Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition

This document is an AVN Form S53 (May 2026), a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition for Sole Source and Limited Competition acquisitions submitted by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support in Richmond.

The acquisition concerns 27 units of a motional transducer (NSN/PN 6695016730476D-4368-100) for the contracting activity FMC under solicitation number SPE4A526R0260. The contract will be a 1-year firm fixed price agreement with no options. The total estimated dollar value and maximum dollar value are redacted in the document. The contracting officer determined on July 14, 2026, that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable based on negotiations using cost or pricing information and prior pricing paid, supplemented by a thorough price analysis using available information and approved pricing techniques. Authority for the sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), with the specific justification code being AMC 3 (acquire for the second or subsequent time directly from the manufacturer) and AMSC Q (the Government lacks adequate data or rights to data, and it is not economical to buy the data or rights to the data). A sources sought notice and RFI were posted on Contract Opportunities on July 9, 2026, with no responses received. The document identifies L3 Technologies, Inc. (CAGE 28199) as the sole source. The market survey included review of historical contracts, AMPL review for approved sources, three sources sought listings, and a synopsis posting. A synopsis will be posted to allow interested manufacturers to submit source approval request packages, and previous sources sought postings were made to notify interested parties of the upcoming procurement.