J&A6.302-1cSPE7M217C0039.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7M217R0032

[ 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 on other than a full and open competition basis.

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

BRIEF DESCRIPTION NSN/P/N QUANTITY EST. VALUE AMSC

Meterin Injector Assembl 1720-01-439-9347 124 u to 248 C

Identify end item, weapon system, or class of item: (82N) Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment, (64N) ALRE Launcher, (JAN) Nimitz Class

ESTIMATED BASE VALUE: $

ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE (BASE -r OPTION)

The AMC/ AMSC was confirmed to be accurate by the Product Specialist of record on January 22, 201 7.

No previous J&A's are available for this NSN in Records Management. Recent buys were awarded pursuant to FAR Part 13 Procedures.

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

[ X] 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(l) - 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: (29183) G.S.E. Dynamics

The use of the authority cited below:

[ X] AMC 3. Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the manufacturer.

The use of the authority cited is based on:

[ X] AMSC C. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining 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. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. If one source is approved, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources are approved or if data is adequate for an alternate source to qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid. The item is specially coded as a CAI and made in accordance to Navy drawings. The design and engineering activity is the Naval Air Systems Command in Lakehurst, NJ (NA VAIR). The components being acquired have been classified as "critical" requiring engineering source approval. NA VAIR has the right to determine who is capable of manufacturing this Critical Application item. Source Approval Requests are acceptable and will be reviewed by NA VAIR. Those companies who have

DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition

(FEB 2017)

submitted a request for source approval and have been approved will be eligible for award. At this time, G.S.E.

Dynamics have met the qualification standards and is the only source that has been approved by the design control activity.

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

[X] The acquisition will be synopsized on or about 3/17/2017.

[X] Other. (Explain) A Sources Sought notice was posted to Fedbizopps on 11 February 2017 for 5 days for interested manufacturers.

7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable based on buyer's analysis of price using past procurements. in which the prices have been determined fair and reasonable. The buyer will utilize the PPI and Leaming curve to compute price estimates.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Market Survey [10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(3)(D)]:

[ X J A market survey was conducted on/during 11 February to 22 February 2017.

Total number of vendors contacted: 1

Names of vendors contacted and responding: G.S.E. Dynamics

Techniques used to conduct survey: Sources Sought with market survey form and a questionnaire to G.S.E.

Dynamics.

Types of infommtion requested: Business size, estimated price and delivery, commerciality. willingness to participate. Economical quantities and price breaks. Purpose and function of the item.

Summary of information received: 29183 G.S.E. Dynamics - is a small business manufacturer. They are willing to participate in this procurement.

. They state that they are a woman owned small business. They do manufacture the item and have sold it in the past.

The assembly is not commercial per FAR 2. 10 I (b ).

Information received regarding the commerciality of the item(s): This item is made to Navy drawings specifically to be used for the Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment. G.S.E Dynamics indicates that it is not sold commercially; therefore, there is no commercial purpose for the item. An internet search using the part number did not indicate sales of the NA VAIR part number in the commercial market place.

9. Additional facts supporting other than full and open competition are:

[X] Other: NA VAIR as the design control activity approves sources based on their previous experience and manufacturing capabilities to successfully manufacture critical items.

DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition

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

11. The following actions are being taken to identify additional sources:

[ X] Other(Explain) The solicitation and technical documents are posted to the DLA DIBBS website. Any alternate sources who are submitting offers will be required to complete a SAR package for future procurements.

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.

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[ X] Up to $700,000

[ ] $700,000 to $13,500.000

[ ] $13,500,000 to $93,000,000

[ ] over $93,000,000

Date

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

Contracting Officer

Competition Advocate

Head of Contracting Activity (HCA)

Senior Procurement Executive (AQ)

DLA Lund & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition