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I. Contracting Activity.

The Contracting Activity is AFTC/PZIA (Arnold) at 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A-332 on Arnold AFB, TN 37389-1335.The Contracting Officer is Ms. Brooke Z. Vandeman.

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

This individual sole source justification is to support AFTC/PZIA's intended action to solicit and negotiate directly Hadland Imaging, LLC., a small business vendor, IAW 10 USC 3204(a)(1) utilizing FAR Part 12 and Subpart 13.5 procedures, to award a single, firm-fixed-price (FFP), purchase order (PO) to meet the commercial subject requirement.

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

The Government requires two, commercially available Test Sequence and Timing Systems (TSTS) to support the Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Hypervelocity Aeroballistics Ranges Facilities located at Arnold Air Force Base (AFB) in Tennessee (TN). The current system supports testing in Range G, Range I, and Range S1. The objective is to provide a standalone system to support Ranges G and I and a second standalone system to support Range S1.

As reflected in the Program Manager's Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), which is based on preliminary market research, the total estimated price to meet the subject requirement is which includes hardware, software, training, installation, and delivery. To meet this effort, the Government intends to award a single, firm-fixed price (FFP) purchase order (PO) using certified Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Research and Development (3600) funds via Purchase Request (PR)

. The PR has available for obligation.

IV. Statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition.

10 U.S.C 3204(a)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy agency requirements, utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures, 41 U.S.C 1901.

V. Demonstration that the contractor's unique qualifications or nature of the acquisition requires the use of the authority cited above (applicability of authority).

Based on market research efforts, Hadland Imaging, LLC, is the sole source capable of and interested in meeting the subject requirement and no other supplies will satisfy the subject requirement. As such, use of the authority at 10 U.S.C 3204(a)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy agency requirements, is appropriate.

This requirement is for a COTS product meeting the definition at FAR 2.101; therefore, use of FAR part 12 procedures is appropriate. Additionally, the total estimated purchase order value is greater than SAT but less than $7.5M; therefore, use of FAR Subpart 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services, is appropriate.

VI. Description of efforts made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable.

A Sources Sought Notice (FA910125Sequencer) as well as a synopsis of proposed contract action in the form of a Notice of Intent (Notice ID: FA9101QB034) was issued on the SAM.gov website (IAW FAR Subpart 5.2). See section VIII below for details.

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VII. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

Price fair and reasonable will be determined by the Contracting Officer in accordance with FAR 13.106-3(a)(2).

VIII. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or a statement of the reasons market research was not conducted.

AbilityOne: The AbilityOne Procurement list of Products and/or Services, located at the following website https://www.abilityone.gov/procurement_list/, was queried to determine if a product (or any similar product) could meet this requirement. Upon conclusion of this query, it was determined that the AbilityOne Program cannot fulfill this requirement.

Additionally, there are no mandatory use policies that apply to this acquisition, and, based on market research, there are no existing enterprise solutions available that can be leveraged to meet this acquisition.

Vendor Outreach: A Sources Sought Notice (FA910125Sequencer) was issued on the SAM.gov website on 12 Feb 25 with a closing date of 26 Feb 25. The notice was issued to determine interest in and capability of small and large business to meet the subject requirement. Interested vendors were required to provide their CAGE code, a recommended NAICS code, and a total estimated price to meet this contemplated acquisition. As a result of the notice, the Government received a response from Amentum Technology, Inc., a large business, in which a custom solution was recommended at an estimated cost of . Given the subject requirement is not for a custom solution, Amentum is not considered technically capable of meeting the requirement.

Known Source: The AF PM provided a known source, Hadland Imaging, capable of providing the commercial requirement. The vendor was contacted on 24 Feb 25 to confirm their interest in the requirement and to obtain a budgetary estimate, in which they confirmed their interest on 27 Feb 25 and provided a budgetary estimate of .

SAM Search: A search of the System for Award Management (SAM) website was conducted confirming that Hadland Imaging has an active profile and is registered under NAICS code 334519 as a small business vendor. There are no active exclusions in the Responsibility/Qualification section of

SAM.

Notice of Intent (NOI): A synopsis of proposed contract action in the form of a Notice of Intent (Notice ID: FA910125QB034) was issued on the SAM.gov website (IAW FAR Subpart 5.2) on 2 Apr 25 to provide notification that PZIA intends to solicit and negotiate with a single source, Hadland Imaging, IAW FAR 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), for the procurement of two, Test Sequence and Timing Systems. Responses to the notice were due to PZIA NLT 1:00 PM CST on 8 Apr 25 in which PZIA received no responses.

IX. Any other facts supporting the use of Other Than Full and Open Competition.

None.

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X. List of any sources that expressed, in writing, an interest in the acquisition.

See Section VIII above.

XI. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required.

The only vendor capable of meeting this acqusition is Hadland Imaging, LLC.

Hadland Imaging, LLC 1414 Soquel Ave., Suite 200 Santa Cruz, CA 95062

SAM UEI: D2S2QQKQLW51

XII. Certification by the Contracting Officer.

As evidenced by my signature above, I have determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

XIII. 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.