SPRBL16R0028_Redacted.pdf

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

HEADQUARTERS

8725 JOHN J. KINGMAN ROAD

FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-6221

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SPRBL1-16-R-0028

1. Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) DLA Land at Aberdeen (DSCC-ZLAA) 6001 Combat Drive Room C1-301

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-1846

2. Description of Action:

This Justification and Approval (J&A) supports an acquisition, on an other than full and open competition basis, for a five (5) year, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) stock replenishment contract for eight (8) spare parts in support of the AN/ARN-147 Very High Frequency Omnirange/Instrument Landing System/Glideslope/Marker Beacon (VOR/ILS/GS/MB) Radio Receiving Set, the AN/ARN-149 Low Frequency Automatic Direction Finder (LF-ADF), and the AN/ARN-153 Advanced Digital Tactical Airborne Navigation System (TACAN). The parts in this procurement are shown in the table in Section 3, Description of Supplies/Services. Seven of these spare parts are managed by the Army, while one is managed by DLA.

The eight spare parts are manufactured by Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Rockwell), 400 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52498-0505. This procurement action will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. The estimated five year contract value is . The maximum five year contract value is

NSN Nomenclature Rockwell Collins

Part No.

Estimated Annual

Quantity

Estimated 5 Year

Quantity

5 Year Estimated

Value

Maximum Value In Event of Individual NSN Award

5826-01-444-0314 Radio Receiver 622-6376-020 159 795

5826-01-444-0317 Control Radio Set 522-4408-013 14 72

5826-01-293-4789 Radio Receiver 622-6812-003 1 5

5826-01-600-6180 Radio Receiver 622-6812-102 102 511

5826-01-395-5325 Control Direction F 622-6813-005 1 5

5985-01-446-2574 Antenna, Black 622-6820-003 1 5

5826-01-341-5089 Control Radio Set 622-6813-004 2 10

5826-01-386-8807 Radio Set 622-8149-001 101 505

Total Value

3. Description of Supplies/Services:

These parts support systems used in Army aircraft to aid in tactical navigation. The AN/ARN-147 VOR/ILS/GS/MB Radio Receiving Set

Both the Radio Receiver, NSN 5826-01-444-0314, and the Control Radio Set, NSN 5826-01-444-0317 support the AN/ARN-147 VOR/ILS/GS/MB system.

The Receiver Radio, NSN 5826-01-293-4789, supports the AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF system. It is a receiver with and includes 28-volt .

The Radio Receiver, NSN 5826-01-600-6180, supports the AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF system. It has

The Control Direction F, NSN 5826-01-395-5325, supports the AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF system. It provides serial tuning and control inputs and includes 5-volt

The black Antenna, NSN 5985-01-446-2574, supports the AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF system and is a combined sense and loop antenna.

The Control Radio Set, NSN 5826-01-341-5089, supports the AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF system. It provides serial tuning and control inputs and includes 28-volt

The Radio Set, NSN 5826-01-386-8807, supports the AN/ARN-153 TACAN system and is also called a receiver-transmitter. It has both a digital-to-analog adapter and a MIL-STD-1553B interface, using 28-volt dc input power.

4. Authority Cited:

The applicable statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.”

5. Reason for Authority Cited:

The only known manufacturing source of supply for all eight spare parts described above is Rockwell Collins, Inc., 400 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505, CAGE 13499. Rockwell is the original equipment manufacturer of the aforementioned systems. The LRU parts to be acquired were designed and developed by Rockwell, and have undergone continual hardware and software revisions by Rockwell in response to obsolescence and performance concerns.

The Government does not own the technical data for the AN/ARN-147/149/153 systems or these parts. If an alternate source could be found that could provide compatible parts, the Government would need to qualify the alternate parts, test them, revise all associated technical manuals, and procure the alternate parts.

As reported in WebFLIS, the Acquisition Method Code (AMC) and the Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) is shown in the table below for all eight parts.

NSN Nomenclature Rockwell Collins

Part No.

Tactical Navigation System AMC AMSC Managing

Activity

5826-01-444-0314 Receiver Radio 622-6376-020

AN/ARN-147 VOR/ILS/GS/MB

Radio Receiving Set 3 R Army

5826-01-444-0317 Control Radio Set 522-4408-013

AN/ARN-147 VOR/ILS/GS/MB

Radio Receiving Set 3 R Army

5826-01-293-4789 Receiver Radio 622-6812-003 AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF 3 P Army

5826-01-600-6180 Receiver Radio 622-6812-102 AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF 3 P Army

5826-01-395-5325 Control Direction F 622-6813-005 AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF 3 R Army

5985-01-446-2574 Antenna, Black 622-6820-003 AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF 3 D DLA

5826-01-341-5089 Control Radio Set 622-6813-004 AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF 3 R Army

5826-01-386-8807 Radio Set 622-8149-001 AN/ARN-153 TACAN 3 R Army

The AMC for all of the LRUs is “3” meaning that the Army’s Design Control Activity has directed that the part “shall be acquired for the second or subsequent time directly from the actual manufacturer”.1

One NSN is coded with an AMSC of “D”. The AMSC “D” means that “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.” Two NSNs are coded with an AMSC of “P”. The AMSC “P” means that the “rights to use the data need to purchase this part from additional source(s) are not owned by the Government and cannot be purchased, developed, or otherwise obtained”, and it “is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part”.2 Five NSNs are coded with an AMSC of “R”. The AMSC “R” means that the “Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources”, and it “is economical to reverse engineer the part”.3 In summary, both the AMC and the AMSC values indicate that the parts must be obtained from the manufacturer that owns the technical data packages, which is Rockwell.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition:

Market research was conducted, details of which are in the market research section of this document. This effort yielded no other potential sources for this effort.

1 DFARS PGI 2.201.1 Acquisition method codes.

2 DFARS PGI 2.201.2 Acquisition method suffix codes.

3 Ibid.

In accordance with FAR 5.201, this action will be synopsized in FedBizOpps at least 15 days prior to issuance of the solicitation.

7. Fair and Reasonable Cost Determination:

As the Contracting Officer, I hereby determine that the anticipated price to the Government for this contract action will be fair and reasonable based on price analysis. Certified cost and pricing data will not be obtained for these commercial items in accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b)(3). Information other than certified cost and pricing data will be obtained and analyzed as needed to support a fair and reasonable determination of prices.

8. Market Research:

Sources Sought Announcements and Responses In February 2015, the Army Item Manager only expected requirements for four of the eight NSNs on contract SPRBL1-13-D-0011. Contract SPRBL1-13-D-0011 was awarded to Rockwell Collins on April 19, 2013 as a three year firm fixed price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity sole source contract under FAR 6.302-1.

Based on this projection, the Army Technical Expert posted a Sources Sought Announcement (SSA) to FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) on February 23, 2015, for the following four NSNs. The response date was March 26, 2015. Only Rockwell Collins responded on March 5, 2015 indicating their interest.

First Sources Sought Announcement – Feb 2015

NSN Nomenclature Rockwell Collins Part No.

Tactical Navigation System

5826-01-444-0314 Radio Receiver 622-6376-020 AN/ARN-147 VOR/ILS/GS/MB Radio Receiving Set

5826-01-444-0317 Control Radio Set 522-4408-013 AN/ARN-147 VOR/ILS/GS/MB Radio Receiving Set

5826-01-600-6180 Radio Receiver 622-6812-102 AN/ARN-149 LF-ADF

5826-01-386-8807 Radio Set 622-8149-001 AN/ARN-153 TACAN

One response received: Rockwell Collins.

After a re-validation of projected future requirements, the Army Technical Expert posted a second SSA on FedBizOpps on August 12, 2015, for the following two additional NSNs listed below, which increased the acquisition scope. Two responses were received. Rockwell Collins responded and indicated interest and furthermore would extend the current contract SPRBL1-13-D-0011 by one year at the current year pricing.

Davenport Aviation (Davenport) responded stating that they are a reseller for Rockwell Collins parts and that they have a GSA schedule GS-07-328AA that includes these parts.

Second Sources Sought Announcement – Aug 2015

NSN Nomenclature Rockwell Collins Part No.

Tactical Navigation System

5826-01-392-5325 Control Direction F 622-6813-005 AN/ARN-149 C-12491

5826-01-341-5089 Control Radio Set 622-6813-004 AN/ARN-149 C-12192

Two responses received: Rockwell Collins and Davenport Aviation.

In accordance with DFARS PGI 206.302-2(b), actions cited in the previous Justification and Approval for SPRBL1-13-D-0011 (solicitation SPRBL1-12-R-0022) to promote competition have been completed. As discussed in the market research section above, the Government continued to conduct market research.

10. Interested Sources:

Rockwell and the two resellers Davenport Aviation and MHP Electric have expressed interest in supplying these items.

11. Actions to Increase Competition:

Recent market research as described above has yielded three potential suppliers of the eight parts. The Government will continue to conduct market research to ascertain if additional changes occur in the marketplace that would enable future actions to have competition.

12. Certifications:

I certify that the supporting technical data under my cognizance, which are included in this justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

General Engineer Date

I certify that the supporting requirements data under my cognizance, which are included in this justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Inventory Management Specialist Date

As the Contracting Officer, I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Martina Culik Moore Contracting Officer

Date

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I have reviewed this justification and recommend approval.

Bradley Holtzapple Competition Advocate

Date

I have reviewed and hereby approve this justification.

Milton K. Lewis, SES DLA Land and Maritime, Acquisition Executive

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