J&A_REDACTED_SPE7M517R0038_-_reviewed_Redacted.pdf

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JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7M517R0038

PR 66708125

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

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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

A M C

A M S

C PIC QCC

0001 5998-01-641-6049 Circuit Card Assembly 167 EA 3 C 2 DAA

Identify end item, weapon system, or class of item: This is a total ship monitoring system accelerometer; VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE, SSN-774.

ESTIMATED VALUE:

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: Procurement is currently restricted to Electric Boat Corporation (96169) P/N EB-5378-3 and Coastal Design

LLC (3EAU9) P/N 20080907-3.

DFARS PGI 206.303-2(B) requires a copy of the J&A from the last procurement. P.O. # SPE7M517P2931 was under the threshold requiring a J&A.

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 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

SOLICITATION SPE7M517R0038

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

A Sources Sought synopsis was posted in Fed BizOpps on January 4, 2017 through January 9, 2017. No responses were received.

The requirement will be synopsized for 15 days during February, 2017.

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, Price Analysis will be calculated using past procurement history, a Learning Curve and PPI. If additional analysis is needed for the fair and reasonable determination, support will be sought from the Pricing Office.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

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

Coastal Design LLC (3EAU5)) returned a completed Market Survey on January 5, 2017. The contents of their survey included the following information: they are a small business located at 22 Jordan Cove Road, Waterford, CT. 06385 and 90% of their sales are to the Government; they are interested in pursuing a Firm Fixed Price Contract for this item and they will be willing to submit an offer; they prefer to deal directly with the Government; nor do they sell this part commercially;

A Market Survey was not completed by Electric Boat. However, , Senior Buyer at Electric Boat replied on January 5, 2017 that their policy was not to complete Market Surveys but wait for the official Solicitation. His e-mail address is .

Total number of vendors contacted: 2.

Names of vendors contacted and responding: Coastal Design LLC (3EAU5), Electric Boat (96169)

Techniques used to conduct survey: The Market Survey was conducted through the use of e-mail.

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

Types of information requested: The information requested was: business size and location, interest in pursuing a Firm Fixed Price Contract, preference for submissions of offers through distributors/dealers or directly to the government, if part is inventoried, availability of a price list, handling of emergency orders, discounts available, hazardous material content, handling of obsolescence issues or part number changes, production lead time, commerciality, if part is catalog price listed, interest to submit an offer, and economical quantity ranges, estimated delivery, compliance with STD-COM packaging and MIL-STD-129 markings, the standard unit pack size and compliance with Certified Cost or Pricing Data, Summary of information received:

Coastal Design LLC (3EAU5)) returned a completed Market Survey on January 5, 2017. The contents of their survey included the following information: they are a small business located at 22 Jordan Cove Road, Waterford, CT. 06385 and 90% of their sales are to the Government; they are interested in pursuing a Firm Fixed Price Contract for this item and they will be willing to submit an offer; they prefer to deal directly with the Government; nor do they sell this part commercially;

A Market Survey was not completed by Electric Boat. However, , Senior Buyer at Electric Boat replied on January 5, 2017 that their policy was not to complete Market Surveys but wait for the official Solicitation. His e-mail address is

Information received regarding the commerciality of the item: A search of MM03 “Commercial Off-the-shelf” section returned ‘NO’ for the text input. A search of Google using P/N EB-5378- 3 and P/N 20080907-3 did not display any retail pricing information. A search of GSA Advantage returned “no results”.

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

On January 6, 2017, the technician, Jeff Middleton, confirmed the AMC/SC as 3/C.

Procurement is currently restricted to restricted to Electric Boat Corp. (96169) P/N EB- 5378-3 and Coastal Design LLC (3EAU9) P/N 20080907-3. They are the only known sources having the technical data to produce the item. DLA does not possess the drawings and/or technical data.

Electric Boat Corp. (96169) and Coastal Design LLC (3EAU9) are the only sources authorized and approved by ESA. Any potential future supplier would have to go through the ESA for approval.

The item is a Processor Board used on the Total Ship Monitoring

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

System Accelerometer about Virginia Class Submarines. Item is one of 3 circuit cards within that end system. Item is required for function of the end system.

The end item is a total ship monitoring system accelerometer used on the Virginia Class Submarine, SSN-774

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is:

Coastal Design LLC (3EAU9)

11. The following actions are being taken to identify additional sources: The solicitation will contain the Procurement Notes L04 and M06 addressing Conditions for Evaluation and Acceptance of Offers for Part Numbered Items.

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. If not exceeding $700,000.00 this signature serves as the approval.

I have reviewed and approve this justification.

The estimated total value for this J&A is: $

__________________________________________ (614) 692-7389____2/21/2017 Contracting Officer Phone Date

__Christine D. Boyer______________________ Typed name of Contracting Officer

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

[ x ] Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

BOYER.CHRISTIN

E.D.1249699639

Digitally signed by

BOYER.CHRISTINE.D.1249699639

Date: 2017.02.21 12:45:59 -05'00'