Redacted J&A 0080860178.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7M9-19-R-0019

PR: 0080860178

NSN: 6020-01-643-1895

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 QTY EST.VALUE AMSC

Cable Assembly Fiber 6020-01-643-1895 86 C

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

This NSN, according to the Item Description, is a Cable Assembly Fiber.

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 125 each).

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: Teledyne Instruments (17476) PN 1535125-103 The use of the authority cited in other than 10. U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) above:

The source identified above has demonstrated the unique and proven manufacturing capabilities to establish and maintain the processing control required to repetitively produce this item. The use of incorrect material and/or improper process/quality control during manufacture would result in malfunctioning or complete failure of this item.

[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: 0080860178

NSN: 6020-01-643-1895

DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition 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 28 August 2019. The Product Specialist stated that the AMC/AMSC is a 3C and Teledyne Instruments (17476) 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 1 October 2019. The solicitation

SPE7M919R0019 will be available via DIBBS for 30 days on or about 15 October 2019.

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 August 22, 2019 with an attached market research survey with a requested deadline of August 27, 2019. No responses were received in response to the posting. A market survey was sent to the prior awardee PAR Products (1T408). Review of prior procurements indicated that the approved source, Teledyne, quotes this item through it’s dealer PAR and will not deal with the Government directly.

Name of vendors contacted and responding: The market survey was sent to PAR Products and was completed & returned by of PAR. PAR stated that they would be interested

PR: 0080860178

NSN: 6020-01-643-1895

DLA Land & Maritime Justification for Other Than Full & Open Competition in submitting an offer to an upcoming solicitation. They are a small business and would supply the approved source- Teledyne. PAR noted that this is not a commercial item, 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: PAR Products (1T408)

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.

Herman L Poe Contracting Officer

Attachment

1. Prior J&A

POE.HERMAN.LE

E.JR.1214625691

Digitally signed by

POE.HERMAN.LEE.JR.121462569

Date: 2019.09.09 07:53:39 -04'00'

PR: 0080860178

NSN: 6020-01-643-1895

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

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)

SHEARER.MARY.E.1250702449

Digitally signed by

SHEARER.MARY.E.1250702449

Date: 2019.09.11 10:27:13 -04'00'

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

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7M8-17-R-0042

PR: 0070471589

NSN: 1290-01-585-7815