SPE4A625R038.pdf

This is an AVN Form S53, a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition for Sole Source and Limited Competition acquisitions, completed by DLA Aviation-Richmond for a cable assembly specification purchase.

The acquisition is a new action for cable assembly parts (NSN/PN 5995-0169743306 / PN 8304-115-1) with a quantity of 124 units. The contracting activity is FAKA under solicitation number SPE4A62SR0388, and the sole source is Branter and Associates, Inc. (CAGE 15789). The contract type is firm fixed price with no options included. The statutory authority for limiting competition is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) based on AMC 3 (acquire for the second or subsequent time directly from the manufacturer) and AMSC Q (Government lacks adequate data or rights to data, and it is not economical to purchase data or rights to the data). A sources sought notice and RFI were posted to Contract Opportunities on 07/28/2025, with SDVOSB, BHPE, and Cage 9SWS7 expressing interest, though no viable responses were received. The solicitation will be synopsized on or about 07/28/2025 with syncopation available to interested firms. The acquisition anticipates fair and reasonable costs based on FAR negotiation procedures, and a market survey was conducted via Sam.gov. Actions to overcome competition barriers include posting the synopsis and solicitation to DIBBs so other manufacturers can submit source approval packages for future consideration, with Procurement Notes 1.04 and M06 to be included in the solicitation. The justification requires Competition Advocate approval (over $750,000 but not exceeding $15,000,000) and was signed by Contracting Officer William Hess on 7/31/2025 and Competition Advocate Yolanda Calvin Maupin on 8.4.25.