SPE7LX-21-R-X037_Redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7LX-21-R-X037

DLA Land and Maritime Justification & Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition (J&A)

(April 2014) specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation. AMCS 3, 4, or 5 are valid.

DLA Land & Maritime Technical professional, , provided certification for these items on January 28, 2021. Tech confirmed that the AMC/AMSC code is 3/D (Attachment 2). In addition, per the approved manufacture’s part list for this NSN in SRM (as received from the Defense Logistics Information Service), AMSafe has been identified as the only source known to have the proper complete technical data and manufacturing expertise to supply this item to DLA and the using military services. The Government has no technical data. Therefore, competition must be limited to offering the products of AMSafe.

6. Efforts to ensure that offers are solicited from as many sources as practicable are:

(X) The acquisition was synopsized on April 13, 2021, the solicitation will be published soon after. Solicitation will be posted on the internet for 30 days via the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS).

(X) Dealers of the manufacturers will be solicited.

7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

This will be a five-year, firm fixed price, indefinite delivery contract subject to FAR Part 13.5.

The five-year period is inclusive of a three-year base period, and two separately priced, one-year option periods. As such, the price analysis for future years will be based on the Global Insights Producer Price Index (PPI) forecasts. The Global Insights PPI forecast provides timely, accurate price and cost analysis, and historical records for thousands of commodity prices and wages around the globe, allowing procurement professionals to understand supplier cost structure and better negotiate supplier quotes. Based on the results of market research, the buyer anticipates one offer. The buyer will request other than certified cost/price data from offerors if deemed necessary at time of offer evaluation. Based upon the above techniques, the Contracting Officer hereby determines that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Sources Sought Notice:

On March 8, 2021, a Sources Sought notice was posted to FedBizOps, which also contained an attached Market Survey. No responses were received from the notice.

Market Research DLA Land and Maritime conducted market research, consisting of a market survey that was issued to one approved manufacturing source: AMSafe CAGE 35FB9, as well as its dealers:

Dreamfind, Inc. (1V4T7), SIT Corporation (1MQB3), Brighton Cromwell (3NNX8), and Linmarr Associates (1GX03).

In addition to the publishing of a Sources Sought notice, the Contract Specialist also researched the procurement history for the items on the proposed solicitation (Attachment 1).

The survey consists of approximately 20 general questions. Majority of questions involved check boxes and (yes or no) answers, miscellaneous questions, and final comment section at the very

11. This item is subject to the following methods of locating additional sources:

[X] Solicitation contains DLA Procurement Note, L04 Offers for Part Numbered Items [X] Solicitation contains DLA Procurement Note, M06 Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items [X] The Government will continue to conduct market research to ascertain if changes occur in the marketplace that would enable future actions for this item to be competitive.

12. The Previous Justification and Approval is attached (Attachment 6).

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the information contained in this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

JOHN W. HUTCHESON Date Contracting Officer

Approval/Certification I have reviewed and approve this justification. The estimated total value of the J&A is

MARY E. SHEARER Date Competition Advocate

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

( ) Up to $750,000 Contracting Officer

(X) $750,000 to $13,500,000 Competition Advocate

Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Item History Attachment 2 – Tech Certification Attachment 3 – Internet Screen shots.

Attachment 4 – Market Research Survey

HUTCHESON.JOH

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Digitally signed by

HUTCHESON.JOHN.W.1073665

Date: 2021.06.02 13:26:54 -04'00'

SHEARER.MAR

Y.E.1250702449

Digitally signed by

SHEARER.MARY.E.1250702449

Date: 2021.06.03 14:51:02 -04'00'

Attachment 5 – Drawing Attachment 6 – Previous JA