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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

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DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition

(AUG 2016)

[X ] ORIGINAL

[ ] ADDENDUM (attach copy of original J&A for add-ons or revisions)

1. The Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Land and Maritime, is the contracting activity.

2. The action being approved is the acquisition of supplies on other than a full and open competition basis.

3. The supplies required to meet the using activity’s needs are described as follows:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION NSN/P/N QUANTITY EST. VALUE AMC AMSC

FILTER,RADIO FREQUE 5945-01-473-5426 52 3 C

Identify end item, weapon system, or class of item: HELICOPTER, BLACK HAWK UH-60A

ESTIMATED ANNUAL DEMAND VALUE

ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE (3 YEAR BASE + 2, 1 YEAR OPTIONS)

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

4. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is:

[ X ] 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - Available from only one or a limited number of sources.

5. If restricted to the only source(s) of supply, include source(s) and CAGE code:

DRS Naval Power Systems Corporation (77820) is an approved source for the NSN The use of the authority cited below:

[ X ] AMC 3. Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the actual manufacturer.

The use of the authority cited is based on:

[ X ] AMSC C. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. If one source is approved, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources are approved or if data is adequate for an alternate source to qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid.

The Value Engineer of record reviewed the AMC/AMSC coding and source information. The Value Engineer verified it was complete and accurate on March 18, 2020.

DRS Naval Power Systems is the sole owner of their drawings and technical data rights. The Government does not have rights to produce a competitive technical data package.

6. Efforts to ensure that offers are solicited from as many sources as practicable are:

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[ X] The acquisition will be synopsized 15 days prior to issuance of the solicitation.

7. Cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4 will not be required as the total dollar value is below the requirement threshold. The offeror(s) may be requested to submit information other than cost or pricing data for determining price reasonableness. Negotiations will address the individual cost elements. A price analysis will also be conducted using historical pricing, the Producer Price Index (PPI), and learning curve analysis. Based on the above techniques, the Contracting Officer anticipates the costs to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

A sources sought was conducted on Beta Sam from 21 April 2020 through 27 April 2020, there were no responses.

Market Survey [10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(3)(D)]:

[ X ] Market surveys were emailed to the following companies: DRS Naval Power Systems Inc., Jo-Kell Inc., Steiner Electric Company, and Wesco Distribution Inc. on 25 March 2020. On 5 May 2020 market surveys were emailed to the following companies: Potter Electric, Revere Electric Supply, Controller Service and Sales, and Royal Electric Supply Company. Steiner Electric Company did not respond to this survey.

Total number of vendors contacted: 7.

Names of vendors contacted and responding: DRS Naval Power Systems Corporation, Jo-Kell Inc., Potter Electric, Revere Electric Supply, Controller Service and Sales, Royal Electric Supply Company, and Wesco Distribution Inc.

Techniques used to conduct survey: Contacted by email and the market survey forms emailed. Types of information requested: Business size, ability to provide a proposal, ability to meet technical, packaging, shipping and delivery requirements, and willingness to provide cost and pricing date if necessary. Summary of information received:

DRS Naval Power Systems Aerospace: They do not respond directly to government solicitations, but instead have a number of authorized distributors that will.

Jo-Kell Inc.: of Jo-Kell provided the following results to the Market Survey. Jo-Kell is a small Business dealer. They are interested in pursuing a Long Term Contract They indicated that these items are not commercial.

Wesco Distribution Inc.: The manufacturer DRS will not participate in a long term contract. With the being said our company would not be able to participate as well.

Information received regarding the commerciality of the item(s): Jo-Kell Inc. indicated the item is not commercial.

The buyer conducted an internet search of the item; the search resulted in no evidence of commerciality.

9. Additional facts supporting other than full and open competition are:

The NSN included on this solicitation was reviewed by the Strategic Acquisition Programs Directorate (SAPD) Product Specialist during the project development phase. No additional sources were identified during that review.

Based upon the technical certification on file in DLA Land and Maritime-VEP technical data is not available and cannot be developed to permit full and open competition. The data presently available reflects the minimum needs of the Government. A search of Records Management did not produce a prior J&A. Forecast information is available to all potential sources for both sole source and competitive items. The DLA Supplier Requirements Visibility Application (SRVA) is a database that is available via the DLA internet Bid Board System (DIBBS.) SRVA provides potential sources

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the opportunity to search for information on DLA’s anticipated requirements based on updated monthly forecasts. Essentially it provides 24 months of sole source and competitive projected purchase order quantities. Potential alternate sources for current sole source item can easily see DLA’s forecasted procurements and can contact the Value Management Unit to become approved sources for sole source and code and part number items. The DLA Land & Maritime Value Management Unit continually seeks out sole source, limited competition, over-priced, low reliability and hard to buy items to improve their value and support posture. The DLA Land & Maritime internet website contains information for all potential sources on how to challenge prices, how to submit a Value Engineering Change proposal, a link to DoD’s Value Engineering program and the necessary contact info for both the DLA Value Engineering program and the DoD Value Engineering program.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: (If none, so state) Jo-Kell Inc. (5V049)

11. The following actions are being taken to identify additional sources:

[X ]. A synopsis will be posted on Beta SAM prior to publishing the solicitation.

[X ]. The solicitation contains the procurement note M06 entitled Conditions for Evaluation and Acceptance of Offers for Part Numbered Items & L04 Offers for Part Numbered Items.

I hereby certify that the information contained in this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. If not exceeding $700,000, this signature serves as the approval.

Contracting Officer Date

APPROVAL/CERTIFICATION

I have reviewed and approve this justification:

Competition Advocate Signature Date

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

[ X ] $700,000 to $13,500,000 Competition Advocate

HOPSON.LILLI.A.12301

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Digitally signed by

HOPSON.LILLI.A.1230127324

Date: 2020.05.18 07:46:19 -04'00'

HARRIS.ROBER

T.T.1283673070

Digitally signed by

HARRIS.ROBERT.T.1283673070

Date: 2020.05.11 12:11:41 -04'00'

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DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition

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