PAO Cart Sustainment Sole Source Justification

Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted

Solicitation number
PAO_CART_SOLE_SOURCE_JUSTIFICATION
Agency
Lifecycle Management Center Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Contract number
FA8578-24-C-0001 Federal contract award
NAICS code
811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
PSC
H216 Equipment And Materials Testing- Aircraft Components And Accessories
Place of performance
Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, United States
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

This Sole Source Justification (SSJ) is to request authority for other than Full and Open Competition to establish long-term commercial services for sustainability and supportability of eight (8) Polyalphaolefin (PAO) Cooling Carts, part number (P/N) LCU-050, (NSN 1730016985791) for the USAF AFLCMC Global Hawk RQ-4 program at Robins AFB, GA. The statutory authority is 10 U.S.C. 3572, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901). The sole source vendor is TLD America Corporation (TLD-A), the original equipment manufacturer, who will provide training, repair support, technical manuals, and provisioning for the cooling carts under a new Definitive C type contract with a one-year base and four one-year options, from 30 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2029. The contract was awarded on 24 Sep 2024 for an unknown amount.

Notice text

This posting is to comply with the requirement of FAR 13.501(a)(1)(iii). This Sole Source Justification (SSJ) is to request authority for other than Full and Open Competition supporting requirement generated for the USAF AFLCMC Global Hawk RQ-4 (AFLCMC/WIG) Robins AFB, GA. The contracting activity for this requirement is the High Altitude ISR Contracting Branch (AFLCMC/WIKA). The SSJ was approved on 23 July 2024 by the Competition Advocate. The SSJ for PAO Cart Sustainment was prepared using the format at 6.303-2, modified to reflect that the procedures in FAR subpart  13.5 were used in accordance with 41 U.S.C.1901. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is DAFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 3572, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901). Due to the circumstances described within the SSJ, the activity requested authority to establish long-term commercial services for sustainability and supportability for eight (8) Polyalphaolefin (PAO) Cooling Carts, part number (P/N) LCU-050, (NSN 1730016985791) utilizing Other Than Full and Open Competition as prescribed by 10 U.S.C. 3572, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901).  This action resulted in the award of new Definitive C type contract which is Firm Fixed Price with a period of performance (PoP) of basic one-year plus four (4) one-year options. PoP will be 30 Sep 2024 to 29 Sept 2029, if all options are exercised. A redacted copy of the SSJ is attached to this posting. 
 
The resulting contract FA8578-24-C-0001 was awarded on 24 September to: 
TLD America 
812 Bloomfield Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
Phone number: 860-688-9520
CAGE: 6L481
Large Business
https://www.tld-group.com

Awarded contract FA8578-24-C-0001 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2024-09-24.

Attachments

Files attached to this notice, newest first
File Type Posted
REDACTED SSJ - RQ-4 PAO Cart_Redacted.pdf PDF

Notice history

Notices posted for this opportunity, newest first
Notice Type Posted
PAO Cart Sustainment Sole Source Justification This notice · Latest Limited / Sole Source Justification
PAO Cart Sustainment Award Synopsis Award Award Notice
PAO Cart Sustainment Latest solicitation Solicitation

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