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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7M517R0010

PURCHASE REQUEST 65505585

DLA Land and Maritime Justification & Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition (J&A) (April 2014)

ORIGINAL

ADDENDUM (attach copy of original J & A for add-ons or revisions)

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:

CLIN(s) NSN(s) Item Name UM Value AMC AMSC PIC QCC

0001 5915 00 311 8864 Filter Band Pass 100 EA 3 C 2 DAA

* pricing information received from L-3 Communications Corporation, each.

Price breaks for the following quantity ranges will be included in the solicitation:

1-25; 26-50; 51-75; 76-100

Identify end item, weapon system, or class of item: Bandpass Filters are used in wireless transmitters and receivers. These filters allow signals within a selected range of frequencies to be heard or decoded, while preventing signals at unwanted frequencies.

The end items are: E/A, F/18 GROWLER & EA-6B PROWLER.

ESTIMATED BASE VALUE:

ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE (BASE + PRICE BREAKS):

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE:

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

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

5. If restricted to the only sources of supply, include sources and CAGE code:

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (60583) P/N S-117-1: Requirement is currently restricted to L-3 Communications Corporation (60583) P/N S-117-1. They are the only source owning/possessing the technical data to manufacture this item.

The use of the authority cited is based on:

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

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

PURCHASE REQUEST 65505585

DLA Land and Maritime Justification & Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition (J&A) (April 2014) 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.6. Efforts to ensure that offers are solicited from as many sources as practicable are:

(X) A Sources Sought synopsis was posted in Fed BizOpps on May 19-25, 2016. No responses were received.

(X) This requirement will be synopsized for 15 days during November, 2016.

7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable. In order to determine the cost as fair and reasonable the following actions will be taken: 1) Assistance from the DLA Land and Maritime Pricing Office may be requested if needed; 2) Target prices will be established through Price Analysis

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

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

A Market Survey was sent to L-3 Communications (60583), on May 19, 2016 and returned completed on June 30, 2016.

Total number of vendors contacted: 1 Names of vendors contacted and responding: L-3 Communications (60583) Techniques used to conduct survey: The survey was conducted via e-mail.

Types of information requested: business size, location address, estimated delivery, manufacturer or dealer status, source of supply, if part is inventoried, commerciality, if part is catalog price listed, interest to submit an offer, EDI capability, STD-COM PKG with MIL-STD-129 capability, ability to comply with certified data submission requirements if needed, informal pricing for economical quantity ranges and registration in SAM.

Summary of information received: L-3 Communications (60583) provided the following responses to the Market Survey: they are a large business, sales of this part are exclusively to the Government, they have no preference in dealing with distributors or the Governement, this part is not commercial nor does it contain hazardous material, they

PURCHASE REQUEST 65505585

DLA Land and Maritime Justification & Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition (J&A) (April 2014)

Information received regarding the commerciality of the item: Market Survey results have indicated this item as not commercial. A search of MM03 “Commercial Off-the-shelf” section returned NO entry. Past procurement for this item was not procured commercially. A search of MM03 “Commercial Off-the-shelf” section returned a “NO” entry. A search of Google using part numbers: Cage (60583) P/N S-117-1, did not display any retail pricing information, and a search of GSA Advantage returned “no results” for these part numbers.

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

The technician, , confirmed on November 22, 2016, the AMC/SC as 3/C and that a DD254 was required The only approved source is L-3 Communications Corporation, Cage (60583) P/N S-117- 1; Raytheon (3B150) is the “design control activity" for the classified drawing (373309) and they determine who will be an approved SOS for this tiem. Drawing (373309) is a classified document and can only be released to an approved SOS that has a “Security Clearance” which requires a DD 254.

Bandpass Filters are used in wireless transmitters and receivers. The main function of such as filter in a transmitter is to limit the bandwidth of the output signal to the band allocated for the transmission. This prevents the transmitter from interfering with other stations in a receiver, A Bandpass Filter allows signals within a selected range of frequencies to be heard or decoded, while preventing signals at unwanted frequencies. A Bandpass Filter also optrimizes the signal to noise ratio and sensitivity of a receiver in both transmitting and receiving applications, well-designed bandpass filters, having the optimum bandwidth for the mode and speed of communication being used, maximize the number of signal transmitters that can exist in a syste, while minimizing the interference or competition among signals ouside of electronics and signal processing. One example of the use of Band-Pass Filters is in the atmospheric sciences, it is common to Band-Pass Filter recent meteorological data with a period range of for example, 3 to 10 days, so that only cyclones remain as fluctuations in the data fields.

The end items are listed as: E/A, F/18 GROWLER & EA-6B PROWLER

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: L-3 Communications Corporation (60583) P/N S-117-1

This solicitation will contain Procurement Notes L04 and M06, Conditions for Evaluation of Acceptance of Offers for Part Numbered Items.

CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION

PURCHASE REQUEST 65505585

DLA Land and Maritime Justification & Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition (J&A) (April 2014)

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.

__________________________________________ 2-7389 12/6/2016 Contracting Officer Phone Date

__Christine D. Boyer________________________ Typed name of Contracting Officer

This justification has been reviewed for legal sufficiency:

DLA Land and Maritime Counsel Date

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

Approval/Certification

I have reviewed and approve this justification.

The estimated base total value of the J&A is:

The estimated total value, including top breaks, of this J&A:

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

(X) Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

BOYER.CHRISTIN

E.D.1249699639

Digitally signed by

BOYER.CHRISTINE.D.1249699639

Date: 2016.12.06 10:22:31 -05'00'

Date: 2016.12.07 16:06:18 -05'00'