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than one fiscal year. If other qualified or approved sources become known during the life of this contract, full and open competition will be considered and utilized to the maximum extent practicable. IV.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION

10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by RFO 6.103-1(c)(2)

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DEMONSTRATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR'S UNIQUE

QUALIFICATIONS OR NATURE OF THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES THE

USE OF THE AUTHORITY CITED ABOVE (APPLICABILITY OF

AUTHORITY)

This anticipated contract will be for the repair of the B-2 Receiver Transmitter, NSN 5841-01-319-1380. This item is acquired/repaired for a subsequent time, directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Honeywell, Inc. Due to the complexity and criticality of this component, market research revealed there is only one qualified source, Honeywell. The B-2 Receiver/Transmitter is a critical application item and functions as a radar altimeter for the B-2 weapon system. Honeywell, Inc. is the only known source that has the necessary detailed process data and parts necessary to repair the receiver/ transmitter. The repair data and acceptance test criteria needed to foster additional competition for the repair is not available to the Government. Furthermore, it is not possible for the government to draft adequate specifications for the repair because of the specialized nature of the item as described above. Therefore, this acquisition will be for a new multi-year contract for the performance of a highly specialized service.
424th Supply Chain Management Squadron (SCMS) believes that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of costs to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Air Force’s requirements. These costs are estimated to be
based on evaluation of items of similar complexity that have been reverse engineered by the Air Force in the past five years. The development of an additional source to produce these items would take at least four years. Delays in new procurement have the potential for disrupting availability of the B-2 Receiver/Transmitter, leaving the Air Force unable to fulfill critical mission requirements. This would also result in technical issues, as described above, which would lack the overall cost and performance benefits in the difficult (if at all possible) attempts to overcome. Honeywell, Inc. has been the OEM and repair contractor for this item under previous contracts and is the