Redacted Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition - 70Z03826QS0000012.pdf

This is a U.S. Coast Guard Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition form for a Simplified Acquisition Procedure (SAP) under FAR 13.106-1(b).

The contracting activity is the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), Safety & Environmental Health Office (SEHO), which seeks a three-year supply and support contract for Lumina Flight Data Analytics (FDA) and Lumina 3D Flight Information System software from APS Aerospace Corp. The requirement is a sole source acquisition based on the authority of 13.106-1(b)(1) for only one source reasonably available. The suggested source is APS Aerospace Corp., located at 400-205 Catherine Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1C3. The justification explains that APS Aerospace is the sole developer and supplier of the current and legacy software, including the Insight FDM & FAS-INV animation, analysis and flight data monitoring software for all flight data downloaded from Coast Guard aircraft flight data recorders. The software is reaching end-of-life and is being replaced with Lumina. APS Aerospace owns the intellectual property rights to both the new Lumina and legacy Insight FDM & FAS-INV software suites and is the only source capable of providing service, updates, and support. The company also developed five specific USCG aircraft model configurations contained within the software. For price reasonableness determination, the contracting officer selected comparison of proposed price with prices found reasonable on previous purchases and comparison with similar items in a related industry as the evaluation methods. The estimated total value falls within the Micro-Purchase Threshold but up to the SAT.