SPRRA225R0103_Redacted.pdf

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

AVIATION

5201 MARTIN ROAD

REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA 35898

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

AMD 01

I. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY

This Justification and Approval to request authority for Other Than Full and Open Competition supports requirements generated for the Defense Logistics Agency, AHCB. The contracting authority for this requirement is Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation, AHCB. The purchase request number supporting this contracting action is PRON D15F0190D1, PRON D15F0210D1, PRON D15F0160D1, and PRON D15F0230D1.

II. NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION BEING PROCESSED

Due to the circumstances described herein, this activity requests authority to acquire the items/spares listed in this document using Other Than Full and Open Competition as prescribed by FAR 6.302-5, A statute expressly authorizes or requires that the acquisition be made through another agency or from a specified source.. This action will result in the award of a new contract, which will be a firm-fixed price, ID/IQ contract with a basic year plus four ordering periods in which additional quantities may be ordered. This mandatory source requirement will be purchased from the following company:

Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) 4500 Prison Rd Marion, IL 62959-9011

CAGE: 4W2T2

Large Business

III. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES/SERVICES REQUIRED TO MEET THE AGENCY’S

NEEDS

Under the contemplated contract, UNICOR will provide the following supplies which are required to support the Weapon system: M-DP Avenger, Cable Assembly, Spec.:

Basic Requirement

NSN NOUN QTY MIN PRICE MAX PRICE

6150-01-476-2330 CABLE ASSEMBLY, SPEC MIN 110/MAX

3 $ $

6150-01-476-2331 CABLE ASSEMBLY, SPEC MIN 332/ MAX

572 $ $

6150-01-347-7837 CABLE ASSEMBLY, SPEC MIN 70/ MAX

130 $ $

6150-01-476-2332 CABLE ASSEMBLY, SPEC MIN 224/ MAX

404 $ $

TOTAL POTENTIAL CONTRACT VALUE: $

Delivery shall commence 360 days after receipt of order.

The use of authority 10 US.C. 3204(a)(5) is based on:

This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(5), as implemented by FAR 6.302-5. Market research indicated that UNICOR was capable of manufacturing items of a similar nature. After communicating with the required source of supply, they confirmed that the subject NSNs were available from UNICOR.

Furthermore, in accordance with FAR 8.002(a)(1)(i), UNICOR (Federal Prison Industries, Inc.) is a mandatory source of supply and is therefore designated to fulfill this requirement. No other source can satisfy agency needs consistent with statutory and regulatory obligations.

IV. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION

10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(5) , as implemented by FAR 6.302-5(a)(2)(i) Full and open competition need not be provided for when–

(i) A statute expressly authorizes or requires that the acquisition be made through another agency or from a specified source;

V. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR’S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS OR

NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES THE USE OF THE AUTHORITY CITED

ABOVE

Upon analysis of these drawings we realized that distribution was authorized for public release and not export control. UNICOR is capable of manufacturing nonproprietary cable assemblies. Per FAR 8.002(a) a required sources of supplied shall be offered the opportunity to propose prior to offering requirement to other vendors.

The item coded AMC 1G, which means the government has rights to the technical data, the data package is complete, and there are no technical data, engineering, tooling or manufacturing restrictions.

VI. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS MADE TO ENSURE THAT OFFERS ARE SOLICITED

FROM AS MANY POTENTIAL SOURCES AS DEEMED PRACTICABLE

The sources sought was posted on SAM.Gov on 2-JULY-2025 and closed on 7-JULY-2025.

The following vendors responded to the sources sought:

BHPE LLC (CAGE 9SWS7)

BEVY ELECTRONICS, CORP (CAGE 7UYP8)

UNICOR (CAGE 4W2T2)