Simplified JA FAR 13 Short form_Rev1_KO signed_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Contracting Officer's Determination Memorandum for a Sole Source Purchase for TDI power supplies that are obsolete and end-of-life. The procurement is for 5 power supply units with NSN 6130-01-487-0203, with a specific LMP part number 28-2753609-3, for a one-time purchase from General Dynamics (GD). The power supplies are over 36 years old, no longer manufactured, and critical for maintaining communication systems, with GD being the only source that can provide these specific units.

The document highlights that these power supplies have been historically repaired under a previous contract, but GD is now discontinuing support due to obsolescence. The government lacks in-house expertise to repair these units and estimates significant costs (between $37,000 to $21,000) to qualify a contractor for potential repair. The procurement is urgent, as the power supplies are necessary for communication between firing units, and no alternative sources are available. The solicitation is associated with the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, with the solicitation number W911N225QBB03.