J&A_for_Synopsis.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7MX17R0005

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. This is necessary because the Government lacks complete technical data required to manufacture the supplies. The rationale specific to this item is detailed by its Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) as stated below in paragraph 4.

3. The supplies required to meet the using activity's needs are described as follows:

ITEM NSN ITEM ADQ BASE

UNIT

UNIT

PRICE

ANNUAL

DEMAND

VALUE

AMC AMSC

1 5985006563319 ANTENNA 6 EA 3 C

2 5985007629421 ANTENNA 4 EA 3 C

3 5985010389286 ANTENNA 9 EA 1 C

4 5985010621157 ANTENNA 9 EA 3 C

5 5985013294335 ANTENNA 101 EA 3 C

6 5985014294991 ANTENNA 17 EA 3 R

7 5985014625514 ANTENNA 39 EA 3 R

8 5985015707018 ANTENNA 52 EA 3 R

ESTIMATED BASE (3 YEAR) VALUE:

ESTIMATED TOTAL (5 YEAR) VALUE NE YEAR OPTIONS)

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

The items are used on the following weapon system(s):

NSN

Highest Priority Weapon System

Code Weapon System

5985-00-656-3319 63N AIRCRAFT, ORION P-3

5985-00-762-9421 04F AIRCRAFT, STRATOFORTRESS B-52

5985-01-038-9286 10N AIRCRAFT TOMCAT F-14

5985-01-062-1157 19F AIRCRAFT, EAGLE F-15

5985-01-329-4335 Z9N FA-18,C/D,E/F,G (GROWLER)

5985-01-429-4991 04F AIRCRAFT, STRATOFORTRESS B-52

5985-01-462-5514 Z9N FA-18,C/D,E/F,G (GROWLER)

5985-01-570-7018 19F AIRCRAFT, EAGLE F-15

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. At this time there is only one approved manufacturing source: Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, CAGE 93346.

The use of the authority cited above is supported by the following Acquisition Method Code (AMC) and Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) of the NSNs:

AMC 1: Suitable for competitive acquisition for the second or subsequent time (Note 1). Note 1:

Potential sources include dealers/distributors.

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

AMSC C: 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.

AMSC R: The Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part.

5. Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, CAGE 93346, is currently the only source with the necessary qualifications, ability, and approval to manufacture the items. It is the only source that possesses the complete technical data, rights to the data, and capability necessary to manufacture the items for the required form, fit, function, and quality. The Government does not have data needed to acquire these parts from additional manufacturing sources at this time. Cobham’s approved part numbers are:

ITEM NSN CAGE PART NUMBER

1 5985006563319 93346 11D00100 2 5985007629421 93346 515-5000 3 5985010389286 93346 3750563

3 5985010389286 93346 AST1547A

4 5985010621157 93346 3600-8001-4 5 5985013294335 93346 3380-8012-0002

6 5985014294991 93346 AST-1492B

7 5985014625514 93346 3750624

7 5985014625514 93346 AST-1619A

7 5985014625514 93346 3750624-1

8 5985015707018 93346 MAAN-338080-120016

8 5985015707018 93346 3380-8012-0016

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

A Sources Sought Notice including the NSNs was posted to www.fbo.gov on May 25, 2016.

The acquisition will be synopsized in Federal Business Opportunities at least 15 days prior to issuance of solicitation.

The solicitation will be posted to DIBBS.

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

Certified cost and price data will be requested and analyzed, and price analysis will be conducted using historical pricing, the Producer’s Price Index (PPI), and learning curve analysis. The Contracting Officer anticipates the costs to the Government will be fair and reasonable based on cost and price analysis.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Market surveys were sent out in May 2016 to the manufacturer whose part numbers are currently the only approved source of supply for the items, Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, as well as the following dealers found on procurement history of one of the NSNs: Kampi Components, MRR Corp, Triman Industries, and SIT Corp. Market survey and additional research consisted of:

Researching items on-line via the internet for availability, commerciality, and features.

Pulling previous procurements of items and determining previous acquisition methods.

Determining vendor interest in long term contracting for the item.

Vendor size and business status information.

Delivery and shipping cost questions.

Possibility for Economic Price Adjustment of Option Years.

Base year and option years; optimal lengths, possible price/cost advantages.

Distributor involvement.

Of the market surveys sent, only Cobham responded with a completed survey. Kampi Components was the only dealer to respond and stated it was not interested in the procurement because Cobham quotes the Government directly. Results of the survey received from Cobham and other research are as follows:

Market research and survey feedback indicate the items are not commercial.

Recent acquisitions were under FAR Part 13 small purchase procedures.

Cobham is interested in an , states it is a large business, Cobham deals directly with the Government and does not use dealers or distributors.

In addition to the above, a Sources Sought notice with a Market Survey attached was issued in Federal Business Opportunities on May 25, 2016 for 7 days. No responses were received.

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

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.

During the project development stage, the NSNs included on this solicitation were provided to the DLA Land & Maritime Value Management (VM) Unit and the Strategic Acquisition Programs Directorate (SAPD) Product Specialist for review; no additional sources were identified during those reviews.

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

93346 – Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions

11. These items are/were subject to the following methods of locating additional sources in an effort to overcome barriers to competition:

A Sources Sought Notice was posted to www.fbo.gov on May 25, 2016 with these specific items and the posting remained open for seven days. Vendors were requested to provide the name, location, and points of contact for any sources able to manufacture the item to the acquisition specialist listed in the announcement. In addition, a market survey was attached to the Sources Sought Notice for interested vendors to complete and return. Potential sources would be added to the solicitation mailing list. No responses were received from the notice.

The solicitation will contain procurement notes L04/M06 - Conditions for Evaluation and Acceptance of Offers for Part Numbered Items, which instructs offerors on procedures for submitting alternate parts and its evaluation.

Forecast information is available to all potential sources for both sole/limited source and competitive items. The DLA Supplier Requirements Visibility Application (SRVA) is a database that is available via the DLA internet Bid Board System (DIBBS.) SRVA provides potential sources the opportunity to search for information on DLA’s anticipated requirements based on updated monthly forecasts. Essentially it provides 24 months of sole source and competitive projected purchase order quantities. Potential alternate sources for current sole source items can easily see DLA’s forecasted procurements and can contact the Value Management Unit to become approved sources for sole source and code and part number items. The DLA Land & Maritime Value Management Unit continually seeks out sole source, limited competition, over-priced, low reliability and hard to buy items to improve their value and support posture. The DLA Land & Maritime internet website contains information for all potential sources on how to challenge prices, how to submit a Value Engineering Change proposal, a link to DoD’s Value Engineering program and the necessary contact info for both the DLA Value Engineering program and the DoD Value Engineering program.

12. Recent Procurements for each NSN were small purchases and did not require a J&A.

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.

Contracting Officer Date

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:

DLA Land and Maritime Counsel Date

APPROVAL/CERTIFICATION:

I have reviewed and approve this justification:

Competition Advocate Date Signature

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

( ) Up to $700,000 Contracting Officer

(X ) $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)

ROBERTS.TRACY.S.

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Date: 2016.10.25 10:39:48 -04'00'

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