SPE7LX18R0198_-_Redacted_J&A_Redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION

DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition (May 2018)

[ X ] ORIGINAL

1. The Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Land and Maritime, is the contracting activity.

2. The action being approved is the acquisition of supplies/services on other than a full and open competition basis.

3. The supplies/services required to meet the using activity’s needs are described as follows:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION NSN P/N QUANTITY EST. ANNUAL

VALUE AMSC

TIE ROD END,STEERING 2530-00-815-3175 R230070 1,281 R25020925

TIE ROD END,STEERING 2530-01-149-6787 R230071 1,329 R10QH 310P1

CYLINDER ASSEMBLY,HYDRAULIC

BRAKE,MASTER 2530-01-357-9776

12342898 2,293 B12342898

0 204 032 538

Identify end item, weapon system, or class of item: Missile, Minuteman III, LGM-30 and MISSILE, Patriot

ESTIMATED BASE VALUE

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

4. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is:

[ X ] 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - Available from only one or a limited number of sources.

5. If restricted to the only source(s) of supply, include source(s) and CAGE code:

CAGE CAGE NAME

78500 MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC

89619 MACK TRUCKS, INC. DBA MACUNGIE

78500 MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC

89619 MACK TRUCKS, INC. DBA MACUNGIE

3B0Y2 PINES AUTOMOTIVE, INC. DBA P Q I

53867 ROBERT BOSCH LLC DBA

The use of the authority cited below:

[ X ] AMC 1. Suitable for competitive acquisition for the second or subsequent time.

The use of the authority cited is based on:

(The following AMSC descriptions are available in DFARS PGI 217.7506 Part 2. Buyers: Please delete the codes that do not apply, including this statement.

DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition (May 2018)

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION

[ X ] AMSC B. This part must be acquired from a manufacturing source(s) specified on a source control or selected item drawing as defined by the current version of DoD-STD-100. Suitable technical data, Government data rights, This part must be acquired from a manufacturing source(s) specified on a source control or selected item drawing as defined by the current version of DoD-STD-100. Suitable technical data, Government data rights, or manufacturing knowledge are not available to permit acquisition from other sources, nor qualification testing of another part, nor use of a second source part in the intended application. Although, by DoD-STD-100 definition, altered and selected items shall have an adequate technical data package, data review discloses that required data or data rights are not in Government possession and cannot be economically obtained. If one source is available, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources exist, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid. The Government does not own the rights to the drawing(s) for this item. Pines Automotive, Inc. DBA P Q I and Robert Bosch LLC are the only sources specified on the source controlled drawing that have been approved to manufacture these items. The AMC/AMSC codes and approved sources were verified by the PS on September 7, 2018.

CLIN NSN ITEM AMC AMSC

0003 2530-01-357-9776 CYLINDER ASSEMBLY,HYDRAULIC BRAKE,MASTER 1 B

[ X ] AMSC R. The Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. This code is used when the Government did not initially purchase the data and/or rights. If only one source has the rights or data to manufacture this item, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If two or more sources have the rights or data to manufacture this item, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid. The Government does not own or possess the data or rights. Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC and Mack Trucks, Inc. DBA Macungie are the only known sources that owns or possesses the technical data and the requisite data rights and/or manufacturing capability to make these items. The product specialist verified the AMC/AMSC coding as accurate on September 7, 2018.

CLIN NSN ITEM AMC AMSC

0001 2530-00-815-3175 TIE ROD END,STEERING 1 R

0002 2530-01-149-6787 TIE ROD END,STEERING 1 R

*APPLIES TO LTCs - An Item identified by AMSC A, H, or L has been subjected to limited screening. The Government does not physically have in its possession sufficient, accurate, or legible data to purchase this item from other than the identified source. Items identified by AMSC A, H, or L on Long Term Contracts, are subject to annual review for possible assignment of a different or permanent AMSC. DLA Land and Maritime agrees to maintain a continual review of these items to ensure that an annual review at a minimum, in part to determine if new technical data is available to allow for assignment of a more permanent AMSC. Any item determined to be competitively available during the solicitation evaluation phase will be removed from the acquisition requirement.

Any item determined after contract award to be competitively available may be deleted from the contract and resolicited.

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

[ X ] The acquisition will be synopsized on or about October 2017.

[ X ] Manufacturers of similar products identified in the market research will be solicited.

[ X ] Dealers of the manufacturers will be solicited.

(May 2018)

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION

This acquisition is restricted to source(s) specified on the source control drawing applicable to the item in the Purchase Order Text (POT). Only offers which propose to supply the exact product of the approved sources will be considered for award. DLA will not evaluate and approve alternate offers for this item. Offerors who are interested in qualifying their product for purposes of future acquisitions must contact the cognizant design activity specified on the source control drawing. Award of this solicitation will not be held pending qualification and approval of any product.

7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable through one, any, or all of the following: comparison of proposed prices received in response to the solicitation, comparison of proposed prices to historical prices paid, comparison with competitive published price lists, published market prices of commodities, similar indexes, and discount or rebate arrangements, comparison of proposed prices with independent government cost estimates, comparison of proposed prices with prices obtained through market research for the same or similar items, analysis of data other than certified cost or pricing data provided by the offeror and if need be support from the pricing branch office. This solicitation is for an Indefinite Quantity, Fixed Price contract, with a five (5) year base period. Award will be made on an all or none basis per NSN for the supplies covered under this contract.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition: A sources sought notice was posted on FedBizOpps (FBO) on March 29, 2018 by the Strategic Sourcing Specialist (SSS), no response was received. Also, the SSS market survey was conducted on/during March 26, 2018.

Total number of vendors contacted: 7. The SB Ofc concurs that this item is sole-sourced to Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC, CAGE 78500, MACK TRUCKS, INC. DBA Macungie, CAGE 89619, Pines Automotive, Inc.

DBA P Q I, CAGE 3B0Y2 and Robert Bosch LLC, CAGE 53867 are the only known domestic sources.

Names of vendors contacted and responding:

Vendor Response Allied Defense Industries, Inc., Cage Code: 0GD25 Positively affirmed their interested in this LTC.

Pines Automotive, Inc., Cage Code: 3B0Y2 Positively affirmed their interested in this LTC.

Mack Truck Mack Truck originally responded positively however, Mack Truck later decided that they do not want to be the prime on this procurement.

Previous J&A was found in the procurement history or in Records Mgmt. See Attachment #2.

See Attachment for techniques used to conduct survey; types of information requested; summary of information received; and information received regarding commerciality of the item.

9. Additional facts supporting other than full and open competition are: Based upon the technical certification on file in DLA Land and Maritime – VEP technical data is not available and cannot be developed to permit full and open competition. The data presently available reflects the minimum needs of the Government.

A technical review was completed by the Product Specialists of Record. The subject NSN has been identified as sole/limited source item. No other sources or adequate technical data could be identified or located for competitive procurement. If new sources are approved prior to award, the solicitation will be reissued allowing for the new source(s) a chance to compete for this acquisition.

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

(May 2018)

SOLICITATION

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: (If none, so state)

CAGE CAGE NAME

78500 MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC

89619 MACK TRUCKS, INC. DBA MACUNGIE

3B0Y2 PINES AUTOMOTIVE, INC. DBA P Q I

53867 ROBERT BOSCH LLC DBA

11. The following actions are being taken to identify 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 ] Reverse Engineering

I hereby certify that the information contained in this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. If not exceeding $700,000, this signature serves as the approval.

D’Juana L. Cole, Contracting Officer Date

APPROVAL/CERTIFICATION

I have reviewed and approve this justification:

Competition Advocate Signature Date

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

[ X ] Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

[ X ] $700,000 to $13,500,000 Competition Advocate

COLE.D'JUANA.

L.1230260067

Digitally signed by

COLE.D'JUANA.L.1230260067

Date: 2018.10.10 15:32:05 -04'00'