Redacted_J&A_PR_0074693709.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7M8-18-R-0028

PR: 0074693709

NSN: 1290-01-585-7815

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

(April 2014) For Official Use Only Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 & 3.104

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/PN QUANTITY EST.VALUE AMSC

Modification Kit 1290-01-585-7815 400 C

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

This NSN, according to the Item Description, is a Modification Kit.

ESTIMATED BASE VALUE: (no options)

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

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE: (based on the highest quantity price break requested for the quantity of 400).

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:

Approved sources of supply: General Dynamics Land Systems (05257) PN 13011005 The use of the authority cited in other than 10. U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) above:

[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, PR: 0074693709

NSN: 1290-01-585-7815

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

(April 2014) For Official Use Only Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 & 3.104 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 5 June 2018. The Product Specialist stated that the AMC/AMSC is a 3C. The Product Specialist stated that this NSN is an Modification Kit and not associated with any weapon systems codes. No data is available for this NSN. General Dynamics Land Systems (05257) is the only approved source for this procurement at this time because they are currently the only source known to possess the requisite data to manufacture this item.

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

(X) The acquisition will be synopsized on or about 10 August 2018. The solicitation SPE7M918R0028 will be available via DIBBS for 30 days on or about 8/25/2018.

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

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. 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.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Market Survey [10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(3)(D)]: A Sources Sought notice was also posted to the FBO on June 26, 2018 with an attached market research survey with a requested deadline of July 3, 2018. No responses were received in response to the posting. A market survey was sent to the approved source (05257) General Dynamics.

Name of vendors contacted and responding: The market survey was sent to General Dynamics and was completed & returned by General Dynamics stated that they would be interested in submitting an offer to an upcoming solicitation. They are a large business manufacturer that would supply the material directly to the Government. GD noted that this is not a commercial item, PR: 0074693709

NSN: 1290-01-585-7815

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

(April 2014) For Official Use Only Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 & 3.104

As the most recent past buy was a large buy purchase, a previous J&A on this item is available for review (See Attachment 1).

9. 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.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition is: General Dynamics Land Systems (05257).

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

(X) The solicitation contains the DLAD Procurement Notes L04/M06

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.

Herman L. Poe Contracting Officer

Attachment

1. Prior J&A

POE.HERMAN.LEE.JR.121

4625691

Digitally signed by

POE.HERMAN.LEE.JR.1214625691

Date: 2018.07.25 13:50:11 -04'00'

PR: 0074693709

NSN: 1290-01-585-7815

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

(April 2014) For Official Use Only Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 & 3.104

Approval/Certification

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

Competition Advocate

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

(X) Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

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

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

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

COUTURE.MARY.E.

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Digitally signed by

COUTURE.MARY.E.1230253613

Date: 2018.07.27 15:29:14 -04'00'