SPE4A717R0176_Redacted.pdf

Solicitation Number: SPE4A7-17-R-0176

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

I. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY

This Justification and Approval to request authority for Other Than Full and Open Competition supports requirements generated for the Defense Logistics Agency, Aviation a field activity of DLA Aviation FAQE.

The purchase request number supporting this contracting action is 1000051792.

II. NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING PROCESSED

Due to the circumstances described herein, this activity requests authority to acquire the items/spares listed in this document using Other Than Full and Open Competition as prescribed by FAR 6.302-1, Only One or a Limited Number of Responsible Sources and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

This action will result in the award of a new contract, which will be a firm-fixed price, Indefinite Quantity contract with a basic year plus four one year ordering periods in which additional quantities may be ordered.

Requirement will be purchased using limited competition from the following companies:

Barnes Group Inc. United Technologies Corp. Paradigm Manchester Inc.

1025 S. Depot Dr. 400 Main Street 967 Parker Street Ogden, UT 84404 East Hartford, CT 06108 Manchester, CT 06040

CAGE: 32317 CAGE: 77445 CAGE: 1J4P3

Large Business Large Business Large Business

III. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET THE AGENCY’S

NEEDS

This NSN requires coverage under this Justification and Approval since it competiti . The primary goal of this acquisition is to improve logistics support to all worldwide customers by reducing the total cost of the product, reducing Administrative Lead Time (ALT) and reducing Production Lead Time (PLT) for this item.

The following information applies to this acquisition:

NSN: 2840-01-647-5691, Liner, Combustion Chamber

AMC/AMSC: 1-C

Weapon System Application: Engine, Aircraft, F100 PW220, (F-15 C/D/E)

Approved sources: Barnes Group Inc., CAGE 32317, United Technologies Corp., CAGE 77445 and Paradigm Manchester Inc., CAGE 1J4P3, are the approved sources.

Under the contemplated contract, the three approved sources can provide the following supplies, which are required to support multiple aircraft:

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

AVIATION

8000 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23297-5002

VI. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE SOLICITED FROM AS

MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS DEEMED PRACTICABLE

A Sources Sought Synopsis was published on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) on December 8, 2016 as required by FAR 5.201. No vendors responded to the notice. This requirement will be synopsized on FedBizOpps as required by FAR 5.201. Although the Government does have data to support acquisition of this Combustion Chamber Liner from any other source, any source who responds to the Government as a result of this synopsis will be informed of the qualification requirements and the SAR guideline can be provided.

The Engineering Support Activity (ESA) has reached out to industry for this item. The ESA has met with the industry to discuss manufacturing issues and the qualification process.

VII. DETERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT THE ANTICIPATED COST

TO THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE FAIR AND REASONABLE

The overall cost of this acquisition will be fair and reasonable to the Government. In accordance with FAR 15.404, it is anticipated that negotiations will be conducted utilizing a reverse auction. A price analysis will be conducted using available information and approved pricing techniques that will support the contracting office in making a determination that the price paid to the contractor is fair and reasonable to the Government. Based on the foregoing, the Contracting Officer hereby determines the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable as competition is expected for this acquisition.

VIII. DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKET RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS, OR

STATEMENT OF THE REASONS MARKET RESEARCH WAS NOT CONDUCTED

Limited efforts were made to conduct market research since the Government has internal information that demonstrates that this item has limited competition based on the AMSC and only the ESA can qualify new sources. A FedBizOpps synopsis was published on December 8, 2016 to advise industry of the pending procurement and to solicit inquiries from interested parties. Any firm requesting a copy of the solicitation will be instructed to obtain a copy through the DLA Internet Bid Board Systems (DIBBS). To date, no responses have been received. In addition to the specific actions being taken by the product specialist to overcome barriers to competition, this item is subject to the following methods of locating additional sources of supply:

a. The Products Offered Provision will be included in the solicitation.

b. Specification will be available.

c. The Competition Advocate will review the solicitation.

IX. ANY OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING THE USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION

The only barrier to competition is that a source must be approved first. Data is available by the Government but the ESA has determined that this item should only be procured from sources who have previously demonstrated by an approved SAR package that they have the capability to manufacturer this item.

X. LIST OF SOURCES, IF ANY, THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE ACQUISITION

List of the sources that have expressed interest: Barnes Group Inc., CAGE 32317, a large business, United Technologies Corp., CAGE 77445, a large business and Paradigm Manchester Inc., CAGE 1J4P3, a large business.

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

The solicitation will include Procurement Notices M06/L04 to permit other vendors to submit a SAR package.

If an interested vendor wants to qualify as an approved source, a copy of the SAR guidelines and the point of contact for this item will be provided. The prior J&A in history for the most recent buy, SPE4A716C0460, has been reviewed.

XII. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION

The contracting officer’s signature on the Coordination and Approval Document evidences that she has determined this document to be both accurate and complete to the best of her knowledge and belief.

XIII. TECHNICAL/REQUIREMENTS PERSONNEL’S CERTIFICATION

The technical certifications are attached.

MEMORANDUM FOR FAQE

Attn: Adrian Trimiew

SUBJECT: Justification for Limiting Competition – Barnes Group Inc., United Technologies Corporation and Paradigm Manchester Inc.

1. Justification for restricting competition for NSN 2840-01-647-5691 is furnished in Acquisition Method Suffix Code identified below:

___ A. The Government’s rights to use data in its possession are questionable.

___ B. Acquisition of this part is restricted to source(s) specified on A Source Control @, Altered Item @ or A Selected Item @ drawings/documents.

___ C. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity’s procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity.

___ D. The Government physically does not have in its possession sufficient, accurate or legible data to purchase this part from other than current source(s).

___ H/L. The Government physically does not have in its possession sufficient, accurate or legible data to purchase this part from other than current source(s).

___ K. This part must be produced from class 1A castings (e.g., class 1 of MIL-C-6021) and similar type forging(s). The part must be procured only from sources which use castings or forging(s) obtained from approved (controlled) source(s).

___ M. Master or coordinated tooling is required to produce this part. This tooling is not owned by the Government or, where owned, cannot be made available to other sources.

___ N. This part requires special test and/or inspection facilities to determine and maintain ultra-precision quality for its function or system integrity. Substantiation and inspection of the precision or quality cannot be accomplished without such specialized test or inspection facilities.

___ P. The rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources are not owned by the Government and cannot be purchased.

___ Q. The Government does not have adequate data, lacks the right to the data, or both, needed to purchase this part from sources.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

AVIATION

8000 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23297-5100

IN REPLY

REFER TO

SUBJECT: Justification for Limiting Competition

___ R. The data or the rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them.

___ U. The cost to the Government to breakout this part and acquire it competitively has been determined to exceed the projected savings over the life span of the part.

___ V. This part has been designated a high reliability part under a formal reliability program.

Probability of failure would be unacceptable from the standpoint of safety of personnel and/or equipment.

The cognizant engineering activity has determined that data to define and control reliability limits cannot be obtained nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications for this purpose.

___ Y. The design of this part is unstable. Engineering, manufacturing, or performance characteristics indicates that the required design objectives have not been achieved. Major changes are contemplated because the part has a low process yield or has demonstrated marginal performance during tests or service use. These changes will render the present part obsolete and unusable in its present configuration. Limited acquisition from the present source is anticipated pending configuration changes.

2. I certify that we do not have a complete, unrestricted data package at this date.

__ We are pursuing all means to obtain a technical data package adequate for manufacture of the item.

__ All means to obtain a technical data package adequate for manufacture of the item have been exhausted.

__ A complete data package is available, source approval is required.

QAS Signature /s/ Lawrence Zambrano

PR Number/Solicitation Number: __1000051792/SPE4A7-17-R-0176______________________

Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 & 3.104 2