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Sole Source (Including Brand Name) Justification - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

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Is this a new or amended J&A Document? New Amended ( Prior to Award Only! )

Is this a Bridge Action as defined in the AF Bridge Action Reduction Plan? Yes No

Funding level for this acquisition: >SAT and < $750K > $750K and < $15M

Contracting Activity: 377 MSG/PKB

Purchase Request / Local ID Number:

Program / Project (and PE, if applicable): CYPRES Systems

Program Type (PEO or Other Contracting): Operational

Authority: AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901)

AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 2304a, Special Emergency Procurement Authority (41 U.S.C. 1903)

Estimated Contract Cost (including options): $ Justification Type: Class Individual

COORDINATION ( AFFAR S 5306.304(a))

Date

29 Jul 2025

Project Lead / Program Mgr / Requiring Activity

Signature . . Digitally signed by

APPROVA L (AFFAR S 5306.304(a))

Date

19 Aug 2025

Contracting Office (CO)

Signature

NOTE: If a Justification was approved for the preceding acquisition, a copy of the approved Justification for the predecessor action must be included in the staff package for approval of the instant Justification. This applies to Justification staff packages that are submitted for review and approval at a level above the contracting officer. The predecessor Justification will be used as a reference document by the approving official.

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I. Contracting Activity.

The contracting activity responsible for this action is the AFGSC 377th Mission Support Group Contracting Division, Commodities Branch, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM. Contracting Officer Rachel N. Copeland, rachel.copeland.3@us.af.mil.

This will be a sole source effort IAW the USAF Personnel Parachute Program, AFI10-3503.

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

This action is a new order. The Period of Performance will be a delivery date of approximately 180 days ARO or less. The order will be FFP and will contain three CLIN line items for EC CYPRES-2 (1-Pin) P/N AAD2C1ECC-L, EC CYPRES Data Collector P/N AADECCDC, and EC CYPRES IR Remote P/N AADECCIRR.

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

This order is for 50 EC CYPRES-2 Systems, 1 EC CYPRES Data Collector, and 2 EC CYPRESS IR Remotes. The quoted price from SSK Military Industries is $ per EC CYPRESS, $ per EC CYPRES Data Collector, and $ per EC CYPRES IR Remote. The total estimated value of the order is $

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

FAR 8.405-6 requires an ordering activity to justify its actions when restricting consideration of schedule contractors to fewer than required in FAR 8.405-1 or 8.405-2.

FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B), "Only one source is capable of responding due to the unique or specialized nature of the work".

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

Price fair and reasonable pricing will be determined by utilizing historical prices paid on similar requirements. FPDS-NG will be utilized to gather historical prices.

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

A Notice of Intent will be posted to SAM.gov allowing interested parties with the ability to meet the requirement needs to express the desire to compete. If responses are received a Request for Quote will be posted.

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

Price fair and reasonable pricing will be determined by utilizing historical prices paid on similar requirements. FPDS-NG will be utilized to gather historical prices.

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

Review of the USAF PPP AUL MFR dated 26 May 2023 IAW AFI-10-3503.

A search on GSA Advantage was conducted using the term "CYPRES" with 4 results. Of these results, 3 related to the required items but were not the specified parts needed. The third result was not relevant to this requirement. A search was then conducted utilizing the provided part numbers on GSA, which had zero results.

A GSA eLibrary search was conducted under "Parachute System" which was then defined by the Keyword matches falling under Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Rescue Tools, Equipment and Accessories. This specification resulted with 3 contractors with GSA contracts. Each vendor's catalog was search for "CYPRESS." Only 1 vendor, Butler Parachute Systems Inc., provided results. Of the 2 result items, there was only setup for CYPRES ADD and Low Profile Parachute mailto:rachel.copeland.3@us.af.mil

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System. Neither are the items required. Utilizing the part number provided for the EC CYPRES-2 from the Statement of Need, yielded no results.

A Dynamic Small Business Search was conducted using the NAICS 31499, which resulted in 2,237 small businesses. To narrow the search, the NAICS and key words "parachute activation" were used which yielded 29 results. It is not confirmed whether these businesses are able to fulfill the need for this requirement.

A search was conducted on NASA SEWP using the part number provided, yielding no results.

SSK Military Industries was contacted to determine if they are the sole manufacturer/reseller for the required items. SSK Military Industries confirmed that they are the sole manufacturer for the EC CYPRES IR Remote. Via a letter provided by SSK Military Industries, Airtec GmbH & CO Safety Systems is the manufacturer of all CYPRES Automatic Activation Devices and holds a patent on this product. With that, SSK Military Industries Inc. is Airtec's exclusive authorized distributor of the Military CYPRES for United States Sales.

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

CYPRES Systems are under the Automatic Activation Devices (AAD's) which are managed by the USAF Personnel Parachute Program (AFI10-3503). These systems have a shelf life and require replacements to avoid degradation of parachute systems which could be fatal to personnel. Objective is to replace (50) of these systems to maintain inventory, and receive a data collector and two IR remotes to update the CYPRES.

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

SSK Military Industries Inc was contacted for a quote for this effort by the requirement owner as part of their market research.

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 AF PPP AUL will be checked every time to determine if there are multiple sources for products.

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.