SPE7MX22R0140 - SAM Upload.pdf

CUI – CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7MX22R0140

CUI - Source Selection Information – see FAR 2.101 and 3.104

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 for a firm-fixed-price Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) on other than a full and open competition basis. This is necessary because the Government either lacks complete technical data required to manufacture the supplies or must restrict sources due to the criticality of the part. The rationale specific to these items is detailed by their 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

ESTIMATED

ANNUAL

VALUE

UNIT

PRICE ADQ UNIT AMC AMSC

1 5998013197100

CIRCUIT CARD

ASSEMBLY 31 EA 3 D

2 6105011606162 MOTOR, TORQUE 17 EA 3 D

ESTIMATED BASE (3 YEAR) VALUE:

MAXIMUM CONTRACT VALUE:

The items are used on the following Weapon System Designator Code (WSDC) platforms:

NSN WSDC LONG_NAME

5998013197100 05F AIRCRAFT, STRATOLIFTER C/KC-135

5998013197100 24F AIRCRAFT, THUNDERBOLT II, A-10

5998013197100 41N HELICOPTER, CH-53 D/E

5998013197100 B4N ADVANCE HAWK EYE - E2 D

5998013197100 BPN AIRCRAFT, C-2A (REPROCURED)

5998013197100 CFN HELICOPTER, MH-53E

5998013197100 EAN HELICOPTERS CH-53

5998013197100 EEN E2/C2 ALL SERIES AIRCRAFT

6105011606162 21F AIRCRAFT, FREEDOM FIGHTER F-5

6105011606162 42F AIRCRAFT, T-38

6105011606162 OOF SPECIAL, MISC. GENERAL D035

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. Currently, there is only one approved manufacturing source for the NSN items:

NSN CAGE COMPANY NAME PART NUMBER

5998013197100 97424 AMETEK INC. 3396W53G704

6105011606162 97424 AMETEK INC. 8541W13G759

SOLICITATION SPE7MX22R0140

CUI - Source Selection Information – see FAR 2.101 and 3.104

The use of the authority cited above is supported by the following Acquisition Method Code (AMC) and Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) of each NSN, which was confirmed as complete and accurate by the Strategic Acquisitions Program Directorate (SAPD) Product Specialist on 3/28/22 in the Technical Certification attached to this memorandum.

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

AMSC D: The data needed to acquire this part competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation. AMCS 3, 4, or 5 are valid.

5. The approved source listed in the table above in paragraph 4, confirmed by the SAPD Product Specialist during the technical review of the NSNs for placement on this long-term contract initiative, is the only known source to maintain the data for the product.

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

The acquisition will be synopsized 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. A price analysis will be conducted using historical pricing, the Producer’s Price Index (PPI), and a learning curve analysis. Offerors may also be required to submit information other than certified cost or pricing data if deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer in order to determine prices fair and reasonable. Based on the above techniques, the Contracting Officer anticipates the costs to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition:

A Sources Sought Notice was posted 12/22/22 for eight days on SAM.gov. Vendors were requested to provide the name, location, and points of contact for any sources able to manufacture the items 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.

Market Surveys were sent to the manufacturing source Ametek, Inc. and to various distributors as follows:

COMPANY NAME CAGE

AMETEK INC 97424

KELLSTROM DEFENSE AEROSPACE 1ZK21

US MILPACK & MANUFACTURING CORP 513V0

PATRIOT DYNAMICS 5NWM6

NINETECH INTERNATIONAL 0GKF8

AIR INSTRO, INC 2V191

AAR SUPPLY CHAIN, INC 1Y249

PIONEER INDUSTRIES 66200

Ametek advised the Government would need to purchase the items through its distributor

AAR Supply Chain, Inc., as it has an exclusive agreement with AAR Supply Chain, Inc. for the global distribution of Ametek’s aftermarket military and defense products. Ametek also provided information that Kellstrom Defense Aerospace was acquired by Aero Precision and the new name for the combined companies is AllClear, and AllClear handles distribution of other Ametek parts.

AllClear did respond to this market survey stating it does not provide these two items. The only other response received was from AAR Supply Chain.

A summary of the market survey information provided by AAR Supply Chain is listed below. The survey was completed by its senior product line representative Daniel Brown and confirmed as valid on 3/29/22.

Large business dealer CAGE 1Y249 providing the products of Ametek, Inc.

Is an authorized distributor for Ametek, Inc., which is a large business.

Is interested in an LTC Has not provided certified cost or price data before but is willing to do so if required. It is not able to obtain cost or price data from Ametek.

Considers items’ parent-parts to be commercial of a type, so it considers these components commercial of a type. Components and their parent-parts are military application only. Did not provide commercial sales information.

Additional research was also conducted by the acquisition specialist as indicated in the bullets below.

Researched items on-line via the internet for commercial availability. The items were not found for sale on the internet or on the GSA Advantage website.

Researched the commercial items of a type provided by the contractor on-line via the internet for commercial availability. The items were not found for sale on the internet or GSA Advantage.

Reviewed previous procurements of the items for acquisition method, the items have been previously purchased under small purchase procedures.

Reviewed Technical Guidance Information (TGI) in the Material Master (MM) for each NSN. All items are procured in accordance with CAGE and part number.

Based on market survey feedback and research, the Contracting Officer has not determined the items to be commercial and they will be procured under FAR part 15 procedures.

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, and all means to obtain a technical data package adequate for manufacture of the items has been exhausted.

10. A listing of sources, if any, indicating an interest in the acquisition: AAR Supply Chain, Inc., CAGE 1Y249.

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

The solicitation will contain DLAD Procurement Notes: L04-Offers for Part Numbered Items and M06-Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items. Offers for alternate products may be submitted in response to the solicitation and may be considered for the current or future procurements.

Forecast information is available to all potential sources for both sole 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 of the items were conducted under SAT procedures and did not require justification for other than full and open competition.

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 $750,000, this signature serves as the approval.

Contracting Officer Signature & Date

APPROVAL/CERTIFICATION:

I have reviewed and approve this justification:

Competition Advocate Signature & Date

APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS:

( ) Up to $750,000 Contracting Officer (X ) $750,000 to $15,000,000 Competition Advocate

Attachments:

1. Technical Certification

7/19/2022

SHEARER.MAR

Y.E.1250702449

Digitally signed by

SHEARER.MARY.E.1250702449

Date: 2022.07.25 08:54:47 -04'00'