Redacted_FY19-10270 AVME CCAs Sole Source Justification--CA20190605.pdf

13 October 2017 (Rev 1)

OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION JUSTIFICATION FOR SIMPLIFIED

ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP)(UNDER $250K)

PMD ID Number:

Department:

Type of Justification:

Company Name/Brand Name:

Company Address (if sole source):

Company POC and Phone Number (if sole source):

Description of Product, Supplies or Services required to meet the Agencies needs:

Statutory Authority Permitting Other than Full and Open Competition: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)

FY19-10270

S53

Sole Source

GDCA, Inc.

1799 Portola Ave

Suite 1

Livermore, CA 94551

The Government (NSWC PHD) seeks to purchase two Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA) produced by GDCA:

AVME9427-i-L Isolated Digital Input Board CCA

AVME9432-i-L Isolated Digital Output Board

CCA

The AVME9427-i-L and AVME9432-i-L Input/Output (I/O) Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) boards are located in the

Control Logic Assembly (CLA) card cage in the Controller Unit 13 of the which is part of the AVME9427-i-L is designed to isolate & interface DC voltage digital input signals to the VMEbus. AVME9432-i-L is designed to isolate and interface digital output signals from the VMEbus.

✔ Identification of the Justification Rationale: The material or service must be compatible in all aspects (form, fit, and function) with existing systems presently installed.

A patent, copyright, proprietary data, or licensing agreement limits competition.

These are "direct replacements" parts/ components for existing equipment.

Urgency (rare)

Identification of the Justification Rationale Explained:

**If using form, fit, and function, describe the current equipment and how the new item/service must coordinate or interface.

**If using patent, copyright, proprietary data, describe the proprietary data.

**If using direct replacement, describe this below.

**If using urgency, describe when you became aware of the requirement and the impact of not having this complete by this time frame.

100% form, fit, and function are required from both CCA's due to hardware and software requirements. The CCA's must interface with each other and the exactly as the previous CCA's did. Deviation of form, fit, or function would require an entire system redesign/refresh which would incur significantly high costs. The Government estimates that it would cost approximately $5M to conduct a full tech refresh for the entire system.

The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) is Acromag, Inc. However, Acromag, Inc. has stopped producing and repairing the CCAs and will no longer sell these products to the Government. The design is proprietary to Acromag, Inc., which has agreed to transfer the Intellectual Property (IP) rights only to GDCA and has agreed to provide technical support to GDCA if needed during production. There is no change to design, and direct replacement is applicable.

The Government (S53 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)team) was unable to locate alternate CCA's that provided the required form, fit, and function.

Specific Characteristics of the Item or Service Required that Limit the Availability to a Sole Source or Brand Name:

**This is the most important section. Explain in detail why this company or brand are the only ones that can meet the requirement.

Market Research Conducted:

As part of the technical data package (TDP), delivery needs to provide all the data including firmware, S/W development tools, and schematics. The CCA's must interface with each other and the exactly as the previous CCA's did. Deviation of form, fit, or function would require an entire system redesign/refresh which would incur significantly high costs. The Government will not accept delivery unless the CCA works in the transmitter.

GDCA worked directly with Acromag, Inc. to obtain the IP rights to the two CCA's. GDCA will have IP rights, which will make them the only manufacturer who is able to reproduce the two CCA's to exact specifications. An email written by GDCA CEO with a response from Acromag confirms the transfer arrangement

(Confirmation email has been added to the SAP package.)

The team researched multiple other CCA's in an attempt to find a suitable replacement. No suitable replacements were located as no other companies were able or willing to reverse engineer or provide a comparable product due to the complexity of the systems. This included inquiry with Government entities that could potentially be capable of producing similar systems such as NUWC Keyport, but confirmed they were unable to replicate or reverse engineering these systems.

Small business manufacturer GDCA was surveyed by NSWC PHD in 2017 for possible emulation or reverse engineering capability. GDCA provided a sustainment options report that stated with non recurring engineering

(NRE) they were able to emulate the boards. GDCA guarantees life-cycle availability, which ensures fleet needs and future production requirements will be met which includes:

Product assessment and risk analysis

* Guaranteed product access throughout full product lifecycle (without committed quantities)

* Guaranteed multi-year Fixed price

* Tailored to meet budgetary constraints

GDCA capability statement added to the SAP package.

Statement of Actions, if any to Remove Barriers to Competition in the Future:

Any Other Facts Supporting Justification:

Technical Requirement Certification:

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.

Technical/Requirements Cognizance Signature:

Signature Print Name, Title and Code Phone No. Date

For the reasons set forth in the justification rationale, NSWC PHD has no plans at this time to compete further contracts for the types of supplies/services covered by this document. If another potential source emerges, the

Government will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible.

GDCA offers a Lifecycle Plan which includes firm-fixed-pricing and availability for the life of the program.

Incorporation of alternate CCA's would require system redesign at a much higher cost; approximately $5M to conduct a tech refresh of the entire system. The CCA is a component of an existing system in which this equipment is the only one that will fit the system. The Government cannot buy the system from the OEM.

Contracting Officer:

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

Contracting Officer Signature: ANDERSON.CHRISTINE.G.102143579

Digitally signed by

ANDERSON.CHRISTINE.G.1021435798

Date: 2019.06.05 09:10:48 -07'00'

Signature Print Name, Title and Code Phone No. Date