SPE7M817R0010_-_reviewed_Redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7M817R0010

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/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/PN QUANTITY EST.VALUE AMSC

Hydraulic Ram Pump 4320-01-130-5624 20 C

Identify end item, weapon system, or class of item:

A hydraulic ram is on weapons system 29N (Aircraft, F/A-18,A-D,E/F,G (growler)).

This is a cyclic water pump powered by hydropower. It takes in water at one "hydraulic head" (pressure) and flow rate, and outputs water at a higher hydraulic head and lower flow rate which is military and not commercial. Review of the item indicated that this NSN is a Critical Application item.

ESTIMATED BASE VALUE:

ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE: (BASE + OPTIONS) N/A

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

FOR ADD-ONS, PROVIDE VALUE OF OPTION YRS REMAINING: N/A

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:

Tactair Fluid Controls (70236) part number HP437300-1

The use of the authority cited is based on:

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

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

[ 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 Contract Specialist verified the AMC/AMSC for this procurement with Product Specialist on December 14, 2016 and the AMC/AMSC was verified as being a 3/C and has never changed.

The drawings are owned by Tactair Fluids Controls. However, the available data is inadequate for competitive procurement as it lacks several key details. Tactair Fluid Controls is the only approved source for this procurement at this time. This is because they are currently the only source known to possess the requisite data to manufacture this item, and also have the manufacturing capability and knowledge to produce this item. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Any alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity’s procedures, as approved by the cognizant government engineering 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 12/16/2016.

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

Formal C/P Data will not be required because the current estimated contract price is below the price threshold of $750,000 (FAR 15.403-4 and 10 U.S.C. 2306(a)). Offerors may be required to provide additional information for determining reasonableness of price. The buyer only intends to award this NSN when a fair and reasonable price determination can be made. The Contracting Officer will conduct price analysis by reviewing historical pricing, usage of the Producer Price Index (PPI), and learning curve analysis. The acquisition specialist may ask for assistance from the DLA Land and Maritime pricing office if necessary. Negotiations may take place in an effort to comply with DoD Material Cost Reduction Initiative. An option quantity will not be used for this procurement.

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

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Market Survey [10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(3)(D)]: A Market Survey was conducted on November 9, 2016. A Sources Sought notice was also posted to the FBO on November 9, 2016. The Sources Sought notice has a response date of November 17, 2016. There was no response from the Sources Sought notice.

Total number of vendors contacted: 1. Tactair Fluid Controls (70236).

Tactair Fluid Controls was contacted as they are listed as the sole approved source of this item.

Names of vendors contacted and responding: Tactair Fluid Controls (70236) responded on November 11, 2016 with Ken Dawe providing their response.

Techniques used to conduct survey:

1. The market survey was sent via email.

2. Sources Sought- DAG 10.002-102(C)(vii) : Published a “sources sought” synopsis in the FedBizOpps on November 9, 2016 A copy of the market survey was also attached to the sources sought notice.

Types of information requested: Business size, manufacturer or dealer, are these commercial items, are these catalog/price listed items, inventory availability, willingness to quote, economical production quantities available delivery schedule, and willingness to accept quantity option.

Summary of information received:

from Tactair Fluid Controls responded on November 9, 2016. He stated that Tactair

Fluid Controls is a large business but they only have 210 employees.

This part is not supplied commercially as it is only sold to the US Government,

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

( X ) Other – The item provided must meet the requirements of the cited technical data in addition to the requirements of the part numbered item listed in the solicitation.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: Tactair Fluid Controls (70236).

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

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

(X ) The solicitation contains Procurement Note M06, Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items (Aug 2016), which provides the process for offering an item other than those identified in the item description.

12. All of the recent purchases of this NSN were small purchases within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, so there was no prior J&A available to attach IAW DFARS PGI 206.303- 2(b)(i)(B).

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, this signature serves as the approval.

__________________________________________ 2-1067 12/14/2016 Contracting Officer Phone Date

Brian S. Maxwell - Contracting Officer

Approval/Certification

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

Competition Advocate Phone Date Signature

Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) Date Signature

Senior Procurement Executive (AQ) Date Signature

MAXWELL.BRIAN.STEP

HEN.1230183828

Digitally signed by

MAXWELL.BRIAN.STEPHEN.1230183828

Date: 2016.12.14 11:33:17 -05'00'

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

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

(X ) Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

( ) $700,000 to $13,500,000 Competition Advocate

( ) $13,500,00 –$93,000,000 Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA)

( ) over $93,000,000 Senior Procurement Executive (AQ)