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Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other Than Full and Open Competition

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I. Agency and Contracting Activity.

This Class Justification and Approval is to request authority for Other Than Full and Open Competition supporting requirements generated for the F-15 System Programs Office, AFLCMC/WAQ. The contracting authority for this requirement is AFLCMC/WAQKB. The purchase request number supporting this contract action is

FD2060-23-30008.

II. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

Due to the circumstances described herein, the activity requests authority to acquire the services to maintain and sustain the Eagle Automated Information System (EAIS) listed in the document using Other Than Full and Open competition as prescribed by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This action will result in the award of a follow-on contract, which will be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with a basic one-year plus four (4) one-year options. The anticipated pricing arrangements are Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), and Cost Reimbursable No Fee (CRNF).

Based on the projected contract award date, orders can be issued 01 August 2023 to 31 July 2028, if all options are exercised. A Class J&A is appropriate due to the inclusion of unpriced options for the procurement of data.

Exercise of the unpriced options will be within scope of the contract.

This sole source requirement will be purchased from the following vendor:

LEXES Associates, Inc.

217 Lions Gate Dr.

Saint Augustine, Florida 32080-4101 Cage: 3DX13 Size: Small

This IDIQ contract will be awarded as a Single Award Task Order/Delivery Order Contract based on FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(B)(1) in which this J&A provides supporting rationale.

III. Description of supplies/services required to meet agency needs.

This requirement is for the services required to provide technical support services to sustain the Eagle Automated Information System (EAIS) application suite and provide facilitation of the system usage and effectiveness to support various weapon system platform program offices and field database users. These services are a military only service and not available for commercial use. These services include specific software/database development and network sustainment, system technical support, program analyst and project management support (i.e., advice, opinions, alternatives, analysis, and evaluations) to assist program offices in conducting the following Fleet Management activities including but not limited to:

Eagle Modification Action Plan (EMAP)/Fleet Scheduling System (FSS): FSS is a government-owned and contractor-sustained software, application, and database system utilized to track Aircraft Fleet Management, maintain fleet management data such as aircraft maintenance history and actions, depot and contract field team visits, assignment, location, configuration, and awaiting / pending Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) status. Also, FSS provides reports that extrapolates tailorable historical aircraft data based on user definitions and requirements. Program analyst/technical support is required to assist users with conducting database activities and provide analyses, evaluations, recommended courses of actions, etc. to conduct fleet operations.

Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other Than Full and Open Competition

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XI. Certification by the Contracting Officer.

As evidenced by my signature above, I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

XII. Certification by the technical/requirements personnel.

As evidenced by my (our) signature(s) above, I (we) certify that any supporting data contained herein, which is my (our) responsibility, is both accurate and complete.