name or equal items and therefore it is intended to function as a market survey for subcontracting opportunities.

7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Costs

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost to the Government for the supplies/services covered by the brand name or equal CJ&A will be fair and reasonable.

8. Actions to Remove Barriers to Competition

For the reasons set forth in Paragraph 5, NAVSEA intends to specify the brand name or equal equipment for LSMs under these contract vehicles. The Government will continue to monitor sources for the brand name and brand name or equal items, and if another potential source emerges, will assess whether the requirements can be competed.

CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL

TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATION

I certify that the facts and representations under my cognizance which are included in this Justification and its supporting acquisition planning documents, including Acquisition Plan No. 317-26-001 Rev 0 except as noted herein, are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

CRISTINA M. COVALT Date Director, Fleet Support Contracts Division

2/24/2026