Bid document

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

SOLICITATION SPE7MX25R0021

rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. If one source is approved, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources are approved or if data is adequate for an alternate source to qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid. 6. Efforts to ensure that offers are solicited from as many sources as practicable are: a. The acquisition will be synopsized on or about January 15, 2025 and it will run for 15 days. At the completion of the synopsis period, the RFP will be solicited on the internet for 30 days, via the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS).
b. A Sources Sought notice was posted on October 30, 2024, on SAM.gov for 7 calendar days to find potential sources for this NSN and no responses were received from companies interested to be manufacturers for this item.
c. Alternate offeror’s will be evaluated and forwarded for approval to the Engineering Support Activity (ESA). 7. I hereby determine that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable. In the event adequate competition is not received, cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-4 will be requested for the purpose of an audit. In addition to any audits completed, the contracting officer will use price analysis and buy history to determine that the contract award prices are fair and reasonable. In the event manufacturer competition is received, this will be used along with price analysis and buy history to determine that the contract award prices are fair and reasonable. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition: 8. Market Research/Efforts to Obtain Competition: Previous abstracts were reviewed to search for other companies that have participated at previous awards. Although the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) was used to located additional small businesses but was not able to find small companies. A sources sought notice was issued on 10/30/2024, on SAM.gov website to seek out and encourage additional sources and vendor participation. The