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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

REGIONAL CONTRACTING OFFICE

MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS

WEST– MARINE CORPS BASE

BOX 55010

CAMP PENDLETON, CA 92055-5010

IN REPLY REFER TO:

J&A No.26-0004

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

1. Contracting Activity.
Regional Contracting Office, Marine Corps Installation West (RCO MCIWEST) 2. Description of the Action Being Approved.
Award of a sole source firm-fixed-price (FFP) purchase order to VTS Aviation LLC for foreign adversary air support.
3. Description of Supplies/Services.
This contract provides high-fidelity foreign adversary rotary-wing and surrogate unmanned aerial system threat replication support for the first iteration of the FY27 semi-annual Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI 1-27) course at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona in support of Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1). The WTI Course is a Serviceled tactical training evolution emphasizing integrated operations across all Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) aviation and ground combat elements.
The period of performance for this sole source action is strictly limited to the duration required to execute the WTI 1-27 evolution: 23 September 2026 – 24 October 2026 (approximately four weeks). The estimated dollar value of the contract is $527,834.44, funded using FY26 Operations and Maintenance, Marine Corps (O&M, MC) appropriations.
4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(2), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO)) 6.103-2, unusual and compelling urgency.
5. Rationale Justifying Use of Cited Statutory Authority. The rationale for this justification is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(2), as implemented by the FAR (RFO) 6.1032, “Agencies may contract without providing for full and open competition when the agency's need for the supplies or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would Controlled by: USMC, I&L HCA
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be seriously injured, financially or otherwise, unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals.”