SPRDL122D0059_Redacted.pdf

J&A SPRDL1-21-R-0033 (JA-00446)

(Previous J&A SPRDL1-18-R-0462 is available.)

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SPRDL1-21-R-0033

1. Contracting Agency: Defense Logistics Agency - DLA Land Warren.

2. Description of Action: The proposed action is to award a new, Firm-Fixed-Price, three-year long-term requirements type contract to Hutchinson Industries – Defense and Security Division, a subsidiary of Total Société Anonyme (Hutchinson), Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE) 62161, for National Stock Number (NSN) 2530-01- 563-0583, Wheel, Pneumatic Tire, using Army Working Capital Funds (AWCF).

3. Description of Supplies/Services: The NSN 2530-01-563-0583, part number AS- 0557 /, Wheel, Pneumatic Tire, is used on the RG33+ Heavily Armored Ground Ambulance (HAGA). The good faith quantity estimate for this three-year requirements contract is 432 each. The total three-year good faith estimated value of this contract is

Acquisition Method Code (AMC):

3 - Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the actual manufacturer.

Acquisition Method Suffix Code (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.

4. Authority Cited: The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this effort is 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) 2304(c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

5. Reason for Authority Cited: The Wheel, Pneumatic Tires are critical to vehicle safety and maintaining high levels of vehicle availability/readiness. Components for these vehicles were originally qualified as part of vehicular testing including Production Verification Testing (PVT). This Wheel, Pneumatic Tire contains hardware which was developed with and integrated into the overall vehicle design architecture. Utilizing components from a contractor that has not been tested specific to this vehicle application could result in loss of tire air pressure, thus negatively affecting the performance of the vehicle. Air loss would cause poor braking and hazardous handling characteristics which may lead to loss of vehicle control and potentially vehicular damage and probable injury or death.

The Government does not have rights to the Technical Data Package (TDP) or specifications.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition:

a. Effective competition: Due to the reasons cited in section 5 above, the Government is not pursuing competition for this item.

b. Subcontracting competition: Unless the contract is awarded to a small business, the solicitation and resulting contract will include FAR clauses 52.219-8, "Utilization of Small Business Concerns"; 52.244-5, "Competition in Subcontracting"; 52.219-16, "Liquidated Damages--Subcontracting Plan";" and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.219-7003, "Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts)," to maximize small business opportunities and utilization.

SOLE SOURCE: Notices required by FAR 5.201 will be posted.

7. Actions to Increase Competition: There are no plans to increase competition for future procurements due to the reasons cited above.

This action is limited to the tire/wheel assembly original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Hutchinson who is the owner of the intellectual property and the sole qualified manufacturer of this item.

8. Market Research: A Sources Sought Notice was posted to beta.SAM.gov on 14 July 2021 and was open for 30 days. No responses were received.

Given that no technical data is available for RG-33+ HAGA vehicles, market research results are very limited. This is mainly because some type of information is required prior to conducting market research. For example, market research can be conducted on this Wheel, Pneumatic Tire but without having any technical specifications, the range of information on this component will be vast, thus not at all useful. Hence, it is imperative that some technical information be available to conduct valuable market research.

In the event that the technical information for RG-33+ HAGA MRAP vehicles is eventually made available, specific market research could then be conducted and a competitive procurement can then be considered.

A general internet search was conducted on Google for RG-33+ HAGA MRAP Wheel, Pneumatic Tire by the Project Engineer during November of 2021. However, the information found was too generic due to the rationale provided above. The results of this generic search were that no other sources exist or are anticipated to become available to satisfy the Government’s requirement.

9. Interested Sources: To date no additional sources have expressed interest in this item.

Approval Authority for Acquisitions Equal to or Greater Than $750,000 but less than $15 million

Based on the foregoing justification, I hereby approve the procurement of the following:

a. Noun: Wheel, Pneumatic Tire

b. NSN: 2530-01-563-0583

c. Three Year Good Faith Estimated Quantity: 432 each

d. Three Year Good Faith Estimated Value: $

This action will be awarded on an other than full and open competition basis pursuant to the authority of 10 USC 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. This procurement is subject to the availability of funds, and provided that the property herein described has otherwise been authorized for acquisition.

Name: Mary Shearer

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Date: 2022.03.18 08:30:57 -04'00'