P22-042E CBN Grit Cage Sole Source Justification (redacted)_Redacted.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

OKLAHOMA CITY AIR LOGISTICS COMPLEX

(AFMC) TINKER AIR FORCE BASE OKLAHOMA

February 10, 2022

TO: AFSC/PZIM

FROM: OC-ALC/OBCA for 76 PMXG

SUBJECT: Sole Source Justification for P22-042E CBN Grit Cage

1. 76 PMXG request the purchase of the following item (s):

CBN Grit Cage

76 PMXG Request for the purchase for CBN Grit Cages to include the following:

Two (2) 4311104T301 Grit Bed Containment System Two (2) 4311105T347 Grit Bed Containment System Two (2) 4311106T40 Grit Bed Containment System Two (2) 4311107T71 Grit Bed Containment System Two (2) 4311108T33 Grit Bed Containment System Two (2) 4311129T319 Grit Bed Containment System One hundred (100) (2) 4311129T319 D1 SYM B Grit Bed Containment - Det. #1 SYM B One hundred (100) 4311129T319 D3 Grit Bed Containment- Det. #3 (CLIP)

2. These tools are very specialized to the IBR CBN plating process currently being developed by Tinker repair development team. Pratt has agreed to share their tooling and process parameters including grit cage tooling. The Government of the United States of America (“Government”) represented by the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, 76th PMXG (“Licensee”) is under a license agreement with Pratt & Whitney (“P&W”) for the authorized use of P&W technical data associated with the listed parts and repairs on the F119 engine. P&W grants permission in support of the repair licenses granted in LA10582 that the Licensee work with Airex Rubber Products to provide P&W proprietary tooling as listed above. Pratt will not approve a part for another company to attempt this tool since Airex is already their approved vendor for the grit cages.

3. Therefore it is determined that Airex Rubber Products Corporation is the only source capable of satisfying this requirement.

Airex Rubber Products Corporation Address: 100 Indian Hill Avenue Portland CT, 06480

POC: