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Justification and

Approval(J& A)forO therThan Fulland

O pen

C om petition

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Pursuitofeitherreverse engineering effortsorvalidation ofalternative specificationsw ould require an

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T, w hich w ould be both costand schedule prohibitive forthe A irForce.

To date,no such effortshave been initiated orfunded.

Further,considering the investm entrequired,itisanticipated the only circum stance to triggerinitiation and funding ofsuch a requirem entw ould be ifno sources,including the

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,w ere available.

R equestsfortechnicaldata required are continually m ade to the contractoraspartofthe

Screening A nalysis W orksheetprocess.

D ata review discloses thatrequired data ordata use rightsare notin G overnm ent possession and cannotbeeconom ically obtained.

VI.D

escription ofefforts m ade to ensure thatoffers are solicited from as m any potentialsources as practicable.

In accordance w ith

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R

5.201,thisrequirem entshallbe synopsized and the R equestforProposalposted on the FederalB usinessO pportunitiesw ebsite.

Q ualification requirem entsdo notapply asonly the

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approvesadditionalsources.

VII.

D eterm ination by the

C ontracting

O fficer thatthe anticipated costto the

G overnm entw illbe fair and reasonable.

The contracting officerw illensure thatthe item sdescribed herein are negotiated ata fairand reasonable price to the

G overnm ent.

The contractorm ay be required to provide otherthan certified costand pricing data.

A detailed costanalysisand a price analysism ay be accom plished.

A technicalevaluation from the D efense C ontractM anagem entA gency

(D

CM

A )m ay be contacted to assistw ith the analysis.

VIII.

D escription ofthe m arketresearch conducted and the results,or a statem entofthe reasons m arket research w as not conducted.

M arketresearch,in accordance w ith

FA

R Part10,w asconducted on

Jan by inquiriesofH aystack, Parts M anufacturerA pprovals,G oogle,and theThom asR egister.

Thisresearch revealed thata com m ercial item suitable to m eetthe requirem entisnotavailable.

The item described in Section

IIIisused in m ilitary applicationsand no com m ercialornon-developm entalsubstitutesareavailable.

A SourcesSoughtSynopsisw asalso conducted during the m arketresearch effortdescribed above to notify

U nison licensees,vendorsorothersourcesw ith the accessto the necessary data ofthe pending acquisition.

Thisposting w as created on the

FederalB usinessO pportunitiesw ebsite underthe

PR

num berw ith the response date of10 N ov w ith no response asofyet.

B ased on the above,a high levelofconfidence existsthatU nison iscurrently the only responsible source able to fulfilltherequirem ent.

IX.

A ny other factssupporting the use ofO ther T han F ulland O pen C om petition.

Thereareno im m ediateactionsthatcould be taken to develop com petition.Since neitherqualification testing ofanotherpartoruse ofa second source partin the intended application isperm itted,reverse engineering isnotfeasible.

X.L istofsources,ifany thatexpressed interestin the acquisition.

U nison

IndustriesLLC

C A

G E: 59501

B ay M eadow sW ay Jacksonville

FL

32256

Phone 904-739-4131

XI.

A statem entofthe actions,ifany,the agency m ay take to rem ove or overcom e any barriers to com petition before m aking subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required.

The A

FLCM

C/LPSB

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engineering group w illcontinue to m onitorthe m arketplace forsource developm ent.

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Approval(J& A)forO therThan Fulland

O pen

C om petition

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The G overnm entw illcontinueto synopsize the requirem entand rescreen theitem

XII.C

ertification by theC ontracting O fficer.

Thecontracting officer'ssignatureon the C oordination and

A pprovalD ocum entevidencesthatcontracting officerhasdeterm ined thisdocum entto be both accurate and com plete to the bestofcontracting officer's know ledgeand belief.

XIII.

C ertification by the technical/requirem ents personnel.

A sevidenced by theirsignatureson the C oordination and

A pprovalD ocum ent,thetechnicaland/or requirem ents personnelhave certified thatany supporting data contained herein w hich istheirresponsibility isboth accurateand com plete.